what to look for at the pump

[LBrown59]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( good morning fellas,i am about to embark on my first purchase of off road diesel.i was going to drive around to different gas stations and check prices.what do i need to look for on the off road diesel pump that would make one fuel "better" than another.i wnat to try to find some high sulfur off road diesel,some say that the higher sulfur will make the engine run smoother,what else do i need to look for to get premium off road diesel for my jd 5203?soemone mentioned cetane numbers or something in the 40-50 range.
thanks,
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If where you are is anything like it is here you won't find anybody selling red diesel at the pump within 20 miles of where you live.
If it were me I'd call the service stations and truck stops around and ask them if they sell off road fuel. It may just save you a lot of wasted time driving all over the place for nothing.

 

[LBrown59]

<font color="blue"> Which one of these would you rate as the higest volume ; The Bulk plant or the local Go Mart truck stop? </font>

<font color="purple"> There are 2 distributors and a bulk plant here supplying RED DIESEL. These 3 places are the only places where you can get off road diesel around here.

Both of the distributors get the Red diesel at the bulk plant.

There aren't any pumps with red diesel at any service station or truck stop within 20 miles of my place.

Which one of these would you rate as the higest volume ; The Bulk plant or the local Go Mart truck stop?
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[LBrown59]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( <font color="red"> </font>*** Seems to me that most gas stations do not sell off road. )</font>
<font color="red"> *** </font> Wonder why that is?????

None within a 20 mile radius of me.

 

[CarlGlas]

In Texas, off road, red diesel, or whatever you'd like to call it, is only available at licensed suppliers and distributors, and because it is tax exempt, an Agriculture User Exemption Number (Sales Tax Exemption certificate) issued by the state is required to purchase it.

An Agricultural User Exemption Number (now called an End User Number) used in conjunction with a Signed Statement can be used to purchase only dyed diesel and is limited to a single delivery purchase of up to 7,400 gallons and no more than 25,000 gallons of dyed diesel in a calendar month.

You are required to obtain a Dyed Diesel Fuel Bonded User License if you exceed the above limitations.

It is a third-degree felony to use a signed statement to buy tax-free dyed diesel that is then used to propel a motor vehicle down the highway.

Good news however, B100 Biodiesel is tax exempt.

 

[LBrown59]

<font color="blue"> an Agriculture User Exemption Number (Sales Tax Exemption certificate) issued by the state is required to purchase it.
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<font color="brown"> In other words </font>
Construction COs.
Excavation COs.
Contractors
Logging COs.
Individual home owners
and all others using fuel off road are prohibited from buying off road diesel even though they aren't using the fuel on road any more that farmers do.

<font color="red"> Am I correct on this? If So this sucks big time. </font>

 

[CarlGlas]

It's now called an End User Number and as long as its use can be documented as for off road only, the users you listed are okay.

Unfortunately, I don't believe hobby farmers qualify for the End User Number.

 

[cp1969]

That is definitely a Texas thing. No such restrictions exist up here in Kansas. Anybody can buy red diesel; I get it from a pay-at-the-pump station, usually in 5 gallon quantities.