Howard's Cenex East

Jason Swenson

The good: generally easy access with a boat and pump hoses that reach to the other side (useful when the truck fill is on one side and the boat is on the other). Gasoline has been fine the years we've bought fuel here before Canada. The Not so good: Obvious not a lot of investment is being made in the business. Still the easiest to get into in International Falls with a Boat on the 53 side though... Wish Kwik Trip would make it up there...

Jared Radcliffe

BEWARE!!! - We stopped here to refuel our F350 diesel before we entered Canada for a week long fishing trip. Filled the tank from empty. A mile or two into Canada we get "water in fuel" message from the sensor in our fuel filter. Long story short, the fuel had a gallon or two of water in it and we couldn't get it repaired (siphon and/or drop the tank) until the week due to everyone closed on the weekends. It almost ruined the trip. When I called and brought this to the owners attention to get reimbursed for the damages, he did not care. I told him the mechanic that fixed it told us it was definitely bad diesel fuel - he said that mechanics will just tell you whatever you want to hear. I told him I personally was under the truck emptying water out of the filter - he said he didn't care and that it wasn't from his gas (yes these were his words). I told him that as soon as we siphoned the tank, replaced the filters, and refilled with new diesel the problem went away - he said it couldn't possible be from his gas because he has many vehicles go through there each day and hadn't heard a complaint yet. (hmmm what was I doing?) After arguing with him for almost 30 minutes he admitted someone else had called about the same problem (accused me of being that same person), and told me he would check the filters at the pump and give me a call back.. you guessed it, he didn't. The damages were about $300, far far from what they could have been if the water had gotten passed the filter. Because of his rude attitude and the way that he does business alone, my family and friends will not be stopping here ever again. If you were a business owner, why would you not want to make it right with the customer, even if there is a slight possibility that you caused them damage?