Fuel what do you use

[TMGT]

Do you have any problem in the winter with the heating oil? I have an oil tank with 170 gallons in it I need to get rid of as I am switching my dual fuel wood boiler to propane instead of oil. I'm thinking of pumping it out and using it in my Kubota L2250 and my Massey G2300. Do you put additives in it?

I run old heating oil in my tractor, skid steer and my buddies vintage track loader I was using to excavate for my shop. This is older lsd not ulsd, no problems after a couple hundred hrs. Still have a few hundred gal left. Your older tractor won't have any problems.

 

[RGAZ]

I use the Red-dyed Diesel for my 3350. Works fine and much lower cost. In my rural area there are at least 5 pumps I can think of to get the off-road stuff. Usually from one of the pumps near the hwy diesel but marked "off-road use only" very clearly. I see people buying it all the time so i am sure it is getting turned regularly.

BTW - The International Maritime Organization has passed a law that will require LSD to be used on all ocean-going vessels (cargo or otherwise) that used to use "black-oil" by July 2019. So be prepared for a big jump in fuel prices next spring/summer as the refiners struggle to keep up! I predict it will push the US into the next recession.

 

[shootemup604]

My local PetroCanada sells dyed #2 for $0.15 cheaper. If you buy less than 40L you don't have to have farm status or other tax exempt number, so I fill a jerrycan regularly. Sometimes I have a little left after filling my L245DT and it goes into the truck...

 

[arto98607]

......................... - I want to ask them how much they dispense per week, per month. The highway diesel I get at the Texaco station works just fine - costs about 35 cents more per gallon and I know they dispense hundreds of gallons per day....................

Not a problem - I fill up few 55 gallon plastic fuel drums with off-road Diesel at the same station where our local school buses fill up!

Small amount of biocide added makes sure it stores for many years in the barn.

 

[Grumpa Wally]

Here in Quebec only stationary generators* may use 'off road', all other applications must use taxed road fuel.

A friend who owns a B21 found out the hard way as the fuel police sampled and found heating oil in 2 of his tractors.

*and that is probably because the power company (also Quebec provincial owned) generates hydro power in many remote locations.

I find it amazing that there are people in your country going out policing peoples' fuel tanks. IMO, this is a gov't that has run amok.

 

[Fallon]

I find it amazing that there are people in your country going out policing peoples' fuel tanks. IMO, this is a gov't that has run amok.

They do it here in the USA too. They dip the tanks of road going trucks to see if they come out pink. If they do, it sucks to be you.

At least here in the US, the extra taxes in road fuel vs dyed off-road fuel goes to maintaining the roads. Personally I dont mind paying for paved roads as it beats dirt roads.

 

[TMGT]

They do it here in the USA too. They dip the tanks of road going trucks to see if they come out pink. If they do, it sucks to be you.

At least here in the US, the extra taxes in road fuel vs dyed off-road fuel goes to maintaining the roads. Personally I dont mind paying for paved roads as it beats dirt roads.

What bothers me is that tractors can't use off road diesel, seems a little ridiculous. Road going vehicles I don't have a problem with checking them, especially in problem areas where farmers and logging trucks have a tendency to try and skirt the road tax.

 

[dragoneggs]

What bothers me is that tractors can't use off road diesel, seems a little ridiculous. Road going vehicles I don't have a problem with checking them, especially in problem areas where farmers and logging trucks have a tendency to try and skirt the road tax.

Agreed. If the primary use of the tractor or truck is off-road then let them be. Crossing a road to another field should be no issue as well.

 

[arto98607]

Agreed. If the primary use of the tractor or truck is off-road then let them be. Crossing a road to another field should be no issue as well.

Yeah, crossing a road that was built on the farmers land...

 

[TMGT]

Agreed. If the primary use of the tractor or truck is off-road then let them be. Crossing a road to another field should be no issue as well.

Just to clarify, they don't restrict tractors from using off road fuel here, in Va at least, is that a all of Canada thing or just a providence thing?