Author Topic: On Road Diesel VS Off Road Diesel (Read 11151 times)

Riverfurm · « **on:** July 22, 2007, 04:53:07 am »

Is there any diffrence between on or off road diesel besid the dye color (on-green off-red) and the tax? Here in the US all on road diesel has to be ultra low sulphur, is off road ultra low sulphur too?

RabbitJockey · « **Reply #1 on:** July 22, 2007, 06:22:49 am »

i don't think they've made the switch on off road diesel yet, but i really don't know. i've run off road diesel quite bit before, but only in my "tractors" which happen to look similar to jettas and rabbits,

hamradio · « **Reply #2 on:** July 22, 2007, 08:32:22 am »

Yes, my "tractor" was on empty the other day, and I put a gallon in it from the dyed diesel can at home.

Kudagra · « **Reply #3 on:** July 22, 2007, 09:10:30 am »

from what Ive been told the only 2 differences are the color and the fine you will get if you get caught with dyed fuel on the road.

One nice thing in the states is very few cars are diesel so the cops usually think your car is getting ready to throw a rod and dont check the tank.

Black Smokin' Diesel · « **Reply #4 on:** July 22, 2007, 11:17:02 am »

Quote from: "Trev0rbr"

i've run off road diesel quite bit before, but only in my "tractors" which happen to look similar to jettas and rabbits,

LOL!!! :lol: :lol:

Riverfurm · « **Reply #5 on:** July 22, 2007, 11:45:23 am »

Quote from: "Kudagra"

from what Ive been told the only 2 differences are the color and the fine you will get if you get caught with dyed fuel on the road.

One nice thing in the states is very few cars are diesel so the cops usually think your car is getting ready to throw a rod and dont check the tank.

When the last time anyone you know got stopped and had their fuel checked?

RabbitJockey · « **Reply #6 on:** July 22, 2007, 12:04:16 pm »

Quote from: "Riverfurm"

Quote from: "Kudagra"
from what Ive been told the only 2 differences are the color and the fine you will get if you get caught with dyed fuel on the road.

One nice thing in the states is very few cars are diesel so the cops usually think your car is getting ready to throw a rod and dont check the tank.

When the last time anyone you know got stopped and had their fuel checked?

exactly. i don't even know of people that drive the "big three" trucks that have ever been checked haha. most of the gas stations don't care, i think its pretty obvious when you pull up with two 5 gallon containers in a rabbit/jetta thats clanking like a black smith on coke. as long as you don't put it straight in the tank in front of them they don't care. my friend used to work at a gas station and some guy that used an old ambulance for camping used to always come and fill up like 50 2 gallon containers on with heating oil, the one time my friend wasn't watching him and he started filling up his ambulance straight in the tank and then the owner of the station caught him haha that was pretty amusing.

foxracer1 · « **Reply #7 on:** July 22, 2007, 03:52:26 pm »

i have heard of the state highway patrol dipping tanks of farm trucks at our farm science review show.

Riverfurm · « **Reply #8 on:** July 22, 2007, 04:57:31 pm »

Maybe I should put some IFTA (The fuel tax sticker you see on the big rigs) sticke on the side of my Golf diesel to show I paid the fuel tax.

jtanguay · « **Reply #9 on:** July 22, 2007, 05:18:59 pm »

is it even possible to dip the tank? i remember trying to siphon some diesel out of my jetta... didn't work because the hose got stuck at this screen.. maybe if the 'dipper' is skinny enough to get past the screen...

burn_your_money · « **Reply #10 on:** July 22, 2007, 06:43:25 pm »

My brother managed to syphon some diesel from my car for his go cart

irons · « **Reply #11 on:** July 22, 2007, 08:40:40 pm »

a diesel go cart or a go cart that doesnt go any more?[/quote]

foxracer1 · « **Reply #12 on:** July 23, 2007, 04:37:50 am »

Quote from: "burn_your_money"

My brother managed to syphon some diesel from my car for his go cart

Do tell more. Pics are good too.

Kudagra · « **Reply #13 on:** July 23, 2007, 05:21:54 am »

Quote from: "Riverfurm"

Quote from: "Kudagra"
from what Ive been told the only 2 differences are the color and the fine you will get if you get caught with dyed fuel on the road.

One nice thing in the states is very few cars are diesel so the cops usually think your car is getting ready to throw a rod and dont check the tank.

When the last time anyone you know got stopped and had their fuel checked?

Few weeks back. DOT cop pulled over my friend in his Duramax. Just being a dick. Made him drain some from the filter.

VelocityConservation · « **Reply #14 on:** July 23, 2007, 06:47:05 am »

The off-road diesel that my friends have gotten so far is no. 2 diesel and not the low sulphur variety.

One of my friends is a veterinarian and has 6-8 trucks on the road for his business. Each of his trucks gets stopped and tested once a month by average. More if they go to the livestock sales. Typically DMV is there testing every diesel truck at the sales yard.

None of them can remember having a diesel car stopped and tested.

VelocityConservation