OFFROAD FUEL CHECK TODAY

[SCUFFY828]

well the title says it all, went this mornin with a friend of mine to finish some food plots for the deer and got pulled right as we hit the highway , we werent doing anything wrong ,but i told him as we pulled over , i said to him, i bet he wants to check your fuel, the reason i figured that is we werent speeding at all, but when he hit the highway he layed into it a little to get going , he has a 2002 dodge weve dome some upgrades to , and she let out some smoke , also he has a fuel tank in the bed he uses for his business

sure as the world the officer , (state trooper) not DOT man either , introduces himself and says id like to check for off road fuel, he dipped the tank and found nothing , but told us that this is gonna be very common practice from now on , in north carolina

the reason i figured id post and tell this is , i did hear the officer say that if he pulls a truck and he dips in the tank and pulls it out and doesnt see any signs of die then he doesnt even turn it in to have it checked , but if any sign of red is in the tank , he takes a sample , get your info , sends it in, and the IRS handles it from there

[najaf4life]

wow that really sucks... I bet if you get caught they will hit you with a big fine also....

[Dave]

The fine in MN is a $1000 dollars a gallon. I got it with my old Work truck. Thank god my old boss took the ticket and paid the fine since it was his truck and fuel

[najaf4life]

wow that really sucks... so when are they gonna start getting people for running their own bio?

[Dave]

Originally Posted by najaf4life

wow that really sucks... so when are they gonna start getting people for running their own bio?

They are checking for that around here on occasion but all they are doing is giving you a form to estimate how many gallons of bio you will use in a year and making you pay road tax on it. This is only happening in certain countys though and mostly at large consignment auctions from what i have heard

[SCUFFY828]

we asked the cop about running bio diesel or veggie oil and what how were they handling that , he told us that if it is sent in and found that its not straight diesel they were handling that the same as offroad fuel and if you were running a business wether its one truck or several and didnt have fuel reciepts for all fuel bought , and you were running something else beside diesel fuel , then the irs would be paying you a visit

[najaf4life]

man... that is really crappy for people trying to same them self some money..

[HVAC SuperTech]

So, basically, if you dont buy it at the pumps and you arent paying taxes on it whether it be bio or off-road diesel, you still can get fined? I always knew it would come to this.

Oh, Scott, you get my voicemail buddy?

[SCUFFY828]

thats what he said , they are gonna tighten the reins here in nc , we'll see i guess

[stroken04]

Originally Posted by SCUFFY828

we asked the cop about running bio diesel or veggie oil and what how were they handling that , he told us that if it is sent in and found that its not straight diesel they were handling that the same as offroad fuel and if you were running a business wether its one truck or several and didnt have fuel reciepts for all fuel bought , and you were running something else beside diesel fuel , then the irs would be paying you a visit

wow that really sucks, I knew it was coming sooner or later