Posted: February 17, 2025

Ensure Continuity in Fleet Fueling During Weather Emergencies

Propane Autogas Offers Winter-Ready Capabilities

It’s the time of the year in Mountain Top, Hazleton, and other communities in Central or Southeastern Pennsylvania where managing a fleet can get extra tricky. Frigid temperatures, snow-blocked highways, and power outages can all conspire to seriously hamper your operations.

Even when you have a fleet of well-maintained vehicles and a team of experienced, safety-focused drivers, you may still end up facing some considerable challenges keeping your fleet supplied with adequate fuel. Koppy’s Propane is proud to provide efficient, dependable propane autogas to fleets in our region. Here are four tips for safeguarding your fleet’s fuel continuity during weather emergencies.

1. Arrange Onsite Fuel Storage and Pumps

When the weather gets nasty, vehicles start lining up for fuel at gas stations. The situation can get snarly. Your drivers may end up waiting a long time to fill up. It gets even worse if a station loses electricity or runs out of fuel.

Conversely, having an onsite fuel tank with dedicated pumps allows your drivers to fuel up without going to another location. You can better coordinate your fleet fueling, and you don’t need to worry about shortages.

2. Have an Emergency Fleet Fuel Plan in Place

They say an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. That’s 100% true when it comes to fueling your vehicles. The last thing you want is to go into inclement weather with a nearly empty fuel tank.

It’s essential that you have a worst-case scenario fleet fuel plan for weather emergencies. Even better, partner with a fuel provider like Koppy’s Propane, which can arrange automatic deliveries and ensure you have ample fuel before bad weather disrupts operations.

3. Look Out for Cold Weather Start-Up Issues

Facing successive days of sub-freezing temperatures presents a lot of potential problems getting your vehicles running. Diesel and gasoline can face gelling, clouding, and freezing, which could leave you vulnerable to engine failures.

This is one of the biggest benefits of having propane autogas. Propane experiences virtually no ill effects from extreme cold. As a result, propane vehicles do not encounter the same cold weather start-up issues that diesel engines or electric vehicles face. Even when you can see your breath and are opening up a value pack of hand warmers, your autogas engine will be totally reliable.

4. Convert Your Fleet to Dependable, Affordable Autogas

Propane autogas really shows its value in cold weather emergencies. Unlike many other transportation fuels, propane is overwhelmingly U.S.-made. You can be confident that there is a reliable domestic supply available to you. Additionally, a locally based propane partner like us has the fuel capacity, delivery fleet, and committed team necessary to keep you supplied with ample fleet fuel.

And propane is a significant cost saver. Fleet managers who convert from gas or diesel to propane have seen fuel savings of 30% to 50%. Plus, autogas engines tend to have longer service lives.

Protect yourself from icy weather conditions with the most reliable propane autogas company in Pennsylvania. Become a Koppy’s Propane customer today!