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1. 1. Sierra Sun - News

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   Published on: 11/20/2006   Last Visited: 11/22/2006

   Bret Albert, the town's fleet manager, said the town has seven blowers, with two on the way; 14 plows; four sand trucks; and about eight to 10 pieces of support equipment, including dump trucks to move snow.
   
   "We spend the majority of the summer preparing for the winter," Albert said.
   ...
   The Town of Truckee fleet ran a three-month pilot project using biodiesel fuel to power some town equipment, and results should be presented to town council in December or January, said Bret Albert, Town of Truckee fleet manager.
   
   "Unfortunately a lot of things happened with the fuel: the distributor went from low- to ultra-low sulfur diesel, and winterized from 10 percent to five percent biodiesel," Albert said. "It really screwed up our testing procedure."
   
   Aside from mixed results on emission testing, biodiesel didn't seem to affect maintenance or performance, he said.
   
   "As far as I am concerned, we can talk about across the board B5 (five percent biodiesel) year-round," Albert said. "But it's up to town council whether the price increase is worth it."
   
   Albert said the fleet used 120,000 gallons of fuel a year, so switching to biodiesel could amount to an added cost of about $13,000 per year.

2. 2. Sierra Sun - News

   sierrasun.com/article/20061120 - [Cached]

   Published on: 11/20/2006   Last Visited: 11/21/2006

   Bret Albert, the town's fleet manager, said the town has seven blowers, with two on the way; 14 plows; four sand trucks; and about eight to 10 pieces of support equipment, including dump trucks to move snow.
   
   "We spend the majority of the summer preparing for the winter," Albert said.
   ...
   The Town of Truckee fleet ran a three-month pilot project using biodiesel fuel to power some town equipment, and results should be presented to town council in December or January, said Bret Albert, Town of Truckee fleet manager.
   
   "Unfortunately a lot of things happened with the fuel: the distributor went from low- to ultra-low sulfur diesel, and winterized from 10 percent to five percent biodiesel," Albert said. "It really screwed up our testing procedure."
   
   Aside from mixed results on emission testing, biodiesel didn't seem to affect maintenance or performance, he said.
   
   "As far as I am concerned, we can talk about across the board B5 (five percent biodiesel) year-round," Albert said. "But it's up to town council whether the price increase is worth it."
   
   Albert said the fleet used 120,000 gallons of fuel a year, so switching to biodiesel could amount to an added cost of about $13,000 per year.

3. 3. Sierra Sun - News

   ss.us.publicus.com/article/200 - [Cached]

   Published on: 11/20/2006   Last Visited: 11/21/2006

   Bret Albert, the town's fleet manager, said the town has seven blowers, with two on the way; 14 plows; four sand trucks; and about eight to 10 pieces of support equipment, including dump trucks to move snow.
   
   "We spend the majority of the summer preparing for the winter," Albert said.
   ...
   The Town of Truckee fleet ran a three-month pilot project using biodiesel fuel to power some town equipment, and results should be presented to town council in December or January, said Bret Albert, Town of Truckee fleet manager.
   
   "Unfortunately a lot of things happened with the fuel: the distributor went from low- to ultra-low sulfur diesel, and winterized from 10 percent to five percent biodiesel," Albert said. "It really screwed up our testing procedure."
   
   Aside from mixed results on emission testing, biodiesel didn't seem to affect maintenance or performance, he said.
   
   "As far as I am concerned, we can talk about across the board B5 (five percent biodiesel) year-round," Albert said. "But it's up to town council whether the price increase is worth it."
   
   Albert said the fleet used 120,000 gallons of fuel a year, so switching to biodiesel could amount to an added cost of about $13,000 per year.