[AT] possibly OT scrap prices---Wally gas

Indiana Robinson robinson46176 at gmail.com
Wed Oct 1 20:02:38 PDT 2008


I spotted gas at $3.39.9 at a Wally World (Murphy) station in Franklin
IN today (Wednesday). Practically giving it away...   ;-)

On 10/1/08, John Hall <jthall at worldnet.att.net> wrote:
> Not to start a bad fuel argument but back when gas was cheap at $1.75, I
> wouldn't use Wally world gas here. I knew several folks (including myself)
> that wouldn't buy it because it gave really poor performance and mileage.
>
>  Don't know if the lack of fuel in your area has anything to do with the
> shortage here--they reported 80% of the stations in Charlotte were out
> yesterday. Supposedly we'll have plenty of fuel in the next couple weeks.
>
> John
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Indiana Robinson" <robinson46176 at gmail.com>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 5:51 AM
> Subject: Re: [AT] possibly OT scrap prices
>
>
>> Every time I talk to a scrap buyer they tell me that the prices are
>> down... Even when they were going up...   :-)
>> I did take in 3 old batteries this week and while I had been getting
>> $5 for them these were $4.17 Why the odd amount I have no idea. Maybe
>> the grounds were bad.   :-)
>> -
>> Regular unleaded was $3.48.9 at Wally World here last night (Tues).
>> When we were hauling stuff up to the Conner Prairie Museum recently I
>> bought gas there and they were at that time out of anything but
>> regular unleaded and the girl in the booth said that what fuel they
>> had was all they were going to have for a while and that no trucks
>> were scheduled. I'm not sure where they found that fuel but my old
>> truck sure didn't like it. By the time I had gone about 5 miles it was
>> running crappy. By the time I got to within about 10 miles of the
>> museum (about 55 mile trip) it was running so bad I didn't know if it
>> was going  to make it at all. There is one small fairly steep little
>> hill next to the place and it was all I could do to get up it. It was
>> about dark when I got unloaded and since I had several more trips
>> including the gypsy wagon I just left the big trailer there and
>> "hoped" to get the truck home so I could work on it the next day. I
>> had not filled the tank so I stopped and bought gas at a Speedway
>> station about 3 miles from the museum. By the time I had driven 5 more
>> miles the truck straightened out and it was running perfect by the
>> time I was half way home. It made all of the added trips without a
>> hitch... I did stay out of Wally World for a few days to be sure all
>> of "that" gas was gone. We have never had any problems there before
>> and it has been fine since.
>>
>>
>>
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>> "farmer"
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