NTOLERANCE
I'm the cotton swab
Friend of mine does construction/excavating. LAst summer he was super busy and bought ALOT of red fuel for his equipment. About 30% more than normal by his records. All Legit use in backhoes and tractors.
After a recent fill, the DOT shows up at his shop. A Woman. Says, "I have a record here that states you buy ORD, and I would like to check and be certain youre not using it in on road equipment."
My friend knows there is NO red fuel in any licensed truck he owns. So he willingly agrees, sure, check them out.
She immediately walks over to the truck (6BT Ram 2500) that not two hours earlier was at the station filling up the transfer tank with ORD - and dips it - this ones ok.
They walk over to the only diesel dump truck they have - Ford L series or something with a 6BT - she dips - this one is ok. They looked at several gas powered dump trucks (69 C50 292 gas staight six, 65 Ford, with a 390, ect, confirmed they were gas, and moved on)
My friend says - " Want to dip this one? "(79 F350 with a 6BT) She says "Nope, that truck is too old to have a diesel"
My friend thinks to himself " well thats good to know"
HE says " How about this one?" - 85 F350 with an IDI - she says yes, they walk over - she dips both tanks and both are dry. She has issues getting the dip stick into the tanks to get fuel, finally she does. "Yep this one is good to" Never mind both tanks arent being used due to rust/senders/shower heads, and the tank being used is behind the seat - ala 75 F230 style. NEver saw the filler neck behind the door at chest height. ( I dont know why, my friend has a thing for behind the seat tanks. ALL his Fords have em.)
She never checked ANY of the PRe 1980 Fords and let me tell you here are about a dozen at my Friends shop.
After wards he asked her, "how did you come to be here today? Why here and why now?" She says it was just random....
Yeah, random the fuel station likely called the DOT on him for buying so much red fuel. He WAS buying fuel there for decades...that was the last fill up.
He mentioned something about talking to the fuel station owner at Church that coming Sunday.....
After a recent fill, the DOT shows up at his shop. A Woman. Says, "I have a record here that states you buy ORD, and I would like to check and be certain youre not using it in on road equipment."
My friend knows there is NO red fuel in any licensed truck he owns. So he willingly agrees, sure, check them out.
She immediately walks over to the truck (6BT Ram 2500) that not two hours earlier was at the station filling up the transfer tank with ORD - and dips it - this ones ok.
They walk over to the only diesel dump truck they have - Ford L series or something with a 6BT - she dips - this one is ok. They looked at several gas powered dump trucks (69 C50 292 gas staight six, 65 Ford, with a 390, ect, confirmed they were gas, and moved on)
My friend says - " Want to dip this one? "(79 F350 with a 6BT) She says "Nope, that truck is too old to have a diesel"
My friend thinks to himself " well thats good to know"
HE says " How about this one?" - 85 F350 with an IDI - she says yes, they walk over - she dips both tanks and both are dry. She has issues getting the dip stick into the tanks to get fuel, finally she does. "Yep this one is good to" Never mind both tanks arent being used due to rust/senders/shower heads, and the tank being used is behind the seat - ala 75 F230 style. NEver saw the filler neck behind the door at chest height. ( I dont know why, my friend has a thing for behind the seat tanks. ALL his Fords have em.)
She never checked ANY of the PRe 1980 Fords and let me tell you here are about a dozen at my Friends shop.
After wards he asked her, "how did you come to be here today? Why here and why now?" She says it was just random....
Yeah, random the fuel station likely called the DOT on him for buying so much red fuel. He WAS buying fuel there for decades...that was the last fill up.
He mentioned something about talking to the fuel station owner at Church that coming Sunday.....