Engine Too Small!?

[Brad_SwiftFur]

wonder if Reefers can run it since the reefer doesnt power the truck

Yes! And when fueling at a truck stop, you may see the option "Truck, reefer, both" ... This is done to keep truck and reefer fuel separate for fuel tax reporting purposes. Reefer fuel is eligible for fuel tax credit (since it *IS* technically classified as off road use) and companies get a refund for the fuel tax paid on said reefer fuel.

 

[Brad_SwiftFur]

Does the reefer run off it's own fuel supply?

For many straight trucks, they use the road fuel tanks. On road trailers, rather obviously, they have their own tank. Some straight trucks have a separate tank, most often it doesn't justify the extra cost/weight.

 

[cadillackid]

Yeah I’ve seen the screen ask me that , but there’s only one handle, does it add the dye automatically when you press reefer? Or just prints you a report so you can file with the govt for a refund?

 

[Brad_SwiftFur]

Yeah I’ve seen the screen ask me that , but there’s only one handle, does it add the dye automatically when you press reefer? Or just prints you a report so you can file with the govt for a refund?

No, it remains undyed, and you still pay the pump price (road taxed). You have to file IFTA fuel taxes to get the road taxes refunded/credited.


I've not seen a truck stop with the appropriate dye, and there's too much chance it would cross contaminate fuel that should not be dyed.

 

[pengyou]

I saw that also. Can the smog stuff be removed?

 

[PNW_Steve]

No, it remains undyed, and you still pay the pump price (road taxed). You have to file IFTA fuel taxes to get the road taxes refunded/credited.


I've not seen a truck stop with the appropriate dye, and there's too much chance it would cross contaminate fuel that should not be dyed.

I have seen red diesel at a number of truck stops. Complete with very bold signs indicating that it was for refer/off-road use only and big fines if you use it as road fuel.

Heck, the service station down the road from me sells it.

 

[EastCoastCB]

I have seen red diesel at a number of truck stops. Complete with very bold signs indicating that it was for refer/off-road use only and big fines if you use it as road fuel.

Heck, the service station down the road from me sells it.

Like I said- everyone here but me is running the red stuff.
I'm way too paranoid. I hate getting busted and I'm always the one who gets caught.
Glad my cannabis is medical now!

 

[PNW_Steve]

Like I said- everyone here but me is running the red stuff.
I'm way too paranoid. I hate getting busted and I'm always the one who gets caught.
Glad my cannabis is medical now!

Noooo!

I have never run red diesel on the road. I have bought it to run in my kerosene heater.

The penalty is significant if you get caught and I have been pulled over and checked.

Come to WA we have medical and recreational.

 

[cadillackid]

Red is not sold near the city here but get into the small towns where farmers are prevalent and it’s everywhere, used to be people ran a few gallons of K1 in diesel cars to help with gelling, they had K1 even with road tax and without when diesels and Kerosene heaters were the rage in the early 80s, I hardly see a K1 pump anymore. Diesel in a kerosene heater is smelly and smokier then K1 so I won’t use diesel for heaters unless they are heat exchanger vented type

 

[Brad_SwiftFur]

I have seen red diesel at a number of truck stops. Complete with very bold signs indicating that it was for refer/off-road use only and big fines if you use it as road fuel.

Heck, the service station down the road from me sells it.

That's true, especially in many rural areas.

Like I said- everyone here but me is running the red stuff.
I'm way too paranoid. I hate getting busted and I'm always the one who gets caught.

Noooo!

I have never run red diesel on the road. I have bought it to run in my kerosene heater.

The penalty is significant if you get caught and I have been pulled over and checked.

I *HAVE* been checked, and caught. The farmer I was working for ran it and lo and behold Ye Old Tax Man was at the scalehouse checking (on a Saturday, no less). I suspect someone (who knew the farmer and had a grudge) was a whistleblower and I was just the poor driver that happened to get caught.

 

[PNW_Steve]

That's true, especially in many rural areas.







I *HAVE* been checked, and caught. The farmer I was working for ran it and lo and behold Ye Old Tax Man was at the scalehouse checking (on a Saturday, no less). I suspect someone (who knew the farmer and had a grudge) was a whistleblower and I was just the poor driver that happened to get caught.

I got pulled over on Main Street downtown Dayton by an unmarked red F150. Completely random.

 

[Mountain Gnome]

Like I said- everyone here but me is running the red stuff.
I'm way too paranoid. I hate getting busted and I'm always the one who gets caught.
Glad my cannabis is medical now!

I thought the on-road diesel was ultra-low sulfur, and cleaner. I have asthma, and like clean air (dispight now owning a diesel). I would always use the cleaner burning fuel.

I got pulled over on Main Street downtown Dayton by an unmarked red F150. Completely random.

My mentor said that is why they invented seat-belt laws. Come up with a reason - any reason - to pull you over so they can search you for herbs, throw you in jail for years if you are the "wrong color" (makes me wanna puke!) or otherwise extort you for cash.
If the govnmnt wanted to save lives, they would clear the shelves of processed foods at the grocery stores...after all, the head of the DEA said most were more dangerous than the illegal medicinal "cannibus"

 

[Mountain Gnome]

Is it legal to remove the word "diesel" from the exterior of the bus next to the fuel-filler hatch? Of course you can always hear the difference...

 

[brokedown-SKO]

I thought the on-road diesel was ultra-low sulfur, and cleaner.

Red dye diesel is no longer a different product. It's on road diesel with dye instead of road taxes.

 

[o1marc]

Is it legal to remove the word "diesel" from the exterior of the bus next to the fuel-filler hatch? Of course you can always hear the difference...

Don't think it's a legal thing, but it reminds morons from filling it with gasoline.

Hear the difference?

 

[EastCoastCB]

I thought the on-road diesel was ultra-low sulfur, and cleaner. I have asthma, and like clean air (dispight now owning a diesel). I would always use the cleaner burning fuel.


My mentor said that is why they invented seat-belt laws. Come up with a reason - any reason - to pull you over so they can search you for herbs, throw you in jail for years if you are the "wrong color" (makes me wanna puke!) or otherwise extort you for cash.
If the govnmnt wanted to save lives, they would clear the shelves of processed foods at the grocery stores...after all, the head of the DEA said most were more dangerous than the illegal medicinal "cannibus"

Only difference is the tax rate.

 

[Mountain Gnome]

Don't think it's a legal thing, but it reminds morons from filling it with gasoline.

Hear the difference?

We had a lady bring her nice new Mercedes into our shop because she "went to the gas station and filled it, and then it wouldn't start." We found gas in the diesel tank. Fwew. Then again, the quality of German cars in the late 1990s and 2000s dropped so low, we wondered how anyone with any sense would buy one. We saw a 2001(? or so I think) that in 2004 had a short-circuiting wiring harness that fried the computer and half the sensors. Plastic radiators and fans were made of brittle plastic that caused overheating and blown head gaskets. Brittle plastic all through the vehicles, in fact...
Then I moved from Hotlanta and big money, so I can't say about now-a-days (loved Nissan since the 1970s, hate my mom's new Versa).

 

[Bigfoot18]

Don't think it's a legal thing, but it reminds morons from filling it with gasoline.

Hear the difference?

You could remove the sticker but I would think a DOT thug could hear those injectors pop off.