Pumping Diesel in Oregon

It is perfectly legal to pump your own diesel anywhere in Oregon. You CANNOT however pump gasoline, except in a couple of remote counties of eastern Oregon.
Now there may be a few stations that will try to insist to pump it for you. Since there is no discount to pump it yourself, heck, just let them get smelly.

People in Oregon and New Jersey were thought to STUPID to pump their own gas:o. Hence the laws that prohibit pumping your own gas in those states. Doug

dougrainer wrote:
People in Oregon and New Jersey were thought to STUPID to pump their own gas:o. Hence the laws that prohibit pumping your own gas in those states. Doug

Funny thing though gasoling is cheaper in Oregon that either California or Washington states.

donn0128 wrote:

dougrainer wrote:
People in Oregon and New Jersey were thought to STUPID to pump their own gas:o. Hence the laws that prohibit pumping your:) own gas in those states. Doug

Funny thing though gasoling is cheaper in Oregon that either California or Washington states.

I don't like having to wait for some sullen attendant to pump my gas in NJ, and I often get out and pump it myself. It is, however, cheaper to buy gas in NJ than PA or NY.

Oh, by the way, we may be too stupid to pump gas, but we can spell three letter words!:)

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dougrainer wrote:
People in Oregon and New Jersey were thought to STUPID to pump their own gas:o. Hence the laws that prohibit pumping your own gas in those states. Doug

I have traveled all over. No state has a monopoly on stupid or smart either.

And I was asking specifically about Diesel at truck pumps.

“Funny thing though gasoling is cheaper in Oregon that either California...”

Don, nothing is cheaper in my fair state.

Diesel at truck pumps must be pumped by you in Oregon just like everywhere. At the gas pump it’s mix as it’s legal for you to pump a combustible but most regular stations will pump it for you as they already pump gas.
The price in Oregon truck pumps is public utility commission ( PUC) price no tax as Oregon charges a per mile tax on trucks instead . The pump should be smart enough to charge tax if you don’t enter your puc number so the answer is yes ( in most cases ) Buying diesel without the tax or a fake number is not advised !

As a lifelong Oregonian I can tell you the real reason we voted down self serve several times was to keep the attendant jobs. Only the average number of “ stupid” people here , but we are smart enough to know the gas stations just want to cut cost and jobs and make you their employees... The gas companies always promise 5 cents cheaper gas but if you buy that .. I got a well in Texas I’ll sell you !!
gas while not cheap is still less than Washington or California.

jorbill2or wrote:
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As a lifelong Oregonian I can tell you the real reason we voted down self serve several times was to keep the attendant jobs. Only the average number of “ stupid” people here , but we are smart enough to know the gas stations just want to cut cost and jobs and make you their employees... The gas companies always promise 5 cents cheaper gas but if you buy that .. I got a well in Texas I’ll sell you !!
gas while not cheap is still less than Washington or California.

I agree, this is why in Oregon we keep voting down the oil companies and their attempts to make us work for them for free.

Lived in Portland years ago and worked over in Washington when the oil companies were spending millions in advertising telling people in the state that the fuel prices would drop by 10-15% if they voted in pump your own! The big lie. It's always been a lie. How people wouldn't know that always amazed me after the first two states allowed pump your own and we saw the prices creep up shortly after.

Anyhow, they passed the 'pump your own' bill in Washington state and within 2 weeks, the gas prices jumped to $0.05 over the previous prices, and were over Oregon's prices too. The big gas companies weren't even subtle about it. Boom, higher prices after promising lower prices. No explanation at all. The stations had let go thousands of workers almost immediately after it passed too.

I'll take the Oregon and NJ rules any day. I'm never in a hurry to fuel up anyway, and years ago, if I was, I'd just leave a busy station and go down the street a block or two where the attendant wasn't as busy. Simple. And no gas stains on my clothes.

dougrainer wrote:
People in Oregon and New Jersey were thought to STUPID to pump their own gas:o. Hence the laws that prohibit pumping your own gas in those states. Doug

Apparently people outside of Oregon have some challenges as well.... Specifically, grammar. It's "too" not "to."