Places I have lived were always monthly. They also offer budget plans to estimate yearly costs and spread that out over the entire year so it is the same amount every month. Helps people who cannot cover the bigger bills during peak heating/cooling seasons.
It is negligible and opening a window while driving probably has a more profound effect, that is why I created the graphic of the guy trying to justify driving a tanker truck for its increased range… I guess I need more emojis… 
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But that does not explain only a 300 mile range on a 30-plus gallon fuel tank… 
There’s almost nothing left to be inherited. If you don’t have any heirs, then it could be a good deal. Get the money and fix up the house or take a trip or just use the money to make your life more comfortable.
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And what kind of fuel economy do YOU feel would be appropriate for the truck?
When I bought my diesel in 81, it came with a larger tank, I think 28;gallons, so it hard a range of over 500 miles. The concern then was limited stations that carried auto diesel. You even got a booklet with a list of stations.
Doesn’t it? What kind of mpg would you expect?
A typical travel trailer for a family of 4 might have an unloaded weight of 8000lbs. Add in the payload of a week’s worth of “stuff”. Aerodynamics play a part too, and there’s no shortage of 6% grades to climb. 10mpg sounds reasonable to me.
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If I think back to renting an apartment then yes, I do think that the electric bill came monthly. But I’ve never had a single-family house with city utilities that billed monthly until this recent change. Seems to me that there’s a cost to generating a bill and sending it out to the customers, whether they mail it or it goes electronically. And also to processing that payment.
So from where I sit it looks like they’ve increased their administrative costs in an effort to, well, I don’t know what. Like I said earlier, sending a bill every month doesn’t save anyone anything. Neither does the budget plan they offer. I prefer to just pay for what I use every month. No more, no less.
Reminds me of the customer I once had, she kept running out of gas because the gas gauge was broken. She was complaining about the $400 cost to repair it but said it had to be done. I advised her to simply fill the tank all the way, set the trip odometer, and refill the tank at 200 miles and she would never run out again. She scoffed at that saying she couldn’t afford to spend that much money on gas. Sometimes we can fix the car but can’t fix the customer.
Do you expect a 6000# truck with the aerodynamic profile of a brick to get 20 mpg? It’s also geared as a work truck, not a highway cruiser.
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This is the 1st time I have ever heard of by monthly Bills, ours have always been monthly…
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Well, they have been remotely reading meters here for quite some time. They used to physically look at the meter. Then they went to collecting the information wirelessly by driving by. Now they just collect it remotely over the internet. Billing is paperless. And the collection is electronic check or credit through their web site or a separate service. Costs are minimized so monthly, bi-monthly, quarterly…no big difference to them cost-wise.
Even my propane tank has a cell phone transceiver to let them know when to come fill it.
The budget plan doesn’t save anything but it is a convenience for people that need to budget spending. It just levels it out so you don’t get a $100 bill in fall and a $500 bill in winter for example. I think many people take advantage of that program.
Why switch to monthly billing? I can speak for other businesses- cash is king. Cash flow matters so if you can get the cash sooner, it is advantageous for your business. As a seller, we would like NET30 or better. Our customers, they would like 90 day payment terms. Same amount of money either way, right?
My water and sewer has always been monthly. It is paid automatically though but they still mail a paper statement. The rate has been steadily increasing with the justification of having to upgrade equipment. Electric and nat gas is monthly but paid electronically. My peeve with local government has always been that during bad economic times, instead of holding down costs they go nuts. 10% salary increases, new jail, new summer ice skating rink, new services for industrial development, new low cost housing, new recycling facility, an on and on. Not to mention additional staff.
What was the topic here again?
8-10mpg is expected for a 1half ton v8 with an 8000lb load hitched up. Just read an account of a f150 powerboost owner getting 14mpg towing a 8000lb boat
Dads trawler style boat weighs 8,500lbs without the trailer at 28ft. The marina puts it on their trailer and pulls it out for the semiannual service.same model as this but only one Honda 225 on the back
Same amount in the transaction, but the party with the most advantageous terms gets to use the money longer. Ina large business that could lead to substantial extra money. Or at least opportunity.
In the town I grew up in CT, water was every three months and sewer every four.
Everything else, electric, subscriber TV, insurances, monthly.
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Just to avoid confusion, it’s bi monthly not by monthly or bye monthly or buy monthly.
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Says the guy who ends his ‘the’s with ‘3’!
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Pay no attention to him.
Yeah I knew it didn’t look right, but then I didn’t care enough to do anything about it… lol
But I’m still confused, Is it twice a month or every 2 months?
bi·month·ly
adjective
adjective: bi-monthly
- done, produced, or occurring twice a month or every two months.
“a bimonthly newsletter”
adverb
adverb: bi-monthly
- twice a month or every two months.
“the magazine appears bimonthly”
noun
noun: bi-monthly
- a periodical produced twice a month or every two months.
What “dictionary” (and I’m using quotes to be civil) did that slip out of?
Twice per month as far back as I recall = bi-weekly.
bi-monthly alway meant every other month where I’m from.