EDIT: I worded that poorly above: he was NOT running off-road diesel. He was running regular (green) diesel with 80% WMO and BECAUSE OF THIS he was fined as though he was running off-road diesel.
According to the post he wasn't using non-tax offroad diesel, he was running taxed road diesel (20%). The issue is that they check the color, and it was pitch black. It has to be green to prove that there's no red dye. His State requires a blender's permit to run anything other than road diesel (that applies to anyone running WMO or waste cooking oil), which requires you to pay tax per gallon used.
This is actually law in most States, though the amount that check regularly are few. That's why some States like Oregon are considering charging folks a mileage tax, because they lose revenue for roads (which are paid for by fuel taxes) when folks are using veggie oil or have electric cars.
I have a customer, a paper mill in Alabama, that got nailed for using off-road diesel a few years ago. They had an F-250 which was used exclusively on mill property. Didn't even have a tag. They rooutinely drove it out the front gate and approximately 1/4 mile to fill it with off-road when needed at the local station. One day the highway patrol was waiting. I can't remember the exact fine, but it was several thousand dollars because they admitted that they had been doing this for many years.
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you get taxed when you buy the motor oil, if you get taxed again thats double taxed on the same product. thats like buying seeds for the garden, paying taxes on the purchase then taxed when you eat your crop.
i was recently fined on a m818, m49a2c for offroad fuel. the 818 pulls a bellydump offroad and the 49 fuels all the offroad equipment. cost me 1000 on these 2 vehicles plus another 1000 for the m49 having offroad fuel as storage!
you get taxed when you buy the motor oil, if you get taxed again thats double taxed on the same product. thats like buying seeds for the garden, paying taxes on the purchase then taxed when you eat your crop.
Don't confuse sales tax with motor fuel taxes. Two completely different taxes.
State and federal motor fuel taxes on average amount to close to 50 cents per gallon.
Fined for running WMO (not me)
man that sucks
That's all I can say.
