OT - [AT] Gasoline $ another view

[Gerald Johnson]

My they just do it to us North Carolina folks Charlie?  8-)

Gerald


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "charlie hill" <chill8 at cox.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Friday, September 02, 2005 5:17 PM
Subject: Re: OT - [AT] Gasoline $ another view


> 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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