good point. issues arise more with larger farm storage tanks, guess that's obvious to most. in the case of OP, apparently not an issue. i've always used my farm as a non profit operation (47yrs), therefore use 5 gal jugs, so circulation is good & get it from high volume supplier, regards
I don't have any large tanks, just a couple of 200-gallon LeeAgra steel tanks and five or six 325-gallon totes, plus a little 150-gallon one in a trailer used to feed the generator...the one with the oldest fuel in it.
It was a pleasant surprise that not even the steel tanks, sitting in the sun and with up to 50 degree temp swings in a day, had any condensation going on.
It was a pleasant surprise that not even the steel tanks, sitting in the sun and with up to 50 degree temp swings in a day, had any condensation going on.
OP
sixdogs
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I store two diesel tanks inside an unheated shop. Each has two filters, a water block-filter combo and then a separate filter. In the past 40 years of that approached, I've had had zero issues and can't even recall any water in the water separator on the tractors.
dodge man
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I had my previous tractor gel up three times running Howes. At one point I had added a spin on filter with a clear bowl. That time you could see it in the filter and bowl. The other two times it was in the little factory filter that are near the back of a Kubota BX. I don’t blame the Howes, I think other additives might have gelled also. I now add kerosene, about 20% to prevent this. I only really need it when temps drop near zero or below.
Now that you mention it, I haven't seen any water in the tractors' separators, either.
That's after about 10 years of filling from a metal tank sitting outside. It has a normal filter with a drain, and have never seen any water coming out of that one.
That tank gets filled from 325 gallon totes, which are outside but kept in the shade.
That almost sounds like having used the wrong Howes, not the version with anti-gel.
Using normal dosage I haven't had any issues yet, but then again, it also hasn't been below -22 since I moved here.
dodge man
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I was using the correct stuff. It took several days of zero degree temps for it to gel. If you watch Project Farms video of testing diesel additives you will be somewhat shocked how badly diesel fuel gels, even with an additive. The additive helps but only so much.
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dodge man-weren't you also getting a bio-diesel blend when those gel-ups occurred?
Thought I remembered it that way.
Thanks!
Thought I remembered it that way.
Thanks!
dodge man
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You have a good memory and are correct, probably. All the pumps have a very vague label that says something like “may contain bio fuels between 5% and 20%.” My understand is it’s most likely b5 fuel. I don’t have a choice here unless a buddy gets me off-road fuel. They won’t fill 5 gallon cans is why I can’t get it.
