Off Road Diesel Fuel

[Ken Krawford]

I pulled into a gas station today that sells off road diesel fuel.  I know nothing about it other than it is about 40 cents per gallon cheaper than the taxed stuff.
Is this legal to use in a boat?
I assume that, other than the color, it performs the same.  Is that correct?

[Norris Johnson]

I'm with Ron on this one. The shrimp fleet here on the Texas coast uses the marine or commercial diesel, but I burn the TAXED at a place that sells a lot of fuel. You are right, it is illegal to burn the untaxed fuel in a recreational boat, I think. Like Ron says, " at a 1/2 gal an hr, its no big deal".
I do think it is the same fuel.

[Mike Smith]

I always keep my tank topped off and I buy my diesel fuel at a filling station on the way to Breezer. Why should I sail several miles to a marina for a couple of gallons of fuel? I pay the road tax on this fuel, although I'm not using the road. How can using taxed road diesel in a recreational boat be illegal? The illegality would exist if I bought untaxed marine diesel and used it in my car or truck, thereby avoiding the road tax.