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200Tom1 
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Posted: 04 Oct 2019 at 9:36pm |
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Just wondering what ones you folks have in your areas? Biggest ones here seem to be Caseys General Stores and Kum and Go. Will be traveling south and south west this winter, health permitting.
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steve(ill)
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Posted: 04 Oct 2019 at 9:48pm |
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not west, but CASEYS is big in Illinois also.
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shameless dude
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Posted: 05 Oct 2019 at 12:03am |
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a lot of circle K's down southwest. dunno about others that have expanded out there. we have 2 caseys here along with quik piks.
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tomNE
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Posted: 05 Oct 2019 at 1:46am |
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we usually winter around yuma az; lots of different brands. Fry grocery stores are usually the cheapest places to buy gas!
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DiyDave
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Posted: 05 Oct 2019 at 4:20am |
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Wawa, Royal farms, Highs and 711's around these parts, mostly...
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Posted: 05 Oct 2019 at 7:31am |
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There's a Circle K down the road . Used to be 7 11s around years ago . Don't recognize any of the other stores mentioned . Thanks
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DougG
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Posted: 05 Oct 2019 at 8:53am |
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Heard yesterday some interesting stuff that Quik Trip sold all their stores to Circle K in Illinois because of the tax issue
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Posted: 05 Oct 2019 at 9:02am |
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Casey's here, also they have the best quality gas and diesel. we have Freedom stations, BUT the quality is " bottom of the barrel" stuff! I quit going there when the diesel started messing up. --I am not the only one either.
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Thad in AR.
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Posted: 05 Oct 2019 at 9:31am |
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We have White Oak Station, kum n go, Rapid Roberts and EZ Mart which used to be Speedy-Mart. Casey’s just moved in to Arkansas a couple years back.
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Posted: 05 Oct 2019 at 12:51pm |
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Kwik Trips in Wisconsin we always joke that when you go to La Crosse you will never get lost because no matter where you are if you look around you will see one. we have 3 in our town.
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Posted: 05 Oct 2019 at 12:52pm |
 DougG wrote:
Heard yesterday some interesting stuff that Quik Trip sold all their stores to Circle K in Illinois because of the tax issue |
I don't believe that Kwik Trip owned any stations in IL. They are only in WI, MN and IA. They CONTROL pricing around here and are keeping it high. There is a Citgo right near my house that is .08 cents cheaper than them.
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Posted: 05 Oct 2019 at 1:13pm |
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Quik Trip is actually different from Kwik Trip. In Iowa they are Kwik Star. But Ted that station is owned by what people?
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Everything is impossible until someone does it! WD45-trip loader 1947 c w/woods belly mower, 1939 B, #3 sickle mower 1944 B, 2 1948 G's. Misc other equipment that my wife calls JUNK!
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Posted: 06 Oct 2019 at 2:11am |
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caseys beat all other joints by between .10 cents and .15 cents per gallon on gas. if they ever stock diesel fuel in them here, they will prolly dry up the truck stop.
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Posted: 06 Oct 2019 at 7:08am |
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Yes they are different Quik Trip or known as QT and the other Kwik Trip 2 totally different stores, have a lot of Breaktimes around MO, gas sucks cause of ethanol, MFA owns them or has part in them , must not pay good cause always someone new working there
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HD6GTOM
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Posted: 06 Oct 2019 at 10:33am |
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Thanks guys. Do they all have ethonal gas pumps. I only buy gas with ethonal on it. Everything I have runs on e15 I including chain saws, lawn mowers,etc.
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DMiller
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Posted: 06 Oct 2019 at 1:49pm |
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Harder to find Pure gas than ethanol, E10-E15 is everywhere.
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Posted: 06 Oct 2019 at 3:22pm |
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So true ,,It is,,,, only see Connoco advertise NO ETHANOL,,, rest burns terribly and the diesel fuel thru Breaktime wont even light a brush pile,,
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Posted: 06 Oct 2019 at 5:50pm |
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Will not buy that mix of Diesel and refined cooking oil, does terrible things to fuel systems on the old wagons.
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Posted: 06 Oct 2019 at 6:29pm |
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The boy is due to graduate this coming spring with a chemical engineering degree, with an emphasis on petroleum, I learned a lot from him about bio fuels and ethanol. A synopsis of it, ethanol is generic, what you're not told is water content of the ethanol in the fuel you're buying and the mixing process. Certain stations have cheaper 10% ethanol but you can bet it has twice the water content as higher priced stations. If you're driving all the time and burn it out you probably won't experience anything other than lower fuel mileage. I put a lot of miles on my work vehicle and don't worry about it, I don't use my diesel tractors much so they get the good stuff, (not MFA), had to clean the black slime out of a friends tractor.
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mdm1
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Posted: 07 Oct 2019 at 5:39am |
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I did a house for a tank truck driver for a store chain. He said everyone gets their gas from the same pipe. But they all have their own additives to add to it.
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Everything is impossible until someone does it! WD45-trip loader 1947 c w/woods belly mower, 1939 B, #3 sickle mower 1944 B, 2 1948 G's. Misc other equipment that my wife calls JUNK!
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Posted: 07 Oct 2019 at 10:19am |
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That's true Mike. Our Kwik Trip stores state that if your car/truck ever have a problem and it's because of THEIR fuel, they'll pay the bill. I know a guy that had gas line freeze and he complained to them. He was told that it wasn't their fuel after they did a test on it. They were right and proved it.
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Posted: 07 Oct 2019 at 11:42am |
Always the scammers ruining it for the rest of us. I hope they gave him the lab testing bill too. 
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Lars(wi)
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Posted: 08 Oct 2019 at 9:14pm |
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Allsup's (Valero, Alon)
Kent Kwik (Chevron/Texaco)
Jack's (Exxon)
Uncle's (Valero, Alon, BP)
DK former 7-Eleven, (Alon, Delek,)
and what seems like a Pilot on every other corner, and one under construction!!
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I tried to follow the science, but it was not there. I then followed the money, and that’s where I found the science.
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Posted: 11 Jan 2022 at 11:19pm |
200Tom1 wrote:
Just wondering what ones you folks have in your areas? Biggest ones here seem to be Caseys General Stores and Kum and Go. Will be traveling south and south west this winter, health permitting. |
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tomNE
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Posted: 12 Jan 2022 at 5:06am |
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I avoid the allsup's when possible. restrooms accomidations aren't up to others standards.
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Lars(wi)
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Posted: 12 Jan 2022 at 6:01am |
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Mike33, just be aware that a common trick in this part of the country, is the posted gasoline price up on the sign. You may see a vendor with a better posted price, you pull up to the pump, then you realize that price is for 86 octane not 87. But 87 is not available, next up is 88 octane, but that is 20-25 cents higher.
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I tried to follow the science, but it was not there. I then followed the money, and that’s where I found the science.
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Lars(wi)
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Posted: 12 Jan 2022 at 6:09am |
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The pure ethanol is not put into the pipelines with the gasoline. The ethanol is stored separate from the gasoline. It is blended with the gasoline at the time the tanker is loaded out for delivery.
Pure ethanol does not travel the county by petroleum pipeline, it is transported by rail car, or semi trailer.
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I tried to follow the science, but it was not there. I then followed the money, and that’s where I found the science.
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Posted: 12 Jan 2022 at 8:35am |
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2 plus year old post, new member (less than 12 hours)? SPAM, Phishing?
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Lars(wi)
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Posted: 12 Jan 2022 at 8:50am |
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Yes Jim, have noticed that a lot recently, old posts brought back up front, not just here, but other forums/chat rooms as well.
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I tried to follow the science, but it was not there. I then followed the money, and that’s where I found the science.
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Posted: 19 Jan 2022 at 5:37pm |
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Spam or not, the local CASEYS is by far and away the most expensive fuel (can't comment on the quality ), We have SPEEDWAYS, 7/11's with MOBIL fuel, COSTCO (have been told that "ANYTHING" that Costco pedals is TOP NOTCH),Family Express, the "PHILLIPS 66" stations, and now there's a new REBEL brand ??
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