Diesel

Truckster,

Just remember to have a good supply of filters on hand because I am told bio diesel is a great way to clean all the shait out the system but once it is clean everything is OK.

More power to them, I hope it runs ok I could use a redundancy payout about now.

Just means i get on/off the road 7 years earlier than planned.......

Also means we can tell the Arabs to stick their oil where it will do the most good for them.

Petrol is a blend of several cuts from the crude distillation process.

Our stuff is good for diesel, petrol and so on but it is a light crude we have here meaning that there are no heavy ends in it. Arab is good for these products too and with the heavy ends included.

We certainly do still use Arab Oils for producing Bitumen, Lubes and waxes, our stuff is not heavy enough. so therefore the stuff we don't use from the arab for these products goes toward the production of petrol, jet fuel, diesel, plastics and the list goes on .

My point is that we still import Arab at the moment so if synthetic lubes and biodiesel can be developed to their full potoential then we can work towards cutting ourselves loose from their blackmail and i get redundancy earlier.

The companies don't make all that much profit from refining, you ask oil company people where most of their profit comes from and they will tell you Drinks, Mars Bars and Ice Cream. Courtesy of travelling people like you and me.

The government on the other hand are cleaning up, as usual.

I didn't spend $55,000 on a vehicle to save a couple of thousend dollars a year on fuel. I will keep using Diesel.

If your that concerned bruce, sell the GQ and get a Toyota Prius.

Steve

My neighbor down the back runs his 80 something l/c on straight filtered fish & chip oil ..had a write up in the local rag about it...has a tank in back and a switch under the bonnet , does about 10k on diesel then swaps over...been to W.A a couple of times with it , reckons he has done about 60000 ks so far and no apparent ill affects...has quite a bit stored in his shed ...hope there is no fire...what a mess there would be

Check out www.biodiesel.com They reckon that something (cant remember what---old age) has to be taken out of the vegie oil first, this brings the moleclues to similar to diesel. a bit more stirring and then you can use it straight or mixed with diesel.

Bob

a good mate of mine has a few vehicles (all kinds) in his fleet running on Biodiesel and says to date (almost 2 years) there has been no problems whatsoever.
Kinda makes you think about it but I don't reckon I could do it !

by the way Diesel is $1.34 at some places in the Pilbara right now but most folks would have finished or be tailing off on their NW travels now.
I think it's about $1.15 here in Hedland

Yeah and I have just switched to a diesel truck. Diese lis $1.10 here in Peterborough, $1.15 in Hawker and I have been told $1.30 in Oodnadatta. It hurts spending so much money on fuel but in the wash up will we use less? It wasn't so long ago that I wondered if we would ever get used to paying 80cents a litre and look at it now.

Hi Truckster
I have just recently moved back to Port Lincoln from Adelaide. On my way through i stopped in whyalla and bought myself a 2000 GU turbo diesel patrol for $30,000.00 having spent all my hard earned do ....lol....i was looking at cheaper alternatives to run my vehicle, well a mate of mine put me onto a fella here who has been making his own bio diesel for the last couple of years , at 65 cents a litre i thought id give it a go , spoke to a few other people here who have been using it for a while and they all claim to have had no probs whatsoever , a couple even swore that their 4bys ran a lot smoother. Well so far have done 400ks with no probs , no clogged filters, and yes i agree , my GU seems to run a lot smoother. If you want truckster i'll give you my mobile no or else chat to you on ICQ and keep you up to date on how its performing.......Cheers ......DAVE

Hey Truckster!
Long time no talk! Hows life treating you?

Just saw your thread and thought I'd let you know how much diesel is half way up the Tanami in NT (near where I'm working on a cattle station - bit different from computers I know!) Rabbit Flat Road House - the most remote Road House in OZ (and rumour to be the most expensive diesel in OZ) has it for $1.70p/l!

Anyway - it'd be great to catch up sometime email me at ubolted@hotmail.com.

-myfourby

Go the Gas 36 cents , 4 cent discount , cost = 32 cents , 90 L = $28,80

10-15% LPG mix on a diesel vehicle. Anyone done it? Sposed to burn more efficiently and reduce running costs

As I just sai in the post about Tax evasion Tax evasion Just make sure you register and pay your excise! ; )

Next they will be taxing home brew and probably sex.

BioDiesel is transesterified oils, usually waste veg oil cos it can be got for free. (Grammar) There is a plethora of recipres on the net and an Aussie Bio association It's not hard to make but is hard to pour into the tank the first time or two, I'm not game. A Jackaroo engine is too $$ to rebuild.

you could get your fuel tested to check for quality but it would cost as much as buying the ready made dino-diesel.

Just a few cents worth.
Glenos

Unfortunately there aren't too many placeS you can get Bio-diesel, there used to be one just north of us, but the BIG fuel companies don't like competition so they shut them down by buying them out, etc.

"HE, WHO CONTROLS THE OIL, CONTROLS THE WORLD"