Originally Posted By: NightRiderQ45
Originally Posted By: cchase
I've seen lots of fuel trucks filling up stations around here, but I've never seen this "same trucks going to many stations" that get described ad nauseum on the internet.
The Gulf stations have a big Gulf truck, the Mobil stations have a big Mobil truck. I've never seen a Mobil truck sitting at a Gulf station.
A station (Shell or Mobil) that advertises having that gas and (as some claim) just has generic gas would be illegal. I doubt it happens.
I understand that you have never seen that before, but just because you haven't seen it doesn't mean it's not true. I've personally (no reason to lie, not like I'm getting paid lol)seen one truck to go a Cheveron gas station and then to a Big Cat station here in Alabama.
As I have said COUNTLESS times, seeing the same truck drop fuel at different stations does not mean ANYTHING.
Fuel trucks have 3-4 separate fuel cells in the one tank. Some have even more.
ALL fuel gets processed at a refinery. The fuel gets it's brand "additive" when it is put in the tanker. So, if a truck is going up route "x" and there is a shell station and a no name station in the same area, it only makes sense to send both loads of fuel on the same truck.
IT is against federal law and the contract with the gas station owner and fuel company to sell anything but what the gas station is supposed to sell.
Can a Shell station owner buy no name gas? Sure.
Will he get away with it? No. Shell knows exactly how many gallons leave those pumps and Shell knows exactly how much Shell additive fuel the gas station bought.
If those numbers do not add up, rest assured there will be swift action.
As I have said in other posts, I personally know of some one who lost a Sunoco station for doing this. He know owns a Citgo.
Originally Posted By: cchase
I've seen lots of fuel trucks filling up stations around here, but I've never seen this "same trucks going to many stations" that get described ad nauseum on the internet.
The Gulf stations have a big Gulf truck, the Mobil stations have a big Mobil truck. I've never seen a Mobil truck sitting at a Gulf station.
A station (Shell or Mobil) that advertises having that gas and (as some claim) just has generic gas would be illegal. I doubt it happens.
I understand that you have never seen that before, but just because you haven't seen it doesn't mean it's not true. I've personally (no reason to lie, not like I'm getting paid lol)seen one truck to go a Cheveron gas station and then to a Big Cat station here in Alabama.
As I have said COUNTLESS times, seeing the same truck drop fuel at different stations does not mean ANYTHING.
Fuel trucks have 3-4 separate fuel cells in the one tank. Some have even more.
ALL fuel gets processed at a refinery. The fuel gets it's brand "additive" when it is put in the tanker. So, if a truck is going up route "x" and there is a shell station and a no name station in the same area, it only makes sense to send both loads of fuel on the same truck.
IT is against federal law and the contract with the gas station owner and fuel company to sell anything but what the gas station is supposed to sell.
Can a Shell station owner buy no name gas? Sure.
Will he get away with it? No. Shell knows exactly how many gallons leave those pumps and Shell knows exactly how much Shell additive fuel the gas station bought.
If those numbers do not add up, rest assured there will be swift action.
As I have said in other posts, I personally know of some one who lost a Sunoco station for doing this. He know owns a Citgo.