bp fick
Super Member
In the real world in which most of common scut owners live, we simply go to our nearest Fuel Mart (I use the term generically)and buy our diesel in a fuel can, right?
If I am off here, then let's re-direct, but this is just so simple. Most of us scut owners do NOT have a fuel truck deliver to our homes, as our consumption just isn't enough to justify such a thing.
Thus, all we buy is the standard diesel, yes, over the road, from our local Fuel Mart. Number #1 diesel is finer, but contains less zip (btu). Closer related to Kero. Number #2 is closer related to Heating Oil. That's more than we need to know, frankly, because at our local Fuel Mart, they likely give us no choice. THE Diesel pump. That's it. It is #2. In the winter months, their distributor and refiner will blend it for "winter". (in our area, they also reformulate gasoline for winter blend too.) This means they add a touch of this and that and maybe add a lighter diesel, more akin to kero. Not much, but enough so that their customers, 18 wheelers, busses, trucks, F-250 type owners and yes, the lowly SCUT owner won't be stalled from here to kingdom come. It works, because honestly, there are not stalled vehicles strewn everywhere.
If you have a trustworthy local Fuel Mart then that is all you need to know. If you sense you are getting junk, then buy from someone else. End of story. Again, we SCUT owners simply buy our diesel the way we buy gasoline for our other appliances, by humping our fuel cans.
Adding a splash of treatment is something many guys do, just to hopefully protect themselves.
If I am off here, then let's re-direct, but this is just so simple. Most of us scut owners do NOT have a fuel truck deliver to our homes, as our consumption just isn't enough to justify such a thing.
Thus, all we buy is the standard diesel, yes, over the road, from our local Fuel Mart. Number #1 diesel is finer, but contains less zip (btu). Closer related to Kero. Number #2 is closer related to Heating Oil. That's more than we need to know, frankly, because at our local Fuel Mart, they likely give us no choice. THE Diesel pump. That's it. It is #2. In the winter months, their distributor and refiner will blend it for "winter". (in our area, they also reformulate gasoline for winter blend too.) This means they add a touch of this and that and maybe add a lighter diesel, more akin to kero. Not much, but enough so that their customers, 18 wheelers, busses, trucks, F-250 type owners and yes, the lowly SCUT owner won't be stalled from here to kingdom come. It works, because honestly, there are not stalled vehicles strewn everywhere.
If you have a trustworthy local Fuel Mart then that is all you need to know. If you sense you are getting junk, then buy from someone else. End of story. Again, we SCUT owners simply buy our diesel the way we buy gasoline for our other appliances, by humping our fuel cans.
Adding a splash of treatment is something many guys do, just to hopefully protect themselves.
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