How Much Do Spend On Boat Gas A Year?

Shawn Madison · Posted: Jan 27, 2003 2:04 pm Post subject: How Much Do Spend On Boat Gas A Year?

I spent right at $4k last year! It looks like it will be worse this year!

George · Addict Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 552 City: Chattanooga

How many times is that a year.

mcfatty · Addict Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 725 City: Cookeville

about 2k.
Turk how much was gas a gallon? Did you buy at a gas station or marina?

bluefish86 · Posted: Jan 27, 2003 2:56 pm Post subject:

I always get mine at the station. The marina on my lake charges 30-40% more than the gas station.

htownbdr · Posted: Jan 27, 2003 3:03 pm Post subject:

Funny that you ask, I just finished analyzing my last year. Between 2 cars, four wheeler, boat, I had a grand total of 5,412.00.

I am going to start charging gas money for the boat this year.

Tyler*Moore · Guest

4k is alot...I have no clue what my dad spends

Just a note...everyone thats posted has been from Tennessee!

Tyler*Moore · Guest

Well...everyone was from TN when I wrote that,I went to eat before I posted it...

bizzuck · Addict Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 593

yeah gotta have the buddies chip in or it will empty your wallet

Shawn Madison · Posted: Jan 27, 2003 4:24 pm Post subject:

I ride about 125 times a year and it usually costs around $40 to topoff. I have a 40 gallon tank, but it is rarely completely empty!

mcfatty · Addict Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 725 City: Cookeville

If I can pull off 125 times this year 4k will be a bill I'll gladly pay.
How many times a week is that? I figured 4.

Partyb · Posted: Jan 27, 2003 7:39 pm Post subject:

I am not a mathematician, 125 times per year divided by 52 weeks in a year is 2.4 times per week. That is a lot to keep up during the year. I think it would be more relevant to ask how much people are burning per hour, seems like about $10.00 per hour for me.

mcfatty · Addict Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 725 City: Cookeville

partyb
My math was on 7.5 months. We do have winter in Tennessee.

Shawn Madison · Posted: Jan 27, 2003 8:16 pm Post subject:

Well, I was going off of my last year's BP card. I usually ride every afternoon and on Saturday and Sunday! Plus, I had a new boat last year. If you don't believe me-ask the dock guys at Norris Dam how often the black and blue wakesetter is there!

I am not going to be able to afford that by myself this year. Me and my brother usually share the costs. I live about a mile from the dam, but I take my boat down to the BP at the bottom of the mountain. That doesn't even count how much gas my fish n ski used last year fishing in January-March.

Scott Donohue · Newbie Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 22 City: Wonthaggi

well we just had AUD $1000+ for 4 weeks thats over $2000 USD

lil bune foo foo · Newbie Joined: 14 Jan 2003 Posts: 23 City: Greenback

Turk,
You need to take a break one evening and come down and ride with us on Tellico. Make it a weeknight though because weekends have gotten pretty busy.

Todd Tiller

Adam Greer · Posted: Jan 28, 2003 6:12 am Post subject:

about 2-3 here. My marina also have insanely high pricess(and alot of water in the gas) so i drive to town about 2-3 times a week and get about 30-40 gallons in tanks and bring them back, it is a pain but is saves a ton of cash.

Bo Coppinger · Posted: Jan 28, 2003 7:25 am Post subject:

I ride at least 3 afternoons during the week, and then all day on the weekends. I would say I spend between $1500 and $2000.

Partyb · Posted: Jan 28, 2003 7:27 am Post subject:

mcfatty, I guess i am not a meteorologist either. Forgot about winter.

John Jared · Addict Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 726 City: Round Lake, IL

I plan on going through 4k if I am lucky....darn job keeps getting in the way of wakeboarding.

quigglymaster · Posted: Jan 28, 2003 8:52 am Post subject:

i don't spend a thing b/c i work at a camp. so i don't pay at thing. so i wakeboard for 2 months for free, but if i go w/ friends during the spring, i'll probably just help them pay for it

Shawn Madison · Posted: Jan 28, 2003 9:03 am Post subject:

Todd Tiller
I may have to take you up on it one day and then return the favor for you and your crew up on Norris!

lil bune foo foo · Newbie Joined: 14 Jan 2003 Posts: 23 City: Greenback

Yeah, you spend some of my 4K and I will spend some of yours. No better way to spend it though. Do yall still get good water up river in Granger County on the weekends? Might have to pull the boat up and have a little pow-wow if it is as good as I remember.

Shawn Madison · Posted: Jan 28, 2003 9:44 am Post subject:

I mainly stay on the west side of the lake around Twin Cove in Campbell County. It has steep mountain banks that keep the water calm and it is very deep and clean. Not that much traffic!

Bo Coppinger · Posted: Jan 28, 2003 10:09 am Post subject:

Todd: How is tellico I have heard its pretty good riding, I might have to pull the boat up there one weekend and check it out.

Turk: I will be up at Norris at a friends house sometime this summer, maybe we can get together and ride.

lil bune foo foo · Newbie Joined: 14 Jan 2003 Posts: 23 City: Greenback

Bo,
The water ain't so hot on the weekends. I would head to Norris if I had my drothers. Turk is right, it is beautiful. I am surprised the boat companies don't do photo shoots up there, but I digress. We built a little ramp and slider to hit on the weekend afternoons. I know at the very least I will be down in Nooga 5 or 6 times this summer so I will see you, Bo. I will try and come to Norris when your up. I need to get up there to see what is going on. I know Matt and Nick at G-rides but beside that I am a little light.

Todd Tiller

Bo Coppinger · Posted: Jan 28, 2003 10:35 am Post subject:

Thanks for the info Todd, Chickamauga is like the ocean on weekends. We normaly spend our time below the dam in the river gorge on the weekends, you can always find good water somewhere down there. I will let you guys know when I am heading up to Norris.

J-Ro · Posted: Jan 28, 2003 11:01 am Post subject:

Don't forget that you can write off your gas tax on your federal and state income taxes!!!

lil bune foo foo · Newbie Joined: 14 Jan 2003 Posts: 23 City: Greenback

Bo,
Don't think I am blowing you off. Tellico and Chicamuaga have the same problem. They are connected to the intercoastal waterway so get alot of big boats. Norris is landlocked so their situation is a little better in this reguard. Also, people from Knoxville think Norris is like a big trip out of town or something. Not as many people go up there. But, you can come ride anytime. You will just like it alot better on a weeknight. I will be glad to give you a pull. Also, the slider and the ramp are alot of fun. They are real easy on your body, so it is like taking a break from all the weekday riding. We also started to get in to the surfing pretty heavy at the end of the summer and you can do that in bad conditions as well.

Todd Tiller

lil bune foo foo · Newbie Joined: 14 Jan 2003 Posts: 23 City: Greenback

man, I hope this system can add spell check in the near future. I look like a idiot. Birthday