[Malaki86]

Last night I parked on a get-on ramp along I-68. I woke up this morning about an hour before I could take off, so I was just sitting here browsing the web.

Well, a fuel hauler comes along and pulls in front of me on the ramp. He climbs out, walks to the passenger side of the trailer and takes 3 five gallon gas cans out of a storage box and proceeds to fill them up. After he finished, he replaced the cans back into the storage box and off he goes. I thought to myself, "ok, so he's stealing a little gas."

Well, about 15 minutes later, along comes another tanker from the same company. He fills up 2 cans and off he goes.

Maybe 5 minutes before I can roll, a third truck from the same company stops and fills up 4 cans and off he goes.

Is it normal for fuel haulers to be filling up their personal gas cans along the interstate? I've never seen it happen before, but seeing 3 drivers do it within probably 45 minutes seemed awful strange.

BTW - I won't mention the company name or the name of the town I was parked at, so don't ask.

[lucky13]

Sounds like they were offsetting the high price of gas :evil:

[ronjon619]

Originally Posted by lucky13

Sounds like they were offsetting the high price of gas :evil:

Or an employee discount?

[Jackrabbit379]

What was the company? :P
Just kiddin, Malaki.

I've heard of guys doing that, but I've never seen it done. Maybe, they have profit shares, and they were just getting their shares. :P

[Fozzy]

Depends on if they were empty at than point. I never did it, but a lot of drivers who were hauling gas in the old days would use the cans and collect the gas that collected in the bottom of the tanks after they had delivered. It was not even frowned upon back then.

[Malaki86]

Originally Posted by Jackrabbit379

I've heard of guys doing that, but I've never seen it done. Maybe, they have profit shares, and they were just getting their shares. :P

Hmmm - wish I could do that (profit sharing) - esp when I'm hauling beer, plasma tv's or computers :lol:

[Mr. Ford95]

I'm betting it was Exit 15 Malaki. 8) Only 7 exits thru there, 4 of them are in Morgantown. The other 2 are right at a small town that might have prying eyes. Exit 15 is kinda in the middle of nowhere, only a State Park there, that's where I would stop and do it.

[Cluggy619]

As I read your post, a couple of reasons come to mind.

Those are the only reasons I can see for doing it.

[ben45750]

Originally Posted by Cluggy619

2. They are clearing the pipe of gas because the next load is Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel. This is the new diesel that everybody will soon be running. One gallon of gas can ruin a 1000 gallons of ULSD. And the pipes will hold 2-5 gallons, depending weather they are efficient at unloading the fuel. Sometimes, a small amount will be left, and it's unavoidable.

Isn't that something Your supposed to do at the rack? It's mandatory that we do it that way.

If they catch us with a gas can in our car on company property.... no questions asked. Your fired. Something I also didn't know is that stealing gas is a federal offense because uncle Sam isn't getting the tax money they deserve.

Come on tell us. What company?

Talking to the older guys it used to be common practice to take the gas left in the trailers till it was abused.

[Malaki86]

Originally Posted by ben45750

Isn't that something Your supposed to do at the rack? It's mandatory that we do it that way.

If they catch us with a gas can in our car on company property.... no questions asked. Your fired. Something I also didn't know is that stealing gas is a federal offense because uncle Sam isn't getting the tax money they deserve.

Come on tell us. What company?

Talking to the older guys it used to be common practice to take the gas left in the trailers till it was abused.

I can see the clearing of the pipes, but doing it on an entrance ramp? Kinda odd there.

And, again, I won't mention the company name or where I was (except for on I-68).