I was thinking of buying a few hundred gallons of #2 and keeping it in a bulk tank at my house...also seriously considering buying the off road diesel...off road is 2.60 a gal vs. 3.05 a gal...not to worried about getting my tanks dipped....what is the shelf life of diesel...granted I will go through 200 gal pretty quick....but what additives if any should I add to the bulk tank? thanks in advance....mike

An algaecide to prevent algae formation and a fuel treat for lubricity.If you have writing on your truck though-BEWARE--I know some troopers who have told me we are fair game for fuel testing and the fines are unbelievable.They think if you have off-road iron--you will put off-road,untaxed fuel in your on-road rigs.

I am now pulling from my 2nd bulk tank which I had filled the week before Katrina hit last year (taxed fuel). The tank holds about 200 gallons and sat unused until last month.

I dumped 16 oz of diesel treatment in it and put about 10 gallons in the truck.
Truck ran fine so I have been filling up off the tank since.

I'd recommend putting a locking fuel cap on the truck if you run the red....i've heard of one case where someone was checked when the truck was parked at a truck stop.

I know they have done it at an indoor farm show before. Nailed a bunch of farmers

I know they have done it at an indoor farm show before. Nailed a bunch of farmers

I was told that 2-3 years ago it was done at the farm show that OSU puts on near Columbus too.

Every diesel truck that drove in, was checked.

thanks for the replys.....yeah no writting on the trk...and no farms shows...in the area....big farms are not to common in the area...

from what i under stood it was mainly for the commercial use vehicle and there was/ is a dye in the fuel. could be wrong shoot we ran ag gas and diesel in or vehicle in oh both which are non-tax

I just found out from another member that the place i am going to buy the off road diesel from gets it from the distributor as good ole #2....and just add the dye out of the rack....sweeeeeet...now to just not get caught..any one have any idea what the fines are if caught runnin dyed fuel?

The fines were posted about a week or so ago on a similiar thread.Not worth it---even if you did 1 tankful of off-road--that red dye would linger around come test time and bite you in the a**.

tell 'em that you make your own biodiesel out of beets & watermellons! Can't help it if it turns out red!

There are home heating oil deliverly trucks around here that tap into their fuel tanks frrom the main tank they carry. I know about the dip test but they don't seem to worried about it:rolleyes:

tell 'em that you make your own biodiesel out of beets & watermellons! Can't help it if it turns out red!

now were talkin....I was gonna go with the good ole..ran her out of fuel out in the woods...only had tractor fuel with me...sorry won't happen again....and hope the guy is ahead of his quota

..any one have any idea what the fines are if caught runnin dyed fuel?

I was told by my fuel supplier that the fine is $100 per gallon currently in your tank or $1000, whichever is greater, for your first offense. Second offense goes up dramatically. I'm not sure if that's correct or not, since others have said it's up to $10,000 for a first offense.

Either way, it'll cost you big time. I have both on & off road storage tanks, & it's not worth the risk to me to run red. I have actually witnessed two checkpoints dipping tanks, but haven't been personnaly "dipped" myself.

yeah but have you ever seen a trk get dipped that was not hauling a large equipment trl...and doesn't have any writting or dot numbers on it?

Yes. Both checkpoints were on 4-lane highways, but not interstates. The DOT had cones & signs set up & all diesel powered vehicles were to pull over. I presume even VW TDIs were getting dipped. I was going the opposite direction both times, so I didn't have to pull over since they were only checking on one side of the road.

hmmm...thats no good...where was that

US 23 between Marion & Delaware OH, & Ohio 25 south of Bowling Green OH.