OT - [AT] Gasoline $ another view

Gerald Johnson geraldajohnson at bellsouth.net
Fri Sep 2 13:10:01 PDT 2005


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
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > AT mailing list
> > http://www.antique-tractor.com/mailman/listinfo/at
> >
>
> _______________________________________________
> AT mailing list
> http://www.antique-tractor.com/mailman/listinfo/at




More information about the AT mailing list