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Old Sep 11, 2005 | 07:09 AM
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Fuel thieves!

Originally Posted by AustinS
Welcome! I'm glad to see another realize that there's nothing quite like a diesel! Now, if only fuel was $.74 gal. like it was when I bought my '01. Those were happy days!!!
Hey Austin, it can be if you're making your own... Or in the case of the hoodlams in my neighborhood, stealing your own...

I'm just waiting for them to siphon off of my Excursion and pour a few gallons of diesel in their rice burners... It won't take long to figure out who it was...
 
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Old Sep 11, 2005 | 07:17 AM
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Hey Midway_FUBAR,

You are right, it won't take long to figure that one out. I had somebody to steal 2 gas cans off of my trailer 1 at a time. Then I filled the last one with diesel fuel and waited. The man even threatened to sue me for the repair bill for his Toyota car. I told him to try and I would LMAO in the court room. Man did that car sound like crap.
 
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Old Sep 11, 2005 | 07:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Powerkleen
Hey Midway_FUBAR,

You are right, it won't take long to figure that one out. I had somebody to steal 2 gas cans off of my trailer 1 at a time. Then I filled the last one with diesel fuel and waited. The man even threatened to sue me for the repair bill for his Toyota car. I told him to try and I would LMAO in the court room. Man did that car sound like crap.
That is crazy! If you told me that you wanted me to pay for the repairs to your car due to the diesel that you STOLE from me I would have to:

1: Laugh at you until my sides hurt because you're an idiot.

2: Kick your butt halfway across the county for stealing my fuel.

3: Laugh at you some more because you're still an idiot...

That's great, I needed a good laugh this morning...
 
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Old Sep 11, 2005 | 08:46 AM
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Originally Posted by Midway_FUBAR
That is crazy! If you told me that you wanted me to pay for the repairs to your car due to the diesel that you STOLE from me I would have to:

1: Laugh at you until my sides hurt because you're an idiot.

2: Kick your butt halfway across the county for stealing my fuel.

3: Laugh at you some more because you're still an idiot...

That's great, I needed a good laugh this morning...


How about: 4. All of the above, and repeat as deemed necessary!


Austin

I'm reminded of a saying:

There are two types of people in this world...
Those who agree with me,
and Idiots!
 
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Old Sep 11, 2005 | 09:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Powerkleen
Hey Midway_FUBAR,

You are right, it won't take long to figure that one out. I had somebody to steal 2 gas cans off of my trailer 1 at a time. Then I filled the last one with diesel fuel and waited. The man even threatened to sue me for the repair bill for his Toyota car. I told him to try and I would LMAO in the court room. Man did that car sound like crap.
 
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Old Sep 11, 2005 | 09:44 AM
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Reminds me of an incident years ago. Lived in a rural area, and a spare truck tire disappeared from my front porch. Later followed by a gas can. Then another. Whatever wasn't locked up would eventually disappear. So, one day I got out my chainsaw, my gas can, and went up along a hedgerow to trim some trees. "Fueled" the chainsaw at one end of the hedgerow, and worked my way down the row. An hour later I quit, and "forgot" the gas can, and left it out overnight. Next morning it was gone, along with the four gallons of sugared gas it contained. Nothing more for several weeks. Happened into our local garage, and here was 2 snowmobiles having the engines rebuilt. Mechanic said they had been sugared! Wonder how that happened?
 
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Old Sep 11, 2005 | 12:33 PM
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i would never steal fuel because

a. never know what it is

b. its just not right to steal something that you can buy for $3 a gallon.
 
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Old Sep 11, 2005 | 02:50 PM
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dumb question

I'm not a gear head, bear with me, I've always heard sugar will ruin a motor,
what does it do to it ??
 
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Old Sep 11, 2005 | 03:53 PM
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we had someone stealing fuel out of our tank at a jobsite so about a week before we moved the tank my boss dumped 5 gallons of nitromethane into 50gal of diesel. needless to say we figured out who was stealing our fuel that day.....D9 dozers dont like nitro too much......
 
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Old Sep 11, 2005 | 04:01 PM
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I think you should get togeater with the guy that wants you to pay for his repairs and the local DA. They kind of take a different view on Tax evation. Then I'd kick his ars
 
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Old Sep 11, 2005 | 04:44 PM
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Originally Posted by dunbar15
I'm not a gear head, bear with me, I've always heard sugar will ruin a motor,
what does it do to it ??
Never seen a sugared motor myself, but I hear that it gums it all up once it gets inside.
 
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Old Sep 11, 2005 | 04:59 PM
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Thats what I have heard as well. . .but I thought you needed polar molecules to break down sugar granuals. . .so what cuases the actual gumming-up?

EDIT*

Never mind, it doesn't: http://www.snopes.com/autos/grace/sugar.asp

FWIW, sugar doesn't dissolve in gas
 

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Old Sep 11, 2005 | 05:21 PM
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my cure would be
a, a junk yard dog chained to my truck.
b, the working end of my 10 guage side by side. loaded with rock salt.
c, both of the above.
 
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Old Sep 11, 2005 | 10:01 PM
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yeah, I have two rottweilers that roam the yard. Neighbors keep having that problem, things missing. I think I know where there three cats are, but the gas, lawnmower, and tires are a mystery...........its amazing what 310 total pounds of guard dog will do
 
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Old Sep 12, 2005 | 12:55 AM
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yeah, I have two rottweilers that roam the yard. Neighbors keep having that problem, things missing. I think I know where there three cats are, but the gas, lawnmower, and tires are a mystery...........its amazing what 310 total pounds of guard dog will do
That is too funny man!!!
 
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