Originally Posted by
dedhed
[There is such a thing as "off road" fuel which you don't pay the tax on and is actually dyed a different color.
Here in Calif. it's dyed red, and there are some hefty fines if it's found in one's personal vehicle's fuel tank. Locally, the state's highway patrol are sticklers on drawing samples from fuel tanks of diesel pickup owners who have transfer tanks located in their truck beds, but this only happens when the transfer tank is full of dyed fuel tended for fueling off road equipment.