I know a small farmer that only uses road diesel in his farm tractors, (his John Deere and Fords)
he claims it pulls better and he uses less fuel, than when he uses dyed fuel.
he's a little crazy though.
Red Dyed Fuel
Discussion in 'Trucking Industry Regulations' started by Sleepy68, Dec 19, 2014.
Page 2 of 6
-
-
Trucking Jobs in 30 seconds
Every month 400 people find a job with the help of TruckersReport.
-
The IRS regulates this:
http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p4941.pdfSleepy68 Thanks this. -
tucker Thanks this.
-
In Texas farmers/construction companies can use red dye/offroad diesel in there pickups *IF* they buy an offroad diesel permit. You have to estimate your annual mileage, prepay the road tax based on your use, then at the end of the year you file for a refund or pay the excess tax. Each vehicle has to carry a copy of the permit, to show the tax guy if they get checked.
For large companies it might be worthwhile, but a one or two truck operation would be more paperwork than it is worth. -
-
Red dyed duel in the tractor in a huge no-no. You can use in a reefer fuel tank though.
"semi" retired Thanks this. -
Yeah you would need to look at the individual state dept's of revenue.
I know a guy who got up into the 10k fine category, I think he got caught 5 times. I told him to add green die, then he would have brown fuel, no law against brown fuel!"semi" retired and tucker Thank this. -
It's definitely not good. Someone may have been trying to save money by buying off road diesel when fueling your trucks.
Mr.X Thanks this. -
-
Trucking Jobs in 30 seconds
Every month 400 people find a job with the help of TruckersReport.
Page 2 of 6