Fuel tax and road use

Abstract

Loaded log trucks are commonly seen on Alabama’s state and county highways. In fact, 1.648 million truck loads of roundwood were harvested in Alabama in 2015. Many gallons of diesel fuel are used in transporting Alabama’s unprocessed forest products, but the majority of the diesel fuel taxes collected aren’t used to support and maintain the roads that loaded log trucks use. Two routes were examined to compare and contrast the impact of time, mileage, and weight restrictions. One route included interstate highway travel and the other avoided the interstate. Safety considerations were also explored.

Citation

Mitchell, D. 2016. Fuel tax and road use. In: Proceedings of the DEMO international 2016 and annual Council on Forest Engineering meeting. Vancouver, BC. 6 p. https://cofe.org/pdfs/COFE_2016.pdf