OT - [AT] Gasoline $ another view

[charlie hill]

A few years ago someone on this list or one of the other farm lists was 
talking about the DOT showing up at a farm auction sale and checking the 
fuel on every diesel pickup there.  Seems a big percentage of them had dyed 
fuel and they busted all of them.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gerald Johnson" <geraldajohnson at bellsouth.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Friday, September 02, 2005 4:10 PM
Subject: Re: OT - [AT] Gasoline $ another view


> Yes, not a good thing to spread around.  A local grading contractor in my
> area put some off road (dyed) fuel in some of his highway vehicles.  DOT
> made a routine check, found the dye in his truck tanks and then checked
> every on road vehicle he had, including trucks he used on his Christmas 
> tree
> farm.   By the time they finished with the fines, he paid them about $50K 
> to
> get out of it.
>
> Gerald
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Steve W." <falcon at telenet.net>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" 
> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Friday, September 02, 2005 3:59 PM
> Subject: Re: OT - [AT] Gasoline $ another view
>
>
>> Hope he doesn't blab about using that home oil in the car to very many
>> folks. It is illegal to do and the fine is REALLY big. It is a Federal
>> DOT law not local so it applies in the US.
>>
>> Steve Williams
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "LeRoy Price III" <leroy_price3 at hotmail.com>
>> To: <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> Sent: Friday, September 02, 2005 11:08 AM
>> Subject: Re: OT - [AT] Gasoline $ another view
>>
>>
>> > Rob,
>> >
>> > We were just talking yesterday at lunch about VW diesels.  One of the
>> guys
>> > was using some old Mecedes 300 diesels to drive to work in.  Now get
>> this,
>> > he's using home heating oil.  Apparently, he has gas heat for the
>> house and
>> > put a 300 gallon heating oil container outside.  As far as anyone
>> knows he's
>> > converted to oil.  During the winter he said he mixes in Kerosine.
>> Anyway,
>> > he said that the VWs get close to 50 miles to the gallon.  That true?
>> >
>> > Hey, how about those land prices.  Three years ago I could get 2 acres
>> > around me for $42,000 or so.  Today I see 1 1/2 lots going bewteen
>> $90,000
>> > and $115,000.  How the hell do people afford it?
>> >
>> > I watched a show the other night which was about what you could get
>> for
>> > $400,000 in various cities for living quarters.  LA apartments for
>> downtown
>> > at that price and 750 sq ft.  Good grief, where does it end.
>> >
>> > LeRoy
>> >
>> >
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