red dyed fuel
11-30-2006, 06:35 AM
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11-30-2006, 09:01 AM
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According to the EPA, which made the rules, it takes about 7 full tanks to clean out red dye. I would change the fuel filter at least twice, until no more dye shows up. They aren't dipping in our area anymore, but that doesn't mean they won't be, as more homemade bio starts appearing. Homemade bio isn't taxed either.
How much cheaper? That depends on your state fuel tax. In some states it's a pittance (7.5 cents) to major headache (28 cents). Also subtract the Fed fuel tax (24.4 cents). You're looking at 32-52 cents a gallon less than pump.
How much cheaper? That depends on your state fuel tax. In some states it's a pittance (7.5 cents) to major headache (28 cents). Also subtract the Fed fuel tax (24.4 cents). You're looking at 32-52 cents a gallon less than pump.
11-30-2006, 09:40 AM
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To answer the original question, the off road diesel will not harm your truck at all. When I was dipped for off road diesel this summer I told them I was running bio mix and they said "we don't care about that". They never checked my tailpipe, fuel filter, just the fuel in my tank. Ironically I was parked no more then 50' from a bulk tank of off road diesel, and had been considering running it but decided not to do so.
11-30-2006, 01:33 PM
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Actually, to do that properly....
You should have added it as a link.
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11-30-2006, 01:36 PM
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Actually, to do that properly....
You should have added it as a link.
Hey! Take it to all-politics.net
You should have added it as a link.
Hey! Take it to all-politics.net
I'll try harder next time. Like Avis!
11-30-2006, 02:50 PM
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12-02-2006, 03:35 AM
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According to the EPA, which made the rules, it takes about 7 full tanks to clean out red dye. I would change the fuel filter at least twice, until no more dye shows up. They aren't dipping in our area anymore, but that doesn't mean they won't be, as more homemade bio starts appearing. Homemade bio isn't taxed either.
How much cheaper? That depends on your state fuel tax. In some states it's a pittance (7.5 cents) to major headache (28 cents). Also subtract the Fed fuel tax (24.4 cents). You're looking at 32-52 cents a gallon less than pump.
How much cheaper? That depends on your state fuel tax. In some states it's a pittance (7.5 cents) to major headache (28 cents). Also subtract the Fed fuel tax (24.4 cents). You're looking at 32-52 cents a gallon less than pump.
12-02-2006, 09:35 AM
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12-02-2006, 10:12 AM
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Well, they're incurring extra costs associated with using an environmentally "green" fuel that the rest of us #2 consumers don't have...
and it's common practice for the government to offer tax-break incentives for alternative energy sources.
and it's common practice for the government to offer tax-break incentives for alternative energy sources.
12-02-2006, 10:19 AM
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The question is funding of our public road system - the fuel tax is a key component of that. Why should I (and the others who run taxed fuel) have to pay their share of the burden? The concept is pretty simple - if one operates a vehicle off-road only, then run tax-free fuel; conversely, if one operates a vehicle on the public roads, then road taxes should be applicable.
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12-02-2006, 10:28 AM
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I'm well aware of the concept, Friend - what say you to the tax incentive aspect?
p.s. I have no dog in this hunt - just donning the mantle of devil's advocate.
p.s. I have no dog in this hunt - just donning the mantle of devil's advocate.
12-02-2006, 10:57 AM
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12-02-2006, 11:22 AM
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The red dyed diesel will not hurt anything, except your wallet, if by some very remote chance you got caught using it on public roads. We go thru 80,000 gallons a month of Red LS #2 B20. Our fleet has 3000HP EMD's, 3412 CAT's, 855 Cummins, 6BT and 4BT Cummins engines. The only difference in the red diesel and the stuff every highway fuel stop across the country sells, is the color and the price.