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Old Apr 11, 2011 | 03:23 PM
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ok so i put about 5 gallon of off road in my truck today and it seems to b runnin a little different. it seems to be runnin cooler but its like it tops out rpms out real fast
 
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Old Apr 11, 2011 | 04:18 PM
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To my knowledge Off road is now the same sulphur content as ultra low. Only difference is its red. I usually only run OR and cant notice a difference when i run regular.
 
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Old Apr 12, 2011 | 11:14 AM
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soo off road is the new name for red diesel or am i mistaken? i come off a ranch and we all just call it read diesel
 
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Old Apr 12, 2011 | 12:22 PM
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From what i have heard all off road/ red fuel, is just dyed, on road. It is all ultra low sulfur content.
 
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Old Apr 12, 2011 | 12:49 PM
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it now only means red diesel (non taxed) green diesel (taxed)

I do know if you get caught with it in your tank, it is a very hefty fine, but if you are only driving a farm use vehichle, you can use.; I think you can, not sure.

found this on IRS website

How To Buy Diesel Fuel and Kerosene Tax Free

You buy dyed diesel fuel and dyed kerosene excise tax free. You must use them only for a nontaxable use, including use on a farm for farming purposes. If you use the dyed fuel for a taxable use, you could be subject to the excise tax and a penalty. For example, if a truck used on a farm for farming purposes is also used on the highways (even though in connection with operating the farm), tax applies to the diesel fuel used (or sold for use) in operating the truck on the highways. The fuel was used off the farm for a taxable use.

found some more on how much a fine it is
1,000 up to 10,000
look on page 9
http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p510.pdf
 

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Old Apr 12, 2011 | 01:40 PM
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But my truck does run cooler on Farm Diesel and i might get more MPGs Maybe its all in my head but i think there is slight a difference
 
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Old Apr 12, 2011 | 02:31 PM
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you might be getting a better grade of diesel. since farm fuel is not bought as much as road fuel, the farm might be left over #1 diesel from the winter. i dont know for sure just my thought.
 
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Old Apr 13, 2011 | 03:13 PM
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Good to know
 
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Old Apr 16, 2011 | 12:25 PM
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The link that cummins guy found has a typical bureaucrat's entrapment built in.

Farmer Brown's logic: "I drive my truck 20% farm and 80% public road. I never do a full fill-up in town. I buy 20gal in town and add 5-gal from the tank. I should be OK."

In a just and fair world, like what you and I would run, he'd be right.

After a 7-year court battle that costs him his farm, he might be proven Pyrrhicly right.

In the real world, he's guilty until proven innocent, and better off running on "road" fuel.







.......or WVO, so long as the pumps, injectors and all don't mind the extra viscosity.

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......annnnd furrrrthermooooorrrre.....(you have to shake your jowls, and point your right index finger while using that phrase)

...I read on a different "red fuel" discussion that in addition to "dipping" your tank and catching you red-handed (no pun intended), "they" can also test for red dye residue in your exhaust pipe's soot layer. Take a toilet brush to the car wash with you, and scrub n rinse as far as you can, if you used to run the red stuff, and you currently aren't, and if the "revenoors" are active in your area.

Question for you northern guys: home heating oil? I've seen comments that it works well, but wonder this: dyed or clean? Detectable or not?
 

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Old Apr 16, 2011 | 06:00 PM
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lets just all stick to on road . our trucks run better and i dont thank we can be without them for more than a day so lets stay out of jail . RUN ON ROAD!!!
 
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