Terminal fuel...
#11
10-14-2009, 06:51 PM
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Location: Pittsburgh, PA
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I was chatting with a friend from the school who is running team L/O (though they will tell you they're O/O) that terminal fuel is leftover fuel from the Flyin' Js. (atleast in swift's case their fuel is purchased from Flyin J) Now i dont buy its 'leftover' fuel....but granted might not be as 'fresh' and the stuff they put in their tanks at the truck stop....anyone have an idea into this??
This should have started like this: 'Your not going to believe this.........." 
#12
10-14-2009, 06:53 PM
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Location: Pittsburgh, PA
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this reminds me of something that happened yesterday on my way to jersey. i was runnin along the pa pike when i came up on this swift truck with his triangles out. i thought to myself...i wish things were like they used to be so i pulled in behind him and walked up to the truck to see if he needed any help. the driver gets out and said "no, i am good, they are bringing me another truck." i said what happened. he said "the sunvisor fell off". i said well why are the bringing you another truck? he says "well the shift pattern is on the sunvisor so i need a new truck"
#13
10-14-2009, 07:06 PM
Danski some fleets do dump their used oil in the fuel storage tank. I'd imagine the % of oil to fuel is low as a tank could hold thousands of gallons of diesel. There was a machine out there that did it on the truck as you drove but I haven't seen one for a few years. Daimler chrysler used to run them. The idea was you changed the filters at a certain time and topped up the oil. I think they were going 80,000 km's on a oil change when every one else was changing at 20. That was before extended oil changes were common. I know a fleet that rinses out there tankers that haul all kinds of oils with diesel fuel right into there storage tanks and have never had any injector issues.
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#14
10-14-2009, 07:21 PM
This reminds me of what I once heard that used motor oil(well strained) could be added to your truck's fuel tanks and burned. It seems to me that this would work great for disposing of spent motor oil, provided that it was filtered of any particles and mixed well with diesel fuel(eg. 5 gals motor oil to 200 gals diesel).
Would it work or would it be a great way to destroy fuel injectors? Yeah, there are guys out there who swear by it. These are generally the same guys bitching that their fuel filters are plugged. Personally, I wouldn't want oil that is too dirty for lubrication anywhere near my injectors.
#15
10-14-2009, 11:59 PM
Swift used to put used oil into their diesel at the terminal in Phoenix. The fuel was black as pitch. Cummins made them stop because they were going through injectors left and right. Cummins refused to honor the warranty any longer.
#17
10-15-2009, 03:00 AM
After I eat leftovers. sometimes I get leftover gas/ fuel. but , I have no idea how to convert it to run my truck on it.
#18
10-15-2009, 09:58 AM
After thinking about this rolling down the road, I'm sure this is one of those stories that starts out as one thing, but gets told so many times, that the story gets twisted around, things added (or leftover) whatever.
My idea is this. This "leftover" fuel might actually just be SURPLUS from whatever bulk amount that Flyin J buys for the week/month country wide. So they in turn sell it at the end of said term just to break even on it. My school friend said they never fuel in terminals, they dont hardly ever stop in terminals except to t-call (which is all the time, cause 85% of their loads they t-call) they dont even shower at terminals (which at some i can understand) and she said that the difference in the price isnt enough to even consider. Which got me to thinkin' again...(twice in one day...scary....but it is halloween)....if you are a L/O or O/O, even though you're saving $0.05 - $0.10/gal, you're saving $15-25 a tank....and if you top off 2-3x a week, that could add up to $200+ a month easy. That would make me want to ONLY fuel at terminals.....IMO. the 'points' you get fueling at truck stops are meaningless anyways....and that 'free' shower you're still paying for out of pocket.
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#19
10-15-2009, 10:46 AM
this reminds me of something that happened yesterday on my way to jersey. i was runnin along the pa pike when i came up on this swift truck with his triangles out. i thought to myself...i wish things were like they used to be so i pulled in behind him and walked up to the truck to see if he needed any help. the driver gets out and said "no, i am good, they are bringing me another truck." i said what happened. he said "the sunvisor fell off". i said well why are the bringing you another truck? he says "well the shift pattern is on the sunvisor so i need a new truck"
#20
10-15-2009, 12:51 PM
In the early 80's we had a machine that filtered the oil and mixed it with fuel right from the truck. 10 gallons of oil to 150-200 gallons of fuel. Used it for over 10 years with no problems. When the first electronic injectors came out we had to stop using it.
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