I'd imagine it's more likely to be available from forecourt pumps in rural areas than the suburbs. It's also likely that users will buy it in bulk, either tanker delivery or in barrels rather than faffing with filling up a vehicle that's being trailered (as it can run on road using red diesel)

I'd also question how much you'd save, as a proportion of the total cost of hire, by using red diesel.

Any boatyards nearby?

Yup, 1st April, different name, same contrived issue. It’s what Dag was getting at with his “deja vue” comment.

Edited by catsdad on 08/06/2020 at 11:03

What prompts people like our our esteemed OP, ShaneClark, to go to the trouble of posting such inmitigated tripe - not once, but twice?

What's the benefit? Surely there has to be some sort of reasoning attached to it?

Beats me though.

The place he hires the digger from will have fuel.

I can only presume he wants to run his diesel car(s) on the stuff and wants to know where in Twickenham is a petrol station that has a red diesel pump. Back when I lived on a farm, red diesel was only supplied in bulk to farmers or other qualifying firms, so a dedicated storage tank was necessary and some proof you were a legit user and need to sign a legal declaration. I expect the suppliers probably need to report all deliveries/declarations to HMRC.

www.speedyfuels.co.uk/faqs/red-diesel-faq

Never seen a petrol station selling red diesel. Its illegal to run a vehicle on public roads on red diesel with very few exceptions. So a petrol station wouldn't be a right place to sell it.

Edited by brum on 08/06/2020 at 12:19

A local indie garage near me has both a red diesel and a paraffin pump on their forecourt, and not in a rural location.

The sign outside also says that they sell leaded 4-star, I didn't think this was legal?

In case anyone's interested: goo.gl/maps/Hk8hqAt66K4imVjAA

Well stone the crows. Who would have thought that he would come back and drop his pants.

I use red in my compact tractor. Luckily we have a small forecourt near us that sells it from the pump.

It wouldn't be worth me having a tank of it here, as I get through so little, so would probably just get regular diesel if the local place didn't sell it.

It's currently 70p/L from the garage, suspect you can get it much cheaper for delivery to your own tank (heating oil currently around 25p/L down from nearly 50p/L prior to COVID)

I have 2x20L jerry cans and I doubt I use that much in a year. My little 17hp tractor uses very little but is a useful tool!