PaulTGarrett
Grumpy old man
- Joined
- Jul 17, 2017
- Posts
- 506
- Reaction score
- 459
- Location
- Tampa Bay, Florida
- Ram Year
- 2012
- Engine
- 408 Cummins Turbo Diesel
I've been noticing a few threads where people are talking about being caught with dyed fuel in their trucks. I do know the difference between dyed (non-taxed) and clear (road taxed) fuel.
My question is why is anyone even worrying about it? Here in Florida I've never even been looked at as far as fuel. Granted, I've only had my truck for just shy of a year now, maybe I'm just running lucky so far.
I have a bed-mounted tank for filling generators and winch motors and have been getting it filled wherever I needed to. Pump diesel, marina, bulk fuel distributor... Whoever is the most convenient at the time. I often top off my truck from the aux tank, again, not even giving it a second thought.
Is this a northern/midwest kinda thing, to worry about having your fuel checked? I know some of the states up there have some pretty... invasive... laws. It seems most of the comments I see are in those areas...
Just curious as to why anyone is giving a rat's backside about the color of your fuel...
My question is why is anyone even worrying about it? Here in Florida I've never even been looked at as far as fuel. Granted, I've only had my truck for just shy of a year now, maybe I'm just running lucky so far.
I have a bed-mounted tank for filling generators and winch motors and have been getting it filled wherever I needed to. Pump diesel, marina, bulk fuel distributor... Whoever is the most convenient at the time. I often top off my truck from the aux tank, again, not even giving it a second thought.
Is this a northern/midwest kinda thing, to worry about having your fuel checked? I know some of the states up there have some pretty... invasive... laws. It seems most of the comments I see are in those areas...
Just curious as to why anyone is giving a rat's backside about the color of your fuel...