off road diesel vs highway diesel?

[billyzz]

there is a place nearby that has 3 deisel pumps
1 diesel
2 highway diesel
3 off road diesel
can i run any of them i want in my 24v cummins 5.9l ?

 

[Hoefler]

Anyone will run in your truck with no ill affect. The off road, if caught, will get you a hefty fine for running in your truck on any public roadway.

 

[Bill Stockard]

Off-road diesel fuel and on-highway diesel fuel is the same. Red dye is added to the off-road fuel to indicate that it's off road and is exempt from some of the highway use taxes. Using off-road fuel in an on-highway vehicle is illegal and doing so will subject you to heavy fines if caught. I purchase both and keep them separate. I do not put off-road fuel in my truck. The risk isn't worth the "savings".

Bill

 

[NIsaacs]

Are you in a cold climate? Is the #2 fuel pump, blended fuel or pure #2? I would not use pure #1 unless I lived in northern Alaska or Daniel, Wyoming.....I see it was 48 below there Wednesday morning If you blend it your self, half and half should be enough. Stay away from off road for your pickup.

Nick

 

[JR]

#1 Diesel Fuel has about a 5% lower energy content than #2 diesel and is slightly more expensive. However, it does not gel like #2 diesel because the paraffin wax has been further refined from the fuel. While this keeps the fuel flowing in cold weather, it is substantially drier thsn #2 and hard on injection pumps and injectors. Unless it is extremely cold I would just stick with the number 2, it should be winterized for your climate.

 

[BIGNASTY]

Hwy Diesel= $2.70 Per Gal
Red Dye = $2.38 Per Gal

Cost if you get caught using Red Dye on road STARTING AT $1,000

 

[Bob V]

The off road fuel is actually the federal government being fair. Since the fuel is not used on the highway system they do not add the fed highway tax to it.

 

[SnoKing]

The off road fuel is actually the federal government being fair. Since the fuel is not used on the highway system they do not add the fed highway tax to it.

In many states the state tax is much more than the federal tax. In Washington it is .375 for gas or diesel. The federal is .183 gas and .243 diesel. I buy a lot of marine diesel for the boat and the road tax is not applied, but we have to pay sales on it. Marine gas still has the road tax on it and one can apply to the state to get that back at the end of the year, however not many do that, so they pocket the money!

SNOKING

 

[BIGNASTY]

The off road fuel is actually the federal government being fair. Since the fuel is not used on the highway system they do not add the fed highway tax to it.

REAL fair!!! Trucking companies have to pay the road taxed fuel, and the Government subsidized RAILROAD gets the off road advantage. Sounds real fair to me

 

[SnoKing]

Yep, government subsidized farmers make out well also. I have a friend that is a LARGE corn grower in Kansas and grows only corn for fuel and feed now and gets lots of subsidizes! We now grow fuel corn to screw up gasoline and import food products from South of the border that are grown and handled with lower standards than we require in this country. What is wrong with this picture beside greed?

SNOKING