Successful cross country journey using bioDiesel
We began the trip with 52 gallons of b99.
Jeep Grand Cherokee diesel SUV: 22 gallons in the tank, 30 gallons in fuel canisters stored in our airstream.
Since we were towing a 16ft Airstream: Basecamp, we maintained a 14 mpg average.
We were able to find b20 at stations in Northern Florida and Louisiana.
We mixed the (b99) fuel from the canisters to make a 60% blend of bioDiesel.
Which got us to our next big city.
The next b100 stop was at DFW Biodiesel in Ft.Worth Texas.
They had a great set up with an automated pump. We reloaded the fuel canisters,
filled the tank, and continued on our western route.
We were unable to find bioDiesel on our route through Kansas.
(Most stations were for fleets only or in the eastern portion of KS)
Therefore we only had to purchase 13 gallons of diesel to mix with b100 from the canisters
to get from Dallas to Denver.
We purchased b100 from Denver BioDiesel. We refilled the canisters and fueled up the Jeep SUV.
We intended to purchase bioDiesel in Salt Lake City, but the station listed on Nearbio.com didn’t carry it any longer.
Therefore, we used the b100 in the tank, our canisters and about 22 gallons of diesel between Denver, CO and Reno, NV
We refueled in Reno with b100, filling the tank & our canisters.
Reno was where the off road/camping part of the trip began. After camping in the mountains for a
couple of weeks, we hopped on I-80 headed east and refueled in Reno again.
Overall we used approximately 225 gallons of fuel:
b20: 34 gallons
b99/100: 156 gallons
diesel: 35 gallons
our total consumption was roughly 73% biodiesel