Sqwertz wrote:
>Brooklyn1 wrote:
>
>> Yes, I use about 10-12 gallons a week for 26 weeks of mowing, plus
>> plowing snow in winter.
>
>Kinda obsessive-compulsive to mow a lawn once a week, isn't it?
>(rhetorical question).

I try to mow once a week, weather permitting. But with lots of rain I
can't mow and the grass grows faster, so when I finally get to mow it
may take 2-3 passes... more time, more fuel. Grass grows a lot faster
here than in Texass. Most people here mow twice a week but I have too
many acres to mow that often. My next door neighbor is a compulsive
mower, he mows twice a week, sometimes three times if he has company
arriving, but he only mows about three acres, I mow a full ten acres,
and I mow lots of paths, perimeters require a lot more mowing.

>> It'll cost less because I'll be able to order Agri diesel, about a
>> dollar less a gallon, only difference is the dye color, just don't get
>> caught using it for road use... I figure the tank will be paid for in
>> two years.
>
>Isn't agricultural diesel only discounted for actual farming
>operations - when used exclusively for the production of personal
>tangible property on your land? You're just growing plain 'ol grass.
>That's not farming. And even then, the discount looks to be only
>about $.75/gallon when used LAWFULLY.

Diesel tax is discounted for any kind of gardening, landscapers get
the discount. So long as Agri diesel is not used for road travel it's
legal. The price changes because it's discounted on a percentage
basis. The concept of a tax discount for Agri use is based on Agri
vehicles not damaging roadways and diesel polutes a lot less than
gasolene for agricultural purposes, diesel engines are a lot more
powerful so use a lot less fuel than gasolene for the same work. My
neighbor recently bought a huge zero turn mower but it uses gasolene,
he burns twice as many gallons per acre. Also those things have tiny
wheels and no four wheel drive... I've already had to tow him out of
the spring mud several times last year. He's a nice guy but for 55
years old he infantile, he into toys, he has what I call a Bush
mobile, and he just bought another ATV.