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Old 08-21-2008, 08:19 AM
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Left over heating oil.....what to do?

in about a week i'm switching over from heating my house with oil to heating it w/ wood/coal. my question is...what should i do w/ the extra heating oil? I should have roughly 100gal and i don't want it to go to waste. thanks guys
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Put an add in craigslist , or bring to MN. I'l take it .
You'll here all the , burn it in truck / get dipped / get fined , red dye .
I'm sure some one in the area is still got an oil furnace or some off road [ farmer / equipment - back hoe ect. ] could use it .
If you flush with money donate it to someone , or get some extra money for truck .
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Originally Posted by John Faughn
Put an add in craigslist , or bring to MN. I'l take it .
You'll here all the , burn it in truck / get dipped / get fined , red dye .
I'm sure some one in the area is still got an oil furnace or some off road [ farmer / equipment - back hoe ect. ] could use it .
If you flush with money donate it to someone , or get some extra money for truck .
thanks john, i think i would be paranoid running it in the truck for the reasons that you stated, i hear that the fine is huge. Is heating oil more similar to diesel or kerosene?

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Its #2 diesel with red dye .
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Originally Posted by John Faughn
Its #2 diesel with red dye .
answers that question thank you sir
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Find a local construction company with earthmoving equipment.They will give you a fair price and likely pump it for you too.Ron G
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Find a local construction company with earthmoving equipment.They will give you a fair price and likely pump it for you too.Ron G
good idea, that would be nice if they pumped it for me too
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Know any farmers? Say you are doing some work for them and in exchange they are letting you use their fuel.
What part of Western PA do you live in?
I've never heard of anyone getting dipped around here.
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Originally Posted by megacabdad
Know any farmers? Say you are doing some work for them and in exchange they are letting you use their fuel.
What part of Western PA do you live in?
I've never heard of anyone getting dipped around here.
you want to know where i live? you're not johnny lawman trying to catch me are you? just kidding! i live near altoona. i actually just read where a guy got stopped near the breezewood interchange on the turnpike and got dipped https://www.dieseltruckresource.com/...d.php?t=214672. that's too close to home for me. Also yes, my uncle ownes a farm. where are you from?
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'bout as far from the lawman as you can come. I'm from Erie by the way.
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Originally Posted by megacabdad
'bout as far from the lawman as you can come. I'm from Erie by the way.
good enough for me! i wonder if that "helping out on a farm" line would work?
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If your uncle owns a farm, no doubt in my mind that it would.
I doubt you would ever get bothered anyway unless you were doing something illegal to begin with.
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Originally Posted by megacabdad
If your uncle owns a farm, no doubt in my mind that it would.
I doubt you would ever get bothered anyway unless you were doing something illegal to begin with.
i appreciate your input
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put it in ur truck put half tank of bought fuel and other half of ur extra fuel.
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The tax man has equipment that is sensitive enough to detect offroad fuel in your tank after you have run five full tanks of highway fuel through your vehicle.
If your offroad fuel has red dye in it I would think about that quite a while before I did it.The farmer story would not work in my area and we have plenty of farms around here.Environmental protection is not the only agency that you have to watch out for.Ron G


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