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Re: RV Fuel Issues & Prices - Post 'Em Here!
I don't care what the cause of high fuel prices is but I've already had to quit my job because of it. It was costing me more to drive to work than I was making. Seriously. I sold all of the old gas guzzling antiques we had. Really nice cars too but who can afford 8 mpg any more? I got a new tractor designed to run on B100. Then the idiot that owned the bio plant near us lost his mind and started charging 10 bucks a gallon for the stuff. I'm not kidding. I'm taking matters into my own hands now. Trying to convince our representatives that this is killing us is a lost cause. I'm keeping my 94 F350 and maintaining it in perfect condition. I was a Ford diesel mechanic for a long time and that's easy. I've done everything I can to get better mileage from it. It's a powerstroke 7.3 with a 5 speed and 4 wheel drive and I'm now getting slightly over 20 mpg running empty. I'm putting on a gear vendors overdrive real soon to make it even better. I put one on my old corvette and got another 8-10 mpg out of it!!! We've found a good supplier for Bio diesel out here finaly too. He's 15 cents under regular diesel prices and another 50 cents under that for proving we have a farm. It's not dyed either in Texas since there is no tax on B100. Right now I'm mixing it at 20% levels while I repair all the leaks it is causing. It is really cleaning my truck out! But is is better for the injectors. ULSD has absolutely no lubricating properties in it any more and bio does. This spring, we're planting something to press into oil. I am not sure what yet, probably soybeans. I'm gonna press it myself, turn it into fuel myself and burn it myself. Screw the government.279Views0likes0Comments
