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Old 05-26-2022, 01:05 PM   #161
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Some heating oil blends will not have the luberciticy added. You will need to be sure. Delivered home heating oil in north NJ and loaded up in Newark every day during the oil season. Some lanes were just just died fuel oil and other lanes could get clear, died off road, and heating oil. They changed the racks so the arms that used to only do ho could also do died off road because they added luberciticy to the arm.
Yep. I have read that in some areas, home heating oil is diesel fuel. If my memory is correct, diesel fuel is a higher standard than heating oil and in some areas you get diesel delivered to house for heating use. Some engines won't care about the differences in the fuel but some will. Not worth it to me run a fuel of unknown quality/type in the engine.

The price difference is likely to be in taxes, so just make sure to get diesel that is for off road use and is not taxed for road use.

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Old 05-26-2022, 01:10 PM   #162
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did save a few bucks topping off before leaving from RI to VA. Needed 315g so split a tank with a small commercial trawler. Fuel was suitable for marine engines. Did get volume discount. Think that’s not uncommonly done. Fuel company wants to send out one full truck and have an empty truck return.
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Old 05-26-2022, 01:47 PM   #163
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Yep. I have read that in some areas, home heating oil is diesel fuel. If my memory is correct, diesel fuel is a higher standard than heating oil and in some areas you get diesel delivered to house for heating use. Some engines won't care about the differences in the fuel but some will. Not worth it to me run a fuel of unknown quality/type in the engine.

The price difference is likely to be in taxes, so just make sure to get diesel that is for off road use and is not taxed for road use.

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It starts out of the same tank diesel and HO fuels. At the arm upon delivery pending what is being picked up to the delivery truck at the racks is where the addatives, die, and even blends for winter addatives. I watched the meter ad they inject into the load. It may be half a gallon to a 4500 gallon load but each blend is different but yes the base fuel is same.

I could get clear, off road, and HO all outta the same arm at some of the bottom load arms but each ratio of each addative is different like luberciticy.

If ever getting heating oil from the truck id add some power service into the tank to be sure it had some luberciticy. Because it may not and if you habe a newer diesel it may have toghter tolerance inside the fuel system and you could over time prematurely wear out your fuel system.
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Good advise. Not knowing unless I see the valtec sign I do that anyway.
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Filled up at Covich in Seattle today. $5,402.25 for 1000 gallons . . .
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Filled up at Covich in Seattle today. $5,402.25 for 1000 gallons . . .
Ouch! Were will be your next fill up?
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Old 05-27-2022, 03:40 PM   #167
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Ouch! Were will be your next fill up?
And are your filler tubes anti siphon, asking for a friend
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Old 05-28-2022, 04:45 PM   #168
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Ouch! Were will be your next fill up?

We have about 1525 gallons on board right now. We'll go to AK and back, and still probably have about 500 to 700 gallons left when we get back to WA, depending on how much we stray off the straight line. We can get more fuel when we return, or definitely by Winter depending on price of fuel. Hopefully it will go down.
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And are your filler tubes anti siphon, asking for a friend

They will be shortly!
Until then, Steve, I'm turning off the AIS.
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They will be shortly!
Until then, Steve, I'm turning off the AIS.
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Old 05-28-2022, 11:31 PM   #171
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Local Diesel fuel (Langley, British Columbia) at gas stations is the equivalent of $6.58 USD per gallon. I imagine at a fuel dock it is probably more.
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Local Diesel fuel (Langley, British Columbia) at gas stations is the equivalent of $6.58 USD per gallon. I imagine at a fuel dock it is probably more.
Not always. Where I am, dock diesel is actually cheaper than road diesel because of taxes, even with the boating premium pricing. The diffences in pricing between boating and road fuels seems much less than in the past. I wonder if marinas are thinking it's better for them to keep prices down. People who need to drive have to pay whatever the price is. Boating is more discretionary for most.
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"Oh, poor thing: Yacht owners moan they’re getting hit by stubbornly high diesel prices"

http://https://nypost.com/2022/08/04/yacht-owners-complain-of-stubbornly-high-diesel-prices/?utm_source=NYPTwitter&utm_medium=SocialFlow&utm_c ampaign=SocialFlow
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Could it have something to do with this? Hmmmm.......


https://gcaptain.com/the-world-cant-...exports-surge/


Guess this is not part of 'America First'.....
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Where is he going to lunch? Perhaps he can make the ultimate sacrifice and drive to Burger King or buy a smaller boat or eat at the dock or parley the lunch time into a month long trip?
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Old 08-06-2022, 10:07 AM   #176
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could it have something to do with this? Hmmmm.......


https://gcaptain.com/the-world-cant-...exports-surge/


guess this is not part of 'america first'.....
wow
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Gotta be a piss take surely

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Our 60 fter can do normal cruising speed for 32 hours on that 130 gallons of fuel.
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Location is a factor. This week $9.00/gallon in Nantucket, MA., $4.35/ gallon in New Bedford, MA. Of course there is a big difference between a commercial port and one for the beautiful and rich. Thankfully I only needed 2.1 gallons of gasoline for the dinghy. Got away for $17.67!

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