Off Road Diesel?

[Diggin It]

My bulk terminal locked down all office contact in an act of cowardice. Phone sales and deliveries only.

 

[Texasmark]

We have a total 40cent road tax. Used to be that if you looked at the road diesel sign at the service station then looked at the farm pump, the farm diesel would ge 40 cents cheaper. Station got a new farm supplier and he cheats. I looked yesterday and his was $2.15 (cheaper than it had been by 30 cents give or take) while road diesel was running $2.38 at a different station. Felt like going to the different station just for spite.

I have 3 ea 55 gallon drums; 1 bought full of engine oil and when empty kept for diesel, and the other 2 I bought so long ago forgot the cost. I went to TSC and got one of their $100 12v pumps and had an old trailer made from a Chebby bed. When I need diesel I hook to the trailer, go to town, fill up, drive home, park under a car port type roof and there I sits till next time to go to town. If I were a BTO I would have a tank in the bed of the truck but I'm not so I do it this way and my pickup doesn't smell like diesel.....that's important when it's hooked to my boat and I'm going fishing........which is a great way to stay away from folks these days.

 

[finn1]

My bulk terminal locked down all office contact in an act of cowardice. Phone sales and deliveries only.

I would describe the bulk terminal operator as having above average intelligence.

 

[Diggin It]

I'd say they have the intelligence of a dysfunctional gnat.

 

[Halftrack]

I filled a 5 gal jug today in north central Hoosier land. Hope this doesn't hurt you guys too much.

 

[Peter 315]

I filled a 5 gal jug today in north central Hoosier land. Hope this doesn't hurt you guys too much.

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Nice....

 

[Paystar]

Let's do some calculations.

First, we have to estimate the bottom price? Let's be stupid optimistic and say $2 p/gallon savings.

Second, how much fuel do we want to hoard? Let's be stupid and say 500 gallons. So we are assuming we are going to save $1000. It might take us two years to recoup the investment? That's assuming 250 gallons per year??

Third, how much will it cost us to purchase the necessary equipment to do this venture? Probably going to pay $500 for a storage tank. Another $100 to rig it up with a hand pump? So we invested $600.

Fourth, our potential profit is $400. It will take us 24 months to realize this profit. So for the next 24 months we will potentially save $17 p/month.

Fifth, would we borrow the money to do this venture? Probably not because the payback is so low. So why would we do it?

I already have 600 gallons of tank at home. And a transfer tank on my F550. And I filled them all. It will fuel my tractors all year and heat my place for the entirety of next winter. So it was worth it for me. The saved money is better in my pocket than the oil companies.
And I filled enough cans with premium gas and stabilizer to fuel my ATV riding all summer.

Luckily we have good quality fuel here and never have issues with algae or moisture.

 

[countrybumpkin]

I'd say they have the intelligence of a dysfunctional gnat.

And most probably think that of you.

 

[kenmac]

had my tanks filled with off road the other day $1.40 per gallon is what I was charged

 

[Paystar]

$3.22 a US gallon here for off road. It was $4.29 before all this Russia/Saudi Arabia/corona stuff happened.

But it apparently just went up a little since I loaded up, because our "leader" wants to make sure he really cripples the economy while it is down so he added more carbon tax this past Wednesday.