does anyone else run offroad
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does anyone else run offroad
so far i havnt ran on road in my truck yet. im getting around 17.5 to 18.2 running a mix of tranny fluid and offroad. i havnt ran my truck yet above 35 degres so im guessing that mite pick up a little when spring starts to hit. i pulled the fuel filter and changed it in the auto zone parking lot and it looked pretty cruddy. it felt like i had 50 more hp on the way home.lol
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i hear that if you leave the off road diesel in a clear container in the sun light for a few days the dye fades and the fuel is the same color as normal diesel......i cant remember who it was on here that was telling me that, but they had a thread on it in the biodiesel section. youre chances of getting caught in a pick up are almost zero, but like tj said, you can get fined if you do get caught. fines start at 1k dollars and go up from there. the big fines are usually given to trucking companies that are going through thousands of gallons of fuel a day and not paying tax on it. for a pick up getting caught with one tank full, youd be on the lower end of the fine. that being said, DOT checkpoints are virtually always at weigh stations because everything that comes through them is diesel.
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offroad and onroad is the exact same thing. a year ago offroad was 500ppm sulfer content vs the 15ppm pump content so the offroad yielded slightly more power and economy, but as of........july 08 (i think) all offroad diesel is now shipped as 15ppm max so unless you got a shipment of old 500 ppm fuel then you have the exact smae fuel in your tank offroad or onroad
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2500 bucks here in the great state of WV for any amount. The only fella that I know of that got caught was parked in front of the same pump 2x a week. It was a matter of time.
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well, we run it some. Dad swears his truck gets up to 8mpg better with it. i say he needs some math classes. that being said, it does give both of us slightly better fuel mileage, and his is dramatic. mine is noticable to say the least.
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i hear that if you leave the off road diesel in a clear container in the sun light for a few days the dye fades and the fuel is the same color as normal diesel......i cant remember who it was on here that was telling me that, but they had a thread on it in the biodiesel section. youre chances of getting caught in a pick up are almost zero, but like tj said, you can get fined if you do get caught. fines start at 1k dollars and go up from there. the big fines are usually given to trucking companies that are going through thousands of gallons of fuel a day and not paying tax on it. for a pick up getting caught with one tank full, youd be on the lower end of the fine. that being said, DOT checkpoints are virtually always at weigh stations because everything that comes through them is diesel.
It's mean stuff.. but at $2.00 a gallon, I doubt a $1000 minimum fine is worth it.
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The dye will not fade.. We run it in our dump trucks to keep people from breaking in a stealing it..It's pretty much in there for life.. or about 400 tanks.. I stored some in one of my semi truck tanks about 8 years ago. (neighbor had extra..made me a deal) and the tank is still red.
It's mean stuff.. but at $2.00 a gallon, I doubt a $1000 minimum fine is worth it.
It's mean stuff.. but at $2.00 a gallon, I doubt a $1000 minimum fine is worth it.
are these tanks clear? becuase the earlier post said that sunlight will cuase the dye to fade.