tank dipped today
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From: Montana
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man im getting bent over where i live i pay 2.65 gallon. this summer it was up to 3.45 a gal. i filled up on emty and it cost me 120$
Im about ready to fill the tank with red
I wouldnt do it. I think I should pay my share of taxes just like everyone else
Im about ready to fill the tank with red I wouldnt do it. I think I should pay my share of taxes just like everyone else
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If anybody should be allowed to run off-road fuel it should be truckers. Why only farmers? Sure, farmers grow the food for the country but without the hard working truckers it wouldn't make it to stores. If the government wants to bolster the economy why don't they wake up and start giving the trucking industry some breaks since the transportation of goods is a big part of what makes the economy what it is. That's my 2 cents.
Farmers burn coloured fuel without paying road tax because they are burning it "off road" ie in tractors etc. "Vehicles of Husbandry" It's like home heating oil (very similar to diesel fuel) It's dyed red and you don't pay road tax because you don't use it on the road!
Farm trucks (including diesel pickups etc) in most jurisdictions CAN NOT burn coloured fuel legally, (there are some exceptions here in ALberta it is legal if you are on FARM BUSINESS) get dipped at the grocery store or curling rink and see what happens.
Truckers on the other hand must burn clear, "Taxed" fuel to pay for road construction and up keep. Obviously due to the increased weight of the vehicle trucks do the most dammage to road surfaces.
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This has been a **** of a thread, but I have a cure for all the problems. Most larger trucking companies have accounts set up with the national chains for there trucks to fuel up using a fuel card. In doing this these companies receive huge discounts, some with as much as 35% off pump price. This is based on volume purchase. So all we need to do is follow the farmers example and COOP on this site. Setup our own fuel card system for members of this site and then pay your fuel bill through the COOP every month, a small interest fee on that would even help fund the site. There everybody is happy. I'v done the hard part of coming up with the idea, now somebody else take over for the easy stuff and figure out how to put it together.
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I am sure glad someone cleared up the whole farmers gettin it easy thing! If I were to get caught running farm fuel in my pickup it would be the same fine as anyone else, and at that they have the right to take away on farm diesel storage, and fine you for that to boot! The only reason we can get untaxed fuel is because we do not run tractors on the road often, and when we do it is for legitimate farm work and it generally for short distances.
My father in law owns an excavating company and he is under the same regs. as farmers. Although his road tractors get checked frequently, while my truck has never been dipped, to my knowledge.
Tom
My father in law owns an excavating company and he is under the same regs. as farmers. Although his road tractors get checked frequently, while my truck has never been dipped, to my knowledge.
Tom
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Alot of folk love to say hey, lets park these things for a day so the price will drop. Hooey! Nothing drops but your own paycheck. Well then, lets park them for a month. Double Hooey. You park all the trucks on the road and you'll pay more for everything that you'll ever purchase from that day forth. Just how will everyone make it these days with no deliveries for a week to any grocery stores? It was said once that there was only enough food in stock within the Houston city limits to support the town for 3 days. That was said back during the hurricane days. That wasn't taking into consideration the panic and people stripping the shelves in minutes.
Up here, we had no bad weather. I don't even remember if it rained any. Maybe a little bit. But all the stores were stripped and all the pumps were empty. And that was with the trucks rolling.
Up here, we had no bad weather. I don't even remember if it rained any. Maybe a little bit. But all the stores were stripped and all the pumps were empty. And that was with the trucks rolling.
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