gf beranek
Old Schooler
Cheap compared to my area.
Fuel prices
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Remember back when diesel was always cheaper than gasoline? Then, what, 'they' figured out that diesel is indispensable to the working world?
BeerGeek
Tree Numbnutz
While I don't agree with those laws, I understand how they work, and in case of fuel, they don't really apply. The refiners are setting the price, and the retailers have to respond as I stated above (and their margins don't even come close to the gouging threshold). If a retailer was charging say $10-$12/gal, then that might come into play, as it's more than double the wholesale cost, and no justifiable reason for charging it.
lumberjack
Young man on the go
Today marks 5 weeks with my bulk fuel tank. According to my ledger I have 787 gallons of diesel left at $4.65/gallon ($.06/gallon of that is BioKleen treatment). ~200 gallons have been burned on road, 80 off road (get the road tax back). This isn't counting the ballpark 80 gallons to currently fill everything up.
gf beranek
Old Schooler
Heck. You're setting pretty, Carl.
I hope that little buffer you have left holds out until the price comes down again.
I hope that little buffer you have left holds out until the price comes down again.
flushcut
TreeHouser
Don’t worry guys your new electric chip/bucket/equipment haulers should be in the stores any day now.
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
SO Levi did his first fill up on his truck tonight. I rode with him up to the local station. Fuel had gone up 20 more cents since my last visit 2 days ago.
150.00 for his little F150. Now we will use some and find out his mileage. Eye opener for sure for the young man. He should have his full DL by June or July. He only runs his truck up the street and around the farm. A 5 gallon can here and there at 25 or so dollars. Reality is about to get real. He is working full time and finishing school so he can graduate and start college at 16.
150.00 for his little F150. Now we will use some and find out his mileage. Eye opener for sure for the young man. He should have his full DL by June or July. He only runs his truck up the street and around the farm. A 5 gallon can here and there at 25 or so dollars. Reality is about to get real. He is working full time and finishing school so he can graduate and start college at 16.
FireFighterZero
Captain Zero!
Its little wonder that so many kids today say "fugg this" when it comes to car ownership and driving.
Al Smith
Mac Daddy
It jumped up to $4.09 from around $3.79 a week ago .It's like every thing up and down like a pogo stick .
Mellow
BCMA
I don't even look at the prices. I just know the pump shuts off at $100 and that barely got me over half a tank in my F450.
gf beranek
Old Schooler
Some stations in Lake County are near $7.00 for diesel.
BlackSmith
Uncivil
Higher fuel prices don’t effect me, I only get $20 worth at a time. 
Cobleskill
Treehouser
My first car was $40 and gas was 29 cents.
pigwot
M's, Juniper's, Lowen’s, and Inge’s Grandpa
$4.09 regular and $4.65 for diesel.
A large part of that was going to the ultra low sulfur stuff.
I didn't know that, thanks for the info. So the ultra low means more refining necessary causing higher costs/prices, eh?
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
Same here.
SeanKroll
Treehouser
yep.
I don't pay attention to diesel, so I'm not sure what it was historically. Seemed to vary up and down, but always in the ballpark of unleaded. Might be a bit more or less expensive. Last week I noticed it was $6/G with unleaded being $4.30/G at the time.
Nutball
TreeHouser
Ever since a decade or so ago diesel was always cheaper. Then it became always a little more. Now it seems to be going up while gas isn't.
gf beranek
Old Schooler
Early 60s diesel was 18 cents a gallon. Regular gas was 23 cents. Leaded gas was all there was.
10 years later price for regular shot up to 35 cents / gallon. Oh my!
By the mid 70s... 55 cents. Outrageous!
How in the world could they justify that?
The price of gas isn't the only thing that has changed since.
10 years later price for regular shot up to 35 cents / gallon. Oh my!
By the mid 70s... 55 cents. Outrageous!
How in the world could they justify that?
The price of gas isn't the only thing that has changed since.
