Thanks for all the input. Bio is more expensive here in San Diego but at least I can tun it. # 2 is about $4.25 and Bio is $4.45.

 

Around here and when traveling I occasionally stop at Love's and they have the high bio mix, truck does like it but will not do it for the nearly 30 cents more per gallon very often.

 

Fuel's been taking some big jumps the past few weeks. Maybe it'll be 10 dollars soon!

 

A good friend of mine in the mountains of north GA told me the following one time...

"Veggie oil is not a fuel source, it is a lifestyle and a hobby that takes practice, time and attention to detail".

SHOOOOOSHHH YOU!!!

As my truck sits about 65 gallons low on fuel where it is parked, I have thought about running out to the interstate to fill up as the upward trend of prices is not leveling out much. I think I diesel was $3.39 yesterday when we were in town and gasoline was $2.95 for regular.

A few years ago I found a carbon copy from a credit card slider like from the old days. It was from 1992 or something like that when premium gasoline was less than a dollar. I got a pretty good laugh out of it as I remember driving by fuel stations when premium was $1.00 and saying "that price is ridiculous, I'm not paying that much for gas".

 

That's right, Brandon! My oil stocks have been keeping my personal stock portfolio afloat here lately. My account in a manager's hands has taken some big hits. Right now, I am glad to have those fuel tanks out by the garage, my diesel tank lasts about a year and a half.

 

Diesel trucks are a lifestyle!

 

I can answer why I stopped. The last batches of B100 I made cost $1.25/gal in chemicals. This does not include the cost of collecting and dewatering WVO, filters, electricity, TIME and disposal of wash water and toxic glycerol. To handle the chemicals safely, your PPE looks similar to a moon suit. The cost of methanol and caustic can fluctuate greatly and generally goes up proportionately to gas/diesel/propane.

I think my response to @Sous once declaring VO isn’t a fuel was ‘it IS a fuel, but it is also a hobby (collecting, filtering and storing WVO)’. I have burned WVO for over 300k miles and more significant to me than saving $$ during that time - my kids have traveled all over the country - on trips that we could have never afforded without ‘free fuel’.

Anyway, on store bought bio-d. They’ve been doing this a long time now and appear to be pretty good at making consistent fuel - enabling manufacturers’ to be comfortable saying ‘B20’ is safe. At the end of the day, the only way biodiesel ever makes it to the pump is government subsidies and local mandates. I guarantee NOBODY buys biodiesel to sell if they don’t have to and I promise the petroleum industry hates it (and not because it’s ‘competition’ - because they are forced to deal with it in places where it is mandated).

 

I'm in the great state of Texas also...do all the Love's carry the high bio mix...and what concentration percentage is considered a high bio mix?

 

STHU!

I can remember diesel was $1.67 in 2005...and I think mostly through 2008...given there was no gasoline available from tropical storm Rita. I can recall pulling into a station over in Pasadena and immediately had a line of cars behind me thinking they found fuel...boy were they disappointed to find out it was diesel and that's all which was available.

 

ah, the good old days. We used to make ~200 gallon a week and had the price down to about $0.15/gallon (2005-2008). Everything was working well, but then BHO became potus and the price of everything skyrocketed. It was no longer financially beneficial to produce bio.

The 7.3, dad's 5.9, and all the tractors really seemed to like the bio. they ran well. Always used to laugh that people would comment they smelled french fries when they would get close to the truck.

 

Somebody around here has been putting stickers on fuel pumps with sleepy Joe pointing to the price per gallon display saying "I did that!" Thought that was pretty clever.

 

Reports of those are coming in from all over the country. They do seem to be big on fuel pumps but have also been seen in grocery stores.