Off Road diesel over store pump diesel

[Raspy]

There is no need to buy "fresh" fuel. Diesel is very stable and as long as it is not contaminated with algae or something else, it's fine. I had a batch of fuel that was about ten years old and ran it with no problems, then I was given a batch of old heating oil that was far older than that and ran it all through my Mercedes. No problems. The idea that you should get the freshest fuel from a station that sells the most is way over the top.

As far as adding something for lubricity to save your engine. Gary has it right. Two stroke oil won't hurt, but I'd like to see someone prove it actually prevented a failure.

Now, gasoline is another story.

 

[bobm6996]

Back in 2008 my tractor was a couple years old with low hours and when I bought it new the dealer said I could use the same diesel used in cars, so I did. One day I was working the tractor grading and began to lose power and it got really bad after a few minutes. I loaded it up on the trailer and headed to the dealer, their mechanic came out listened to it went inside and came back out with a quart of if I remember right transmission fluid, dumped it in the fuel tank and within a couple minutes the power was back. He ask if I was running car and not off road fuel, I said yes and was told by you guys it was fine. He said what can happen is the injectors do not get enough lubrication, so run off road or pour an additive in a couple times a year.

 

[D7E]

We definateley get more freezing problems with highway diesel in winter where dyed farm diesel has a much lower freezing point and needs no extra additives .

 

[MoMower]

Newb question, so where to get "red diesel" from?

 

[Raspy]

Newb question, so where to get "red diesel" from?

Don't know why you'd want it specifically, but just order a load of fuel for your tractor or your furnace. They'll come and pump it into your tank. Cost will be similar to road fuel, but it gets delivered as part of the deal.

 

[MHarryE]

In our area our delivery guy starts bring straight #1 diesel in the middle of October and does that until April 1. He lets us know because we only want the #1 in one of our tractors - noticeable increase in fuel usage. Last week I paid $3.49 for off highway at the farm and on-highway in town was $3.88.

 

[terraformer]

I purchase Farm diesel in bulk from MFA. He has 2 tanks on his truck. The main one with diesel and a small tank of red dye. If you want farm diesel he runs in a quart of red dye.

 

[MoMower]

No oil tank for the house here, but did find a heating fuel supplier I can buy it at locally, in 5 gallon increments. It is ~.50 cheaper a gallon here than OTR fuel. Thanks for the replies.

 

[forgeblast]

We have a place near us that sells off road at the pumps.

 

[old gray]

Are you guys saying red farm diesel is the same as red heating oil? Or red dye heating oil can be used in the newer diesels. I mainly just want to know if heating oil can be used in my 2013 ls tractor with Mits. 4 cyl tier 3. I believe the heating oil we get is called #2 oil. The manual says to use ultra low sulfur diesel