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Re: Buying tractor gas
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Posted by ErnieD on October 05, 2003 at 18:29:31 from (66.66.130.194):
In Reply to: Buying tractor gas posted by mike on October 05, 2003 at 12:16:54:
Here are some considerations. The Walmart customer before you places a $10 deposit on the pump. The pump shuts off, customer drains the hose, you now have to fill the hose accounting for the slow start up. Your big tank, is it DOT/UN stamped and placarded? Diesel is exempt for transport by ground < 110 gal, I have not looked up the minimum vol for gas and my books are at the plant. If it is not stamped and placarded, I would be cautious about the regs before making waves or be very sure I was in compliance. I can look it up if you desire. The fine for non compliance is $25,000 per day per offense. Most tanks are buried, and the ground is a constant temperature or pretty close. Once in the ambient all bets are off. If you do call wts and measures ask what the tolerance is, it may be under 1% and over 2%. Before reacting I would be really sure of my position with multiple observations. The stations tanks were probably low and that is why the flow was irregular, but in this day and age I thought the flow meter totalizers were better. 60 minutes did a special about 8-10 years about bogus circuit cards that could be adjust to give short gallons. What I am seeing now is octane adulteration, I am having to buy up a grade to compenstate for a spark knock. Also getting 10% better mileage. Maybe my GM multi fuel engine has a bad knock sensor, although it does have the cold start knock.
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