I've got a story about that. Ok, the construction company i work for does land clearing, and just about anything. Sometimes our jobs are pretty remote. We had an equipment operator clearing some remote areas with a bulldozer. He literally had to drive back into the boonies and follow his dozer trail up to where he stopped working the day before. One morning, unbeknownst to him, he ruptures one of his fuel tanks ( the only one with deisel in it.. other was dry ).
So at the end of the day he goes to his truck to leave, and sees this pubble of fuel under his truck, looks under and sees a limb through his tank....
He drained some fuel from the dozer for his other tank, switched the transfer switch over, and drove out. His luck, DOT did a tank check at our shop the next morning and found evidence of dye in his tank. And it was a 1000 fine. He managed to show them what happened, and that it was an emergency. He eventually got out of the fine, but had to fill out paperwork, write letters, and finally they decided to let him go on it...
Soundguy
<font color=red>I can't remember if it is posted above, but I was told that the penalty for using off road on the road was something like $1,000 plus $100 for every gallon of fuel tank capacity the vehicle holds.
For a pickup truck...with a 38 gallon tank...that's $4,800...ouch! For a large truck...OUCH! OUCH!
Bill in Pgh, PA