Diesel shortage?

[GeoKat]

I was talking with a friend in Pennsylvania and they offered some moochdocking. I thought cool, might as well go take a look to make sure my rig will fit and hang out for a little while. Well this morning it was brought to my attention that theres a diesel shortage in some places? My friend actually converts to veggie oil during the summer. Anyone knowledgeable about veggie oil vs biodiesel. I know I should know my stuff by now but I think I was asleep during that part of my learning. :-|

Thoughts?

 

[FL-JOE]

I would be extremely careful what you run through that F350.

 

[redbaron]

Anything with Def, dpf, and related components should not run veggie oil without doing the proper refining. I looked into this and the costs where prohibitive, even with free oil.

 

[TJ&LadyDi]

No shortage of diesel in the Far West, at least yet. We fueled in Oregon and Montana yesterday and no issues. The prices seem to have bumped up a bit, but not too bad; $2.49 in Oregon and $2.96 in Montana.

TJ

 

[Joe Hogan]

According to the Pilot website, no shortages of diesel albeit it is pricey...

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[GeoKat]

Apparently the hiccup/shortage was caused by the Colonial Pipeline being hacked or something. Of course panic buying is the big Issue. It’s affecting the southeast mostly.

I definitely won’t run anything through my truck without making sure. I love my truck.

Anyways so we took just the truck on a road trip to Pennsylvania to scope the area. It was actually nice, kinda like getting out of the house for a few days. I know the point is to take the RV with you but it really has just become our apartment. Price wise it’s cheaper to leave it there and rent a room then it is dragging it with us. But that’s because it takes twice a long to get anywhere (I limit my travel speed and time while pulling it), it takes almost twice as much gas and I still have to pay nightly lot rent to plug it in. I really need to get someone to come wire up some batteries and panels for me so I don’t have to worry as much about where we stop for the night.

Either way it’s been a fun trip and I’m looking forward to going back to our apartment when we’re done.

I do believe Pennsylvania has been one of the prettiest states I’ve been in since leaving the western foothills of the Cascades in Oregon. And they have my favorite beer from home.