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Originally Posted by thefishingfreak
What about marine diesel down there?
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The problem here is there really is only one supplier, and can charge what he wants. He as been sued several times but he wins each time. (you cannot prove any collusion among stations...but it goes on, they are all the same.) As to diesel, We now have a choice...there is a guy now who is competing with local supplier. He has a number of trucks. (no big storage facility) He brings high quality diesel fuel from Boston. The marine stuff is excellent fuel. Much better than the bottom of the the barge discount sludge the local guy sells here. (at top dollar) (Dozens of stories about guys who bought fuel here and had major problems)
You can see it in your filters...my filters last all season now and look great. I use to change them every 50 hours!
I generally get it right from the truck right to my boat. I meet the truck at a certain spot. He texts me where he is going to be and I meet him. He has all the fisherman on his phone and he shotguns a text to all of them. It works great, he is normally within a penny of falmouth fuel. Which is .80-1.30 less than the local guy. (In the beginning he was even cheaper than that and delivered right to your slip but the town stopped that and now he maintains cost with the mainland.) If you are worried about the shark tourny...look for the fuel truck parked down by the opening to OB harbor at 5:00 or so, you will see the boats start lining up. That is the fuel you want...or go to Falmouth. That is what I recommend for now. I think next year there could be a new stationary fueling option in OB, serving up quality gas and marine diesel. We are working on it.
Also, the MV commission are a bunch of environmental whaco's and actually do not want you to burn gas or fuel. They want higher prices to discourage you. They will come right out and tell you this. So they do nothing. People have proposed opening new gas stations that provided inexpensive fuel (using other providers) and they deny the permit as it will cause "traffic jams" and hardship against existing stations. REALLY!!