Do you use home heating or pump at the diesel

First one · Mar 5, 2012

Ok, I know what some of you are saying not again,:thumbdown:but with the price of fuel going up I just wanted to know how many of you are using home heating fuel ? I'm still getting fuel at the pump 5gal. cans,($4.29 gal.) I guess I feel that spending all them $$$$ on a nice tractor I didn't want to take a chance on messing up the motor trying to save a few cents now to have to pay out big $$$ later.
Does these newer tractors need pump fuel or is it the same as what we burn in our homes?
Anyone have trouble burning home heating fuel in your tractors?

Ductape · Mar 5, 2012

No problem burning HHO in your tractor..... its the same as pump diesel around here, just has the dye added.

timster2 · Mar 5, 2012

Depending on the wholesale supplier it may or may not be the same fuel. Most new tractors use low sulfur Diesel; do you really know what you are getting? At the rate I use fuel I wouldn't consider using anything other than off road Diesel in my tractors.

rambler · Mar 5, 2012

Where I am located it is the exact same diesel #2 fuel, for the tractors in my bulk barrel, or in my furnace tank. Delivery guy pulls from the same tank on his delivery truck.

It's possible there is #2 heating fuel without the lubricity attitives out there, but I've not seen it. They have a limited number of tanks and pipelines to hold & deliver this stuff across the country, cheaper to just keep it all the same, instead of a different tank & fuel lines for the suppliers to deal with.

If you are talking about dyed fuel vs non-dyed fuel, it's the same stuff, dyed does not have road tax paid on it; your tractor nor your furnace owe road tax so the cheaper stuff is good for your tractor. Don't put the dyed stuff in your diesel pickup, depending on the state you are in most have about a $10,000 fine for that....

--->Paul

crazyal · Mar 6, 2012

First thing to remember is home heating oil doesn't have anti-gel added to it so you'll want to add something like power service until it warms up. In this state dealers can't can't sell HHO as off road diesel, their trucks have different tanks for each. It could be because off road diesel went low sulfur sooner than heating oil or if it has to do with different additives for each one.

Monster5601 · Mar 6, 2012

From: Diesel vs Home Heating Fuel

"Off road Diesel #2 and Home Heating Oil / Fuel Oil # 2 apparently differ only in the tax applied at the time of sale."

"Home Heating Oil / Fuel Oil #4 and Home Heating Oil / Fuel Oil #6 have a higher BTU content."

KTurner · Mar 6, 2012

First one said:
Does these newer tractors need pump fuel or is it the same as what we burn in our homes?
Anyone have trouble burning home heating fuel in your tractors?

There are three options here, (road) diesel, offroad diesel and heating oil. A quick check online shows the average road diesel price here is $3.90/gallon, putting offroad diesel at probably $3.72/gallon or so. And our current price for home heating oil is significantly more at $4.20/gallon. So, don't assume you'll be getting a better deal by going with heating oil. It's more convenient having it delivered though.

I would run any of the above in my tractor. It's an early 90s NH 3230 (~350 hours) that has been run on mostly home heating oil, but offroad diesel for the past few years.

Keith

Jay4200 · Mar 6, 2012

First one said:
Ok, I know what some of you are saying not again,:thumbdown:but with the price of fuel going up I just wanted to know how many of you are using home heating fuel ? I'm still getting fuel at the pump 5gal. cans,($4.29 gal.) I guess I feel that spending all them $$$$ on a nice tractor I didn't want to take a chance on messing up the motor trying to save a few cents now to have to pay out big $$$ later.
Does these newer tractors need pump fuel or is it the same as what we burn in our homes?
Anyone have trouble burning home heating fuel in your tractors?

I think diesel and HHO is all the same stuff. Personally, I use pump fuel, but only because using HHO would be far too inconvenient and I typically don't use much more than about 20 gallons a year.

JayC

Tollster · Mar 6, 2012

We don't have off raod where I live and really hate paying highway taxes on my tractor fuel. It is twice as painfull since I see very little maintence in pennsylvania roads. Give it another year and you'll need a tractor just to get around.

KTurner · Mar 6, 2012

Tollster said:
We don't have off raod where I live and really hate paying highway taxes on my tractor fuel. It is twice as painfull since I see very little maintence in pennsylvania roads. Give it another year and you'll need a tractor just to get around.

In VA, you can submit paperwork for a refund if you use road taxed fuel in a non-road vehicle. I've never done it.

http://www.dmv.virginia.gov/webdoc/pdf/ts216.pdf

Keith