I know they don't spot check as often as they probably should, but even I have been tested to see if I was running off road in my tractor trailer. Considering the fact that I always drive a company truck, rather than being an owner operator, it seemed like a waste of the officers time, but the payback "IF" he did catch me with offroad fuel would have been well worth it. We changed to a new fuel supplier a while back (and then back again). One of the drivers fueled up a 300 gallon capacity truck with off road by mistake. After documenting the mistake, paying the tax, getting a copy of the receipt that listed the mistake and the corrections, they finally allowed him to drive the truck to the yard where it was all pumped out and replenished with taxed fuel. Color could still be detected in the new fuel, but just barely. The did not allow him out of the state for several weeks while the new fuel was replenished. That driver will not make that mistake again...
As far as LB's problem, I started to suggest getting his hands on a tank and making a trailer to hold them, then just using his pump system to offload the trailer tank. HOWEVER, it occured to me that any amount larger than the 55 gallon drum(assumption here guys!!!) would require a hazmat endorsement to haul fuel, since it isn't in the vehicles tanks. Even if he did acquire a tractor trailer tank, most likely it would be too large for him to haul without the hazmat endorsement. A quick search says the magic number is 119 gallons, so maybe he could get one hundred or an eighty gallon tank to haul his fuel home with. I often just drop a couple of five gallon cans into the fuel tank of my tractor, but do have the option of just driving it up to the store where they sell diesel. Only one store within driving distance sells diesel, so I will be in trouble if they quit. I don't have the option of offroad fuel, though it would be nice.
David from jax
David from jax
