JyRO

Hey fellers,

I know you guys are feeling the pain too, maybe more than me. I filled up my truck last night. $74.95. A little over 33 gallons.

Luckily I have a garage for the truck to stay in, and a rice-a-roni mobile getting 39 miles to a shot o' saki.

I don't know how some of you guys do it? Will we ever see $1.50 a gallon again?

- JyRO

4x4dually

Negative, Ghost Rider. $1.50 is long gone. I've got an auxiliary tank on mine and filled both last night for $151.40! Fuel in OK is $2.15 at best.

MikeyB

I doubt we will ever see $1.50 diesel again.

Think I will be racking up a lot more miles on the old Hog in the future.

MikeyB

Shovelhead

Fill up at 1/2 tank, it's cheaper that way.

Seriously though, the Geezer-Glide will become my primary commuter once the morning temps pass the mid 40s.

tankeryanker

I think we have been riding the low price wave for fuel in the world market for along time. I would be willing to bet that we will not see d/o below 2 bucks ever again.

Dan Brooks

Right now I'd be happy to see $2.00 a gallon.....

67HotRod

I paid $2.22 a gallon this morning. Hard to go and buy something else just for better fuel mileage when its paid for.

JyRO

Yeah, it was actually $2.249 a gallon when I filled. So basically $2.25 a gallon, and that was probably the 40 cetane minimum cr@p.

If I believed I could brew my own (washed) bio, and meet or beat the price of wrag-head-diesel, I'd give it a go. Even easier is if I could find some bio in my area. I've looked on-line and have found nothing in the Montgomery, AL area.

I would have to believe that bio woud not fluctuate up or down with petro-diesel. Would you guys agree? What's the going rate of B20 & B100 now? I honestly believe the long term anwer is bio ... and am looking forward to trying it.

- Jason

RustyJC

If biodiesel ever reaches the point where it's traded as a commodity like petro-diesel, then you can bet that its price will track petro-diesel. As a commodity, price isn't just a function of cost, but rather of market forces. If petro-diesel is selling for $3.00/gallon and you owned (just for sake of discussion) 1 million gallons of biodiesel that can be used in place of petro-diesel, would you sell it for $1.00/gallon? Nope, and neither will the commodity traders once they get into the game.

Rusty

1st gen Hobie

I tried to buy some and the owner said the price for bio can change several times a day.

Checkmate

Well since we have had higher fuel prices lately I have found out that the local Speedway/SuperAmerica's pumps shut down at $75.00, even when you prepay with a credit card.

StrokeThisCTD

i have never gone below 1/4 tank so filling up doesnt SEEM as bad for me

SoTexRattler

My co-worker just filled up his red diesel tank at his farm in Falfurrias Tx....
He bought 1000 gals at 1.89/gal for RED DIESEL!!! That'll only last him for about 3 days of tractor driving during spring planting season... OUCH!
The fuel distributor can give him a little more of a break on red prices IF he can accept a 10,000gallon tanker truckload!!! Yeah right!
He said he hates to fill up his '99 F350 4x4 SD at road diesel prices (~$2.30/gal)just to commute back and forth to this job!!!
He said it SURE is getting tempting to put RED#2 it in the pickup...
(Don't worry, he knows better as the fuel police regularly pick on people with farm tags!)

Keith

01350banshee

I'm feelin it up here in WA state, it cost me $85.00 to fill mine up (34gal) from E to the filler neck. $2.62 at Safeway with the .3 cent discount. Anything close to $2.00 would be nice. It cost the wife $38.00 for premium (18gal) last night to fillup, it uaslly cost right at $20.00. Dont know how much more this the average working man can handle. Already changed my plans for a trip to Vegas and Magic Mountain with the kids this summer because of it.

JyRO

I was looking forward to cruising over to my grandmother-in-law's house and borrowing (maybe permanently) a J.D. 750 tractor, and dragging that sucker back to my house. But now that's looking like a $102 trip. As bad a shape as that tractor is in, I'm not sure its worth much more than that.

I'm the only one who's given that tractor any love since my grandfather-in-law died, and I don't get out there enough to make much of a difference. Oh what to do ... bother.

- JyRO