Desperate times: Truck rigged to swipe fuel
As gasoline passes the $4/ gallon mark in many places and heads to $5, people are getting desperate to save money. Or, in this case, just outright steal. And boy, are they getting crafty.
Police think that a large theft of diesel fuel in western Pennsylvania was perpetrated with a specially-equipped pickup trailer. It had a trap door and vacuum hose. It looks like someone would hide in the trailer and siphon diesel from underground fuel tanks by lowering a hose and vacuuming out the fuel into an empty 15-foot propane tank.
With diesel prices even higher than unleaded fuel, it’s not surprising that someone would try to steal fuel on a large scale. Of course, we don’t think that makes it right, but we’re not too surprised.
The high cost of fuel is affecting most of us. What are you doing to (legally) save on fuel costs?
Image: Newscom
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Wow. I’m not really surprised at this point though. I’m gonna create that gas category now.
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