On Sat, 29 Jan 2011 13:52:07 -0500, Harryk
wrote:

I don't know that Connecticut still refunds road taxes for gas used in
boats. I know it did in the 1950s and at least part of the 1960s.

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They were still doing it in the early 2000s when we were boating
there.

Tim, if you want to save on road taxes convert your vehicle to burn
propane. I've heard that it is relatively easy. You can also buy
"farm gas" in many states but there are big penalties for using it on
the road.

On Jan 29, 2:52*pm, Wayne.B wrote:
On Sat, 29 Jan 2011 13:52:07 -0500, Harryk
wrote:

I don't know that Connecticut still refunds road taxes for gas used in
boats. I know it did in the 1950s and at least part of the 1960s.

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They were still doing it in the early 2000s when we were boating
there.

Tim, if you want to save on road taxes convert your vehicle to burn
propane. *I've heard that it is relatively easy. *You can also buy
"farm gas" in many states but there are big penalties for using it on
the road.

Wayne, as you know propane is safe and vehicles have been running on
it for years. And you can transfer liquid propane from your remote
house heater tank to your car safely. Some people around here do it on
their pickup's and have for years.... But having a huge and heavy tank
in the trunk of the car would be a pain. and finding propane dealers
on the road would be a horrible. however, they can be rigged to run
both. It's still a pain though.

concerning the 'farm gas', there is a color additive in the farm
diesel that is different color than automotive. And even a quart in
of ag. in 55 gal of automotive is visually detectable. Yes, if you get
caught running the stuff in your diesel pickup it's heavy fines.

But I'd think it would be neat to make your own gasoline for your
boat, and even road use UP TO a certain limit, though.

On Sat, 29 Jan 2011 13:25:34 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

But I'd think it would be neat to make your own gasoline for your
boat, and even road use UP TO a certain limit, though.

It's an interesting idea but I think you'll find that the complexities
and costs will make it impractical. The big refineries spend a lot
of money on safety and process control but they get to spread the
investment over huge quantities. It would make a great magazine
article for one of the DIY publications however.

On Jan 29, 3:39*pm, Wayne.B wrote:
On Sat, 29 Jan 2011 13:25:34 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

But I'd think it would be neat to make your own gasoline for your
boat, and even road use UP TO a certain limit, though.

It's an interesting idea but I think you'll find that the complexities
and costs will make it impractical. * The big refineries spend a lot
of money on safety and process control but they get to spread the
investment over huge quantities. *It would make a great magazine
article for one of the DIY publications however.

concerning the small quanity refining, your probably right Wayne, ,
but it would be neat to see something published in Popular Mechanics/
Science, or even Mother Earth News...

Then have a coundown on the DIYr's who blew themselves up or caught
half their town on fire while blowing themselves up....

On Jan 29, 8:36*pm, wrote:
On Sat, 29 Jan 2011 16:39:23 -0500, Wayne.B

wrote:
On Sat, 29 Jan 2011 13:25:34 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

But I'd think it would be neat to make your own gasoline for your
boat, and even road use UP TO a certain limit, though.

It's an interesting idea but I think you'll find that the complexities
and costs will make it impractical. * The big refineries spend a lot
of money on safety and process control but they get to spread the
investment over huge quantities. *It would make a great magazine
article for one of the DIY publications however.

I think the home made fuel will be the biodiesel. My wife's
electrician gets all of the cooking oil from the club (along with the
other clubs he works at) and makes his own fuel.

I have a customer who does that and he takes it very seriously and has
got it down to a science to the opoint of making specific
modifications to his 6.5 GM diesel Pickup. It does take some time to
'refine' the used cooking oil, but he figures he's running at about $.
75 a gallon.