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Originally Posted by Orv
My guess is it's more likely to happen in agricultural areas, where untaxed "off-road" diesel is readily available.
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Perhaps, but NOT in Texas. Texas is of course mostly rural, ranching, and oil operations out in the country.
I was visiting wirh a Deputy Sheriff this evening that is very active in my part of Dallas County. He drives an unmarked Ford Crown Vic rooting out the low-life drug dealers perusing the streets, as well as traffic enfocement. He said that he's never heard of this "dipping tanks deal." After I told him what it involved, he then went on to explain that the DPS (Department of Public Safety) Texas Highway Patrol - had an unwritten rule on even the driving enforcement and "to look the other way on vehicles (pickups) with the FARM emblems on their Texas license plate tags." Whether a FARM emblem vehicle is running petrol bought at a reduced price versus retail-bought, just does not matter to Texans. Is my read on it.
I think the dipping deal is out East. We've never had any of that "tank-dipping jazz" around here in the southwest - nor do I look for it anytime soon. Hopefully not in my lifetime.