Using home heating oil in my tractor

[George2615]

Yes it is safe for tractor use. Home heating oil is #2 diesel. In colder climates the supplier may actually use a mix of #2 and #1. I have mine in a separate 275 gallon tank outside the garage. I add Power Service to prevent gelling and when I get a delivery of HHO I have the driver add 50 gallons to the tank I use for the tractor. I bought a 12V pump with hose and nozzle that screws into the 2" bung on the tank for filling the tractor when needed. much nicer than hauling 5 gallon containers.

 

[liberty2701]

Yes it is safe for tractor use. Home heating oil is #2 diesel. In colder climates the supplier may actually use a mix of #2 and #1. I have mine in a separate 275 gallon tank outside the garage. I add Power Service to prevent gelling and when I get a delivery of HHO I have the driver add 50 gallons to the tank I use for the tractor. I bought a 12V pump with hose and nozzle that screws into the 2" bung on the tank for filling the tractor when needed. much nicer than hauling 5 gallon containers.

Heating oil in NH is not the same as diesel. Heating oil in NH is allowed to have up tp 4000 ppm of sulphur. I confirmed this. NH has not adopted the Ulsd that all adjoining states have adopted. It is under review now by the state .legislator. It may at times be the same depending upon the supplier and what is available in the market. I know personally that high sulphur diesel in a modern tractor does not run as well as the lsd or Ulsd. Live free or die!

 

[crazyal]

Heating oil in NH is not the same as diesel. Heating oil in NH is allowed to have up tp 4000 ppm of sulphur. I confirmed this. NH has not adopted the Ulsd that all adjoining states have adopted. It is under review now by the state .legislator. It may at times be the same depending upon the supplier and what is available in the market. I know personally that high sulphur diesel in a modern tractor does not run as well as the lsd or Ulsd. Live free or die!

We had the same problem for a few years. Dealers would have to put the heating oil in one tank on the truck and either kerosine or off road diesel in the other. That required him to flush the tank out when switching between the two. So he would do kerosine for one week and then ORD for the next. Now it's all the same again. The bad part is that when they were different the ORD would get winterized for the farmers, now you have to add in something like Power Service to keep it from jelling.

 

[George2615]

Heating oil in NH is not the same as diesel. Heating oil in NH is allowed to have up tp 4000 ppm of sulphur. I confirmed this. NH has not adopted the Ulsd that all adjoining states have adopted. It is under review now by the state .legislator. It may at times be the same depending upon the supplier and what is available in the market. I know personally that high sulphur diesel in a modern tractor does not run as well as the lsd or Ulsd. Live free or die!

I didn't realize that ULSD wasn't the standard in NH. ULSD is all we've been able to buy for years. To the OP, if your tractor requires ULSD then that's what you need to use. Check with your fuel company and ask if the fuel delivered is ULSD. Yes, HHO is the same as off road diesel. But depending on the State you are in your off road and HHO may still be low sulfur diesel and not ULSD. It shows on my delivery ticket that the HHO contains less than 15 PPM sulfur and is ULSD.

 

[STx]

Heating oil in NH is not the same as diesel. Heating oil in NH is allowed to have up tp 4000 ppm of sulphur. I confirmed this. NH has not adopted the Ulsd that all adjoining states have adopted. It is under review now by the state .legislator. It may at times be the same depending upon the supplier and what is available in the market. I know personally that high sulphur diesel in a modern tractor does not run as well as the lsd or Ulsd. Live free or die!

Wish I could economically move some of that diesel to Texas for my truck. My 2002 7.3 ran a lot better on the LSD than it does on the ULSD. It was quieter and had better mileage.

 

[aczlan]

Wish I could economically move some of that diesel to Texas for my truck. My 2002 7.3 ran a lot better on the LSD than it does on the ULSD. It was quieter and had better mileage.

What they have is HSD, LSD was under 500PPM of sulfer, ULSD is under 15PPM of sulfer.
Running ULSD in our furnace has helped reduce the soot/ash buildup in the furnace and the chimney.

Aaron Z

 

[Msamt]

Thanks all, more investigation is needed. I have to dig out the owners manual to see what fuel it requires, would guess at 2 years old its ULSD, but ya never know.

 

[buickanddeere]

ULSD barely smells compared to the stinking diesel of 10+ years ago.
Be glad the tank was still in the basement connected to the fill pipes. For reasons unknown many people remove the tank but leave the fill pipes through the wall. The oil dealer shows up on auto fill and fills the basement .

 

[buickanddeere]

ULSD is only required if the engine has a particulate filter.

 

[Katahdin]

Maine, Mass, and Vermont also do not require ULS-HHO, but will in 2018.

https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.cfm?id=11211