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The heating oil (#1 or #2) here isn't dyed. No way to tell. Unless you get caught filling your rig from the "Heating Oil" pump your not going to get caught. Its about 40 cents cheaper though.
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I live in northern CA., and I drive a "large car" for a living. I have seen, on more than one occaision, CHP pull pickups into the roadside inspections and dip their tanks. If you're red, you're dead. Heating oil, on the other hand, as pointed out above is the same fuel as diesel, but cheaper, go figure.
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LOL..red diesel I have noticed a little more smoke than white fuel and for those of you who are going to use the white heating fuel for a alternitive.I do belive that is kerosene and I think that will fry your injectors for sure.Kerosene is what the add to diesel in small ratio amounts to winterize it when it gets cold to keep it from gelling.Thats my 2 cents
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Originally posted by jrs_big_ford_f150
You are right the big rigs are the money makers. However I have heard stories where the DOT would show up to a horse or livestock auction, and start dipping tanks on the diesel trucks. Don't know if this is true or not but I have heard it from different people several times.
You are right the big rigs are the money makers. However I have heard stories where the DOT would show up to a horse or livestock auction, and start dipping tanks on the diesel trucks. Don't know if this is true or not but I have heard it from different people several times.
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I wonder how they could make that stand up in court if you really wanted to fight it. I mean them dipping the tanks on a parked rig. It's not being driven on the road so what law is being broken?? I know they do it around here too at rodeos and livestock auctions.
I just think it would be funny to get a lawyer or even just go in yourself and fight it. You could say anything you wanted and they couldn't prove otherwise. Say your buddy was going to empty his aux tank and you didn't want the diesel to go to waste so you were storing it in your fuel tank and would of course drain it out before you left
Sure they would know you were lying but they couldn't prove it in a court of law.
I just think it would be funny to get a lawyer or even just go in yourself and fight it. You could say anything you wanted and they couldn't prove otherwise. Say your buddy was going to empty his aux tank and you didn't want the diesel to go to waste so you were storing it in your fuel tank and would of course drain it out before you left
Sure they would know you were lying but they couldn't prove it in a court of law.
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