They cannot turn you around if you have the tank securely bolted in and it is a diesel truck with 100 gallons or less. Nothing illegal about it.
I have heard if you have a bunch of loose containers or just some type of tank or drum just in with ratchet straps, they will turn you around.

BroncoAZ No, the fuel is not dyed as long as you get it at a Pemex station. (others I am not sure about) No need to worry.

 

http://thegohorse.com/Pages/08/doug_Diesel.htm

It doesn't matter about it being bolted securely. Some B.S. about reselling the cheaper fuel with out the proper taxes and then C.A.R.B. Just something with the cali borders. I haven't found any problems with the other border states. Like I said just what I've been reading. Hate to fill up a 90 gallon aux tank and then have to find a way to get rid of it to get home. That 100 gallon rule is that if your over it I believe the vehicle has to be placard, cet hazmat inspected etc...

 

Wow that was a good read. California, go figure.

 

Good read. Thanks Travis. I am glad that Texas (and New Mexico where I cross) does not have those laws.......Yet I may need to just start buying a few bottles of tequila and say thay is why I went over and just pay the fees for that!! I am sure the government will somehow put a stop to this but until then I will do it.

 

once again the legal citizens of this once great country are getting screwed by the feds. every day i see dozens of semis with baja plates driving on our freeways and delivering freight with their $2.00 mexican diesel fuel thus screwing our u.s. truckers that must pay over 4 bucks. that said try and get any co-operation with the feds regarding illegal aliens in this state. never happen. try and get local police help with illegal aliens in this state. never happen and their excuse is "it is a federal issue" and mean time we get screwed over. i have about had it with the bas--rds runing this once great country.

david
san diego

 

The Mexican gov't subsidizes the price of oil/gas/diesel in their country. Thus, Mexicans get diesel fuel at below market prices.

That's what you're not supposed to be buying fuel there and bringing it back to the US. That fuel is subsidized by Mexican taxpayers, and buying it down there as a US citizen (and hence, not a Mexican taxpayer) could be likened to stealing-- much the same as if an illegal immigrant from Mexico where to come to the US and benefit from something subsidized by the US taxpayer-- which is a long shot, I know

JH

 

That's pretty frustrating for sure. Are there any links you have where I might read more about that? You seem to have good sources for oil-related stuff.

Feel free to PM me.

Thanks.

jh

 

Regarding the "fuel non crisis", here is something very interesting. Its about an hour long, but definitly worth watching...

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...74697167011147

 

http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/dnav/pet/hist/mdiexmx1M.htm
it shows that in feb, we upped our diesel exports to mexico even higher, to over 1.3 million barrels. PM sent.

 

Good info. Thanks chipmonk

 

you're welcome. sure is frustrating though, being told about low diesel supplies, then see how millions of barrels of the stuff are sent around the world.

 

That is frustrating.. I don't understand why we are sending out so much of our diesel fuel, when we need it here more. Shouldn't we be taking care of our own first?

I did have another question with the aero tank 75 gallon replacement, will the overhead computer still read DTE correctly, and will the fuel gauge still read correctly?
Scott

 

just took a closer look, and in the months around hurricanes katrina and rita, when we were told supplies were very low, causing huge spikes in our price, they were sending an average of around 850,000 barrels of diesel to mexico every month. that's not even counting the millions of barrels that were sent to china, europe, pakistan, chile, etc. during that time.

 

From what I read the gauge will read correctly probably just stays longer at full or 3/4 full. no to sure about the DTE. I never use it anyway. Within the next couple of weeks I'm going to be making a call to them asking a few questions. Main thing is that it bolts to the frame. I'm not sure if we are supposed to dill the holes or they use existing ones. I thought I read somewhere on this site that drilling these new frames is a

 

OK, the following are the thoughts from someone that lives in México. The color of diesel is the same as the color of diesel sold in the US. My truck has close to 50000 miles and have not had any fuel related problems (or any problems for that matter ). Of the different diesel trucks my family has owned over the years we have never experienced any fuel related problems. the nozzles in all the fuel stations are bigger because they cater to the heavy trucks. So if you have the vent-tank mod it will fill very quickly. All fuel stations in México are PEMEX franchises, period. If you visit try to pump where you see a "quali" logo on the marquee of the station. The logo looks like this:
http://www.ref.pemex.com/index.cfm?a...2&subcatID=387
Also, try to visit the large stations that have big trucks as clients. Diesel should be cleaner as inventory turns over quicker (but this is just common sense, I think). In all stations fuel will be pumped and tipping is not required unless they offer to clean windows, air pressure etc. Also, purchase vehicle insurance even if you are crossing just to pump. Most border towns have insurance "stores" on both sides of the border offering deals for 1 to 180 days of coverage at reasonable prices. Feel free to PM if you have questions.