Red Dyed Fuel
Discussion in 'Trucking Industry Regulations' started by Sleepy68, Dec 19, 2014.
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MJ1657, "semi" retired and wore out Thank this.
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When we load at a different rack it's green, then another it's yellow. It may not be on highway use but more of a product marking of where it came from.
Even after bucket draining the trailer before loading, the dye is still in the trailer. We usually have to haul gas after a dyed load before loading clear diesel, but it doesn't always happen like that.wore out Thanks this. -
I've been wondering if I could run dyed in my boom truck because it is mostly run off road. I don't even register it because it sits on a job site for months on end, when it gets moved I buy a trip permit.
I had the idea to find a smaller diesel just to run the crane hydraulics and feed it the red stuff. That would rest the 444 for when I need to take it down the road. Probably burn less fuel altogether. -
You solved another mystery for me too. I heard the yellow diesel was bio fuel, green was regular fuel.
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this is kinda interesting, always wondered why fuel was differnt colors. seen yellows, greens.blues,clear. never used offroad tho.
drtydiesel is there a diff between number 1 and 2 diesel? seen that primarly back east and far north -
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Diesel #1 is more volatile with a higher cetane rating. It's not as controlled and efficient than #2. You would lose horsepower with #1 because I don't believe it is manufactured to be used in our engines since it's more unstable.
That's what I've read about it. Also it may contain more sulfur.
We only haul #2, #2 (B), and dyed as far as diesel goes."semi" retired Thanks this.
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