Red diesel on vehicles on the roads?

newman fulltimer wrote:
white paper at the exhaust tip turns red simple test

My truck would turn it sotty black.......:p

She's a smoker...

SidecarFlip wrote:
Pretty easy for the state to check with a clear hose in your tank filler. I believe if you get caught the fine is a grand first time.

First offense used to be 10 grand!!

troubledwaters wrote:
I don't know how you would determine if it is common or not; because most people that do it, would never admit to it (anonymously or not). I know plenty of farmers that run "tractor gas" in their cars.

I do and I admit it. My truck fuel and tractor fuel all come from the same bulk tank I have by the barn.

I buy un dyed ULSD in bulk and just keep track of the tractor gallons used and every quarter apply for the tax rebate. Pretty simple really.

I Haven't used 'off road red dye diesel in years. No point really.... and I never run B20 either.

Doing it is one thing. Getting pinched is another. The fine offsets many. many gallons of cheaper fuel.

Around here, they just insert a clear hose in your tank, thumb over the end and pull it out. If it has a red hue, then they get serious. I see then at farm auctions and events all the time.

They (state people) don't always ask permission either. They walk around and check tanks... If you are dirty, then they formally ask but they already know.

white paper at the exhaust tip turns red simple test

If you're ever in PA try it at your own risk lol. I have had the state revenue people, the taxman not the walrus, come on construction sites and sample fuel from every oil burner there, and more than once or twice. I knew a guy years ago that paid out over $15K in fines. They say once
You run it it's almost impossible to get rid of it. I guess they have some way of detecting trace amounts. More to it here than sticking a clear hose in, they bottle up samples and take them to a lab.Its like a piss test for your truck.

I don't know how you would determine if it is common or not; because most people that do it, would never admit to it (anonymously or not). I know plenty of farmers that run "tractor gas" in their cars.

Pretty easy for the state to check with a clear hose in your tank filler. I believe if you get caught the fine is a grand first time.