You've probably heard from your fellow truckers that not everyone has the same experience when running biodiesel. Many truckers and fleets across the country use biodiesel every day with excellent results. However, what blend you buy and where you buy it could affect your results. Buying from reputable truck stops and using a 20% blend of biodiesel (B20) or below should provide a good outcome. The national quality standards program, BQ-9000, provides biodiesel producers and distributors with quality standards, procedures, and tests that when followed ensure the purchasers are getting ASTM specification fuel.... Read More

You don't have to quit using biodiesel just because the temperature drops below freezing. As a matter of fact, many fleets in cold climates use biodiesel all year round at percentages as high as 20% (B20).

One case in point is Yellowstone National Park. Located in Wyoming, Montana and Idaho, winter temperatures at Yellowstone often dip below zero Fahrenheit. Their entire diesel fleet of 300 vehicles as well as boilers and other diesel equipment operates on B20 biodiesel.... Read More

At the Great American Trucking Show in Dallas, August 20-22, the majority of truckers we spoke with were singing biodiesel's praises. They know that U.S. biodiesel is a sustainable, renewable diesel fuel that decreases dependence on foreign oil, adds lubricity to ultra-low sulfur diesel, supports American farmers, and provides thousands of U.S. jobs.... Read More

If you've been to the Great American Trucking Show, known by most as GATS, then you know the excitement that ensues as trucking industry vendors market their wares to the trucking community. You can find just about anything at GATS, from the latest, most high tech engines to sun glasses that reduce night glare. And, for the past four GATS, biodiesel has been a fixture.... Read More

In the biodiesel industry there is nothing better than discovering a trucking company that uses biodiesel on a regular basis. I recently got a call from Blue Sky Shipping of San Francisco; they turned out to be some of biodiesel's biggest fans. Not only is Blue Sky using biodiesel in their fleet of six trucks, but they have incorporated the words "Powered by Biodiesel" into their logo. ... Read More

Popularity of biodiesel is growing. Truckstops across the U.S. are carrying biodiesel including major chains such as Loves and Travel Centers of America. Most availability is centered in the Midwest in soybean producing states such as Iowa and Illinois, where a state tax incentive exists in addition to the federal blending tax rebate. Some states require all diesel fuel sold to be blended with biodiesel including Minnesota and Pennsylvania. Availability is increasing on the eastern and western seaboards as well.... Read More