Oil & Fuel Home Heating Oil as Fuel

[joerocker]

OK, I understand that fuels come to my area via pipelines to a distribution hub. From there it's loaded onto trucks and sent out locally. Is the dye added as it's put into the trucks? Are there seperate trucks for taxed and untaxed? I CAN'T believe that. I have a service station about 6 miles away that is the ONLY place I know of that sells off road diesel. You're telling me that it's a different truck delivering that? A special trip to this little po-dunk station? It's NOT dyed as it's put into the tank from the same truck? I'd think they would have TWO meters on the truck, one to count TAXED gallons dispensed and another for NON-taxed with dye added as it's pumped. Am I off base here? Are they THAT paranoid about getting their tax money?

 

[MadReferee]

Yes, they are THAT paranoid about collecting the tax. The Feds take this very seriously.

Dye is usually added at the refinery or sometimes at the bulk distribution terminal. When I had my station, all of the haulers I did business with either had separate trucks or separate tank segments within a tanker devoted exclusively to dyed fuel.

You did know that a typical tanker truck has 4 to 6 segments or tanks within that larger vessel, right? Each of these tanks/segments holds 6000 to 10,000 gallons depending on the tanker design.

 

[joerocker]

I meant to add that when I mentioned a seperate truck...should have said seperate "tank" like the gasoline trucks with reg/mid/prem all on the same truck in different tanks.

 

[MadReferee]

BTW, there are usually only 2 kinds of gasoline available at the bulk distribution center, premium/hitest and regular. The mid range fuel is blended at the pump.

 

[dogfarm]

When you file your fed tax, the amount of tax you paid for taxed fule for off-road use is treated as a credit, not a deduction. You get all of it back as a credit against your income tax.

 

[tat2z1969]

When you file your fed tax, the amount of tax you paid for taxed fule for off-road use is treated as a credit, not a deduction. You get all of it back as a credit against your income tax.

you are correct, I get it all back.

 

[Frankm]

I Have a Nortrac 204 , in my Owners Manual it said #2 Fuel is ok to use in my tractor, so thats what i run , must be like running high test in your car you dont need it but you can pay more for it, for your car, if it makes you feel better , NOT Me.