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Differences in fuel
In late July I was in Laramie, Wyoming, and decided to top up one of my tanks that was nearing empty. I went to a small station displaying faded Frontier signs. Frontier was bought out by Shamrock in Colorado several years ago but may still exist in Wyoming. I noticed the fuel did not foam as much as the fuel I usually get and filling my tank was easier. I started home and noticed the fuel gauge wasn't dropping as fast as usual. I can usually predict my mileage pretty closely by gauge drop rate. The whole tank continued to look good for mileage. When I switched to my previously full from Colorado tank the gauge drop rate went right back to normal. Yesterday I filled both my tanks at that station in Laramie and the gauge drop rate is looking much lower than normal again. I will keep watch and do a calculated mileage on the two tanks on my next fill, but things are looking good so far. Not bad since I paid $4.25 /gal in Laramie and the best price at home today is $4.57. That combined with 2 to 3 miles per gallon better makes going a few miles out of my way worthwhile. One thing I noticed at the station was the lack of ULSD stickers on the pump. Am I seeing the difference between LSD and ULSD? 
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97 F-250 SC LB PSD. 4x4, BTS E4OD, 4:10LS. Baby Swamps, DP-Tuner F5 custom 6 program chip, 1.0 housing, SD-IC, SD-HPOP, IDM mod, HPX, Black Box ICP mod, Black Box MAP sim mod, Hypermax DP & 5" ex., Aero-Turbine, TYMAR intake, RW Turbo-Trac, Gauges, Airlift bags, Add-a-leaf, Superwinch hubs, Class V rear receiver, RBW Lil Rocker, DIY Tow hooks. Milemarker hyd. winch. Elkhorn 9VS slide-in, Nomad 24 ft. fifth/w slide, Century topper, old classic Sooner 18' 4 horse stock trailer. StarFlyte by DynaMax 6.8 V10
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Larry
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