diesel shortage

[Anonymous-0]

Local fuel supplier called this morning, said offroad diesel in short supply.
Will be $3.47/gal by the end of the month.

 

[nsmall21]

its higher than that now (as of wednesday)in ne pa

 

[Dandy Don]

Today I-65 Luv's truck stop......Diesel $3.769
In Tennessee south of Nashville. WOW!

 

[Anonymous-0]

not sure what off raod is today, but , made a trip to maryland from scranton, on road fuel ranged from $3.89 to $4.04 per gallon, gas at the pumps is right around $3. 22, to $3.24 , for thew life of me i cant figure why fuel on or off ., is soooooooooo much more then gasoline?looks to my like the j d 50 and 60 gonna get put to some hard work ,, LOL not that i dont mind running them
( grin )

 

[RayP(MI)]

Same thing here in Michigan. I;m not looking forward to buying fuel this summer for field work.

 

[Tradititonal Farmer]

Same HP diesel will burn about 1/4 as much diesel as they will gas so don't see how you're going to save any money.

 

[Anonymous-0]

So if my f-350 4x4 with a 460 gas motor gets 12 mpg a comparable powerstroke or cummins or Duramax powered pickup will get 48 mpg? Pretty funny, try again.

 

[1206SWMO]

Clear diesel is $3.57 in SWMO for the highest ever.Gas is $2.99.

In May 2007 diesel was $2.79 while gas was $3.09.Why was diesel 30 cents cheaper in May of 07 while its 58 cents higher now?

 

[Tradititonal Farmer]

Did I mention modern truck engines? Nooooooooo! I'm comparing the tractors he mentioned to modern diesel engines in tractors.Brush up on your reading comprehension.

 

[Anonymous-0]

road fuel friday morning $4.13 West Pa

 

[Luke S]

I gave $3.29 for off road this week in east cental Missouri.

 

[Texasmark]

I use an old truck bed trailer with 3 ea. 55 gallon drums to get my diesel. Makes it handy to get and I park it in a barn with a battery operated pump....don't have to haul it around all the time like if I used a tank mounted on my hay truck.

The last time I went to get farm diesel the supplier said that he had been out and the truck had just left. Not only that when I went to pay the lady at the cash register said something like $415 please........as I was writing the check my hand was trembling. I can't believe I paid that much for fuel at one time.

I checked the price about a week ago and it was $3.16 for farm diesel (no 40 cent road tax).

One thing for sure. If a new (newer) tractor is in your budget, (payments won't be there forever and it IS a write off item) mine has really, really, made a dent in my fuel consumption. The engine designers have really been busy getting more hours per gallon out of these newer engines.

Besides that, I won't be making all those trips to the parts supplier to fix all the stuff that always breaks on the 3 old tractors I traded in. You wouldn't believe how much I spent on equipment repairs last year........hope IRS believes it. Almost afraid to submit my 1040 and Schedule F.

Mark

 

[Anonymous-0]

Brush up on your writing skills tough guy. You just said diesel verses gas with comparable horsepower use 1/4 the fuel. He should have ignored your stupid comments as I am going to do.