Oil & Fuel Home heating fuel in a tractor??

SkyPup · Dec 8, 2003

As a matter of fact, sulfur is on its way OUT of every distillate in the entire USA, including Alaska which has had and exemption due to the long distance transport of fuels to there.

In 2006, all road diesel will contain MAXIMUM 15 ppms sulfur in any form (the thisulfates are the most difficult to remove from the crude).

So if you love sulfur in your middle distillates, sniff sniff, it will soon be gone and everything will be so much nicer! /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

BTW, all gasoline products will also contain max 15ppms sulfur too!

Of course, if you really love pollution, you can always purchase a couple of kilos of raw sulfur at the pharmacy and add it to your tractor fuel for some nostalgia.

BTW, ULSD (Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel), will NOT be an option after 2006, it will be the only choice, so better stock up on the rotgut stuff now.....

Junkman · Dec 8, 2003

SkyPup.......... You seem to be awfully worked up on this subject...... is there something that I and the others are missing? I can't ever remember anyone ever getting this riled up about a simple fuel question..... is there some agenda to your postings?????? It seems that all the people that handle the product seem to be in agreement that they are the same, but you seem to be fixated on them being different.. What gives????? /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

JerryG · Dec 8, 2003

Junkman,
Could one say for the love of trees!!!
hugger???

TomD · Dec 9, 2003

Daryl,

I have to agree with you on the "PIG" issue. The company I work for makes magnetic inspection gauges for the petroleum industry. Actually they use the term PIG for "Pipeline Inspection Gauge" That's all I can offer on this subject, don't know a whole lot about fuels.

Tom

slowzuki · Dec 9, 2003

They use pigs frequently in the refinery and pipelines here. As a note, some pipelines just don't work well with pigs so they must do what the other poster said and flare it off.

I suspect home heating fuel is different depending where you live.

Home heating fuel in Canada is of much lower quality. I suspect they substitute off-road diesel sometimes when stocks are low.

A good friend of mine worked in the largest refinery in the world for 8 months, I'll have to ask him the details.

I agree that the hhf generally has higher sulfur content. This does translate in SOx in the exhaust, contributing to acid rain.

The higher sulfur fuel's properties were obviously designed to in older diesel engines, newer engines from Japan and Europe have probably been designed for low-sulfur fuel.

It sounds like the old unleaded gas is going to ruin the world kinda discussion. Obstacles will be overcome! I welcome the intro of low-sulfur fuel as it is a step towards implementing some of the advanced diesel technology the europe has.

The fuels efficiency of diesels needs to come to North America but public opinion here is they are smoking cancer causing engines. Anything that can help clean them and their public opinion up is welcome.

F350Lawman · Dec 9, 2003

"So if you love sulfur in your middle distillates, sniff sniff, it will soon be gone and everything will be so much nicer!

BTW, all gasoline products will also contain max 15ppms sulfur too!

Of course, if you really love pollution, you can always purchase a couple of kilos of raw sulfur at the pharmacy and add it to your tractor fuel for some nostalgia"

From your profile I see you're a genetic engineer. Based on your style of debating, it seems you've perfected the nanny-nanny-boo-boo gene! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

CTyler · Dec 9, 2003

ROTFLMAO!!!

5030 · Dec 9, 2003

F350Lawman:

If he is a genetic engineer does that mean he had something to do with the "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?? or maybe Arnold's transformation in Terminator?? /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

I should probably capitalize "Genetic Engineer" . It is a title. /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

Come to think of it, I should be capitalized too---truck driver---Steering Wheel Holder. /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

Junkman · Dec 9, 2003

Hey guys.... it is not fair to pick on people in academia that don't live in the same working world as us ordinary working people. It is people like him that will someday find cures for the things that ail the common working tractor man that insists on poisons our lungs and air with sulfur laden home heating oil emissions.
It is a good thing that our government is working hard on a program to allow the polluters to pollute more and the companies that spend the money to abate pollution are allowed to sell their pollution credits, that they will no longer need, to those companies that need to clean up their pollution problems, but find that purchasing pollution credits is a less expensive alternative.
We now return you to our normal programming... where using home heating oil in a tractor is not considered such a bad thing after all, by comparison..... /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif