10/05/2026
Same roads. Different prices.
We pulled our fuel numbers going back to 2020 and compared them to the average price of gas each year.
Every year, The Tin Man burns roughly 10,000 litres of fuel getting to installs, chimney cleanings, deliveries and service calls. That number has barely moved in six years.
What we pay for those litres has moved a lot:
2020: $10,275 (gas averaged about $1.07/L)
2021: $15,816 (about $1.46/L)
2022: $20,140 (about $1.85/L)
2023: $17,646 (about $1.74/L)
2024: $17,603 (about $1.72/L)
2025: $15,593 (about $1.55/L)
2026: on pace for nearly $19,700, with prices now over $2.20/L
Same trucks, same roads, same customers. Our fuel bill has swung by almost $10,000 a year based on the price at the pump alone.
Every local business that drives to its customers deals with this: trades, contractors, delivery, home care. We absorb as much as we can, but it's a real cost that's completely out of our hands.
So when a local business charges a travel fee or service call fee, now you know where part of it goes.
Thanks for supporting local. We see it and we appreciate it.
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