Oil & Fuel Home heating fuel in a tractor??

[F350Lawman]

Maybe.

Thanks for reminding me of all the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle junk I had to by my son just so he could move on to the next kiddie craze! /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

I just couldn't take it. Why would anyone get so fired up about the great "home heating oil vs. diesel debate"??? /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

 

[DigginBota]

I don't want to beat a dead horse but you might want to consider one more interesting point - carbon residue in #2 fuel oil is more than double that in #1. /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif I don't want any extra carbon buildup in my new bota cylinders. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif Check out this Cheveron link lots of interesting technical stuff Chevron Diesel Comparison

 

[CTyler]

The heating oil and offroad(#2)diesel come off the same truck
here. Only diff is the money paid for one vs the other.

 

[JerryG]

From my experience working on diesels, the only time that there is any significant amount of carbon build up is when there is another problem with the fuel system. This is stated about engines using only #2 diesel.

 

[gerard]

I'll stay away from the environmental/moral/pollution aspects but will say in my experience there's no problem using home heating oil which IS the same product as off road diesel, skypup to the contrary. Is it as filtered? Don't know. That's why my tractor has a fuel filter. For extra precaution I put a nylon stocking in my funnel and pour through that. Any large debris never would even make it into the tank. I have 430 hours on my tractor without a problem using heating oil pumped right from my house tank. It's not the cost savings so much since I use so little, it's just a lot more convenient than lugging tanks to the gas station. I use an additive in the winter which boosts the cetane and prevents gelling so that's not an issue. Extra sulfur is mechanically a good thing on older tractors though newer versions ARE designed to run on lower sulfur fuels. Doesn't mean they HAVE to. Sulfur has been removed from fules due to the environmental concerns and acid rain. Has nothing to do with being harmful to the engine...........

 

[F350Lawman]

I don't want to beat a dead horse but you might want to consider one more interesting point - carbon residue in #2 fuel oil is more than double that in #1. I don't want any extra carbon buildup in my new bota cylinders. Check out this Cheveron link lots of interesting technical stuff Chevron Diesel Comparison

I'll say it again, we are worrying about nothing. I just went to get feed at another friend's farm. His fuel delivery oil truck was filling his house when I arrived and his 300 gallon tractor tank when I left. These fellas run their tractors, longer, harder,and with less time for mainteneance than you and I ever will with NO problems.

These farmers depend on their tractors and they trust good old HH oil/#2 Diesel, that's good enough for me! Your Bota's motor will likely out live both of us on the stuff. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Junkman]

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I hate to see you use #1 diesel in your "Bota" because #1 is used in areas where the average temperature is below 14 degrees Fahrenheit or -10 degrees Celsius.. I know that it gets cold in Maryland, but I never thought about it being that cold for any sustained periods... /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

 

[sandyc]

If I ever tapped the heating tank just to save a few cents and our heat went off because we ran out of fuel because the auto-delivery based on degrees days couldn't factor in tractor useage...well, I guess my wife might not take to kindly to that.

Besides, the gas station is kind of close to the 'Bota dealer and I don't mind stopping in to browse around while getting fuel.

 

[MDNick]

Sandyc,

I can hear it now.

Wife: It's cold in here, I think the furnace is out. Are we out of oil??? DID YOU USE THE OIL IN YOUR *^$*%$ TRACTOR???

You: But honey, I got lots of seat time and the driveway is clear.

I seriously doubt you would be out of trouble! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Nick

 

[tc35dforme]

I run mostly home heating oil ... I recently had a relay fail on my tractor.... I'm thinking now that its because I don't pay the extra money for the fuel taxes. Maybe the Government has some sort of funky way of getting us ... some genetically engineered microbe in the home heating oil that eats realys ... /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif