REFLECTOR: 11,500 data for the DH engine

[Richard Riley]

At 05:54 AM 5/13/05, you wrote:
>On that note too- I have a construction business, and we run "pump"
>diesel in the on-road trucks, and amazingly cheap "off road only" diesel
>in the heavy equipment- the difference is a little bit of sulfur content
>(they say)  and a bunch of tax- we will run the on-road trucks
>occasionally on the off road diesel if they are on a trip and going to
>run out and the carry tanks have off road in them- you can't tell the
>difference in either power, mileage, exhaust smoke, ect- the only real
>difference is the cost and the color (off road is clear)  I believe the
>off road (which I suppose could be used in the aircraft since they are
>"off road") is going for about $1.10/gallon at the moment.

I don't know how much of the difference is taxes, but my understanding is 
that if you're running pump gas (either mogas or diesel) in an aircraft, 
you can get the taxes refunded.