Huh ????

As you can see in the pic I posted its a .25 cent difference. That is fairly typical of the difference in price. The picture was taken at Coffee Cup truck stop in Steele, ND exit 200 on 94.

I had -27 on a Monday morning this January. I counted 36 trucks between Mpls and Des Moines on the shoulder broke down or limping along barely moving. I bet any of those guys would have gladly paid a few cents more for fuel that wouldn't gel.

 

Might have been state tax that made #1 more expensive than #2 as typically #1 is cheaper. The introduction of #2 ULSD is the smoking gun behind the fuel price hike in '06.

 

Also, for some ungodly reason my employer didnt put #1 in their yard tanks this last winter. Instead they mixed additives in with #2, which really didn't do squat to lower the gel point. We had to keep our trucks running 24/7 to avoid breakdowns.

 

Yet first you said
" the price on the road sign is 6 cents below the cash or credit price at the pump".

So, which is it?
The cash price, or both the cash and/or credit prices?

I think you have a reading comprehension problem.


The credit/debit price is higher than the cash price, and we all know that.
After all, there is a sign telling us that very fact.


And you are only noticing this after being a trucker for 33 years?

I really wonder about some people.

 

It's also worth noting that vehicles with a diesel particulate filter, or a more advanced DEF, you cannot use #1 diesel as this would cause problems with the EGR system. So in essence, you can't use LSD if you have an EGR system. That is why LSD is considered "off road diesel". Running #1 diesel in a truck equipped with a EGR is the number one cause of EGR related breakdowns.

 

Yeah....Those EGRs have enough problems on their own without us fooling around with the wrong fuel grades.....

 

Why I'm glad I'm driving a '96 Mack CH600. I'm gonna keep this truck in service as long as I can so I never have to drive with an EGR system.

 

Some of you guys really to spend 10 minutes on Google. The information is out there, so there's no reason why so many here should be clueless.

 

If you all don't stop arguing, I cut off a finger!

 

Hold a second......Rookie come here....Put your finger down on this block.......