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gamechanger2011 Champion Author Wichita Posts:1,536 Points:54,380 Joined:Jun 2011	Message Posted: Mar 23, 2012 11:51:21 PM Ignore gamechanger2011 Report Abuse “We’re in corn country, so we’ve got quite a few E85 vehicles around here,” Plunkett said. “But something that has surprised me is that my biggest sellers are E20 and E30 rather than E85 or even regular unleaded.” Now that he has blender pumps at his station, Plunkett said he will “definitely” offer E15 to his customers as soon as it’s available. http://ethanolproducer.com/articles/8662/s-d-retailers-respond-positively-to-blender-pump-grant-program [Edited by: gamechanger2011 at 3/23/2012 11:51:57 PM EST]

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“We’re in corn country, so we’ve got quite a few E85 vehicles around here,” Plunkett said. “But something that has surprised me is that my biggest sellers are E20 and E30 rather than E85 or even regular unleaded.” Now that he has blender pumps at his station, Plunkett said he will “definitely” offer E15 to his customers as soon as it’s available.

http://ethanolproducer.com/articles/8662/s-d-retailers-respond-positively-to-blender-pump-grant-program

[Edited by: gamechanger2011 at 3/23/2012 11:51:57 PM EST]

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gamechanger2011 Champion Author Wichita Posts:1,536 Points:54,380 Joined:Jun 2011	Message Posted: May 3, 2012 1:33:43 PM Ignore gamechanger2011 Report Abuse He must have had to install a new storage tank. The actual blender pumps are around $22k to $25k per pump plus installation charges. [Edited by: gamechanger2011 at 5/3/2012 1:33:10 PM EST]
chemist74 Champion Author Cleveland Posts:13,510 Points:2,395,980 Joined:Apr 2005	Message Posted: May 3, 2012 8:43:08 AM Ignore chemist74 Report Abuse The article says it cost $500,000 to install 2 blender pumps (at least $250,000 for one pump). At that price I would think very few stations would put in blender pumps.
krzysiek_ck Champion Author Illinois Posts:5,327 Points:729,135 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: May 3, 2012 8:24:39 AM Ignore krzysiek_ck Report Abuse SilverStreaker wrote: "IMHO, they should install blender pumps instead of E85 pumps." In my opinion, they should install blender pumps instead of regular pumps.
SilverStreaker Champion Author Twin Cities Posts:11,938 Points:2,216,370 Joined:Mar 2006	Message Posted: May 2, 2012 8:42:55 PM Ignore SilverStreaker Report Abuse IMHO, they should install blender pumps instead of E85 pumps.
gamechanger2011 Champion Author Wichita Posts:1,536 Points:54,380 Joined:Jun 2011	Message Posted: Mar 24, 2012 1:00:16 PM Ignore gamechanger2011 Report Abuse Goldseeker...Hey....that would be great. Someone named RedRider was looking for you last night...he posted a thread. He called you the most outspoken of the "ethaholics." You should thank him for the compliment! [Edited by: gamechanger2011 at 3/24/2012 1:02:51 PM EST]
goldseeker Champion Author West Virginia Posts:19,545 Points:2,718,815 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Mar 24, 2012 12:54:14 PM Ignore goldseeker Report Abuse Hey, while you are at it, how about putting a blender pump here next to me. I might even deed you some land for the pump site.
gamechanger2011 Champion Author Wichita Posts:1,536 Points:54,380 Joined:Jun 2011	Message Posted: Mar 24, 2012 12:15:54 PM Ignore gamechanger2011 Report Abuse jamieg2012.....that would be cool. They have to be calibrated at he dispenser for each mix. We offer E15, E50 and E85. We are thinking about offering anther blend. That really is an awesome idea. Maybe that will be possible someday.
jamieg2012 Veteran Author Sioux Falls Posts:286 Points:11,385 Joined:Jan 2012	Message Posted: Mar 24, 2012 11:19:42 AM Ignore jamieg2012 Report Abuse the way the blender pump should work but not is to let a person pick the blend then pull enough from both tanks and mix it as it pumps if these blender pumps could change to work that way you could offer any mix