Question regarding diesel fuel additives

[kenhar]

I need a little help here. It's hard to know which diesel additive review site is reputable. Project Farm is always great but this one is restricted to anti-gel treatment and Lucas did OK in that. Some reviews are just false pitches or click bait with someone reading the info on the bottle. Where can I find real reviews and comparisons?

Any Lucas product is top shelf.

 

[Too many Kubotas]

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.

Can't you get it delivered?

 

[Too many Kubotas]

Any Lucas product is top shelf.

Yeah, my jug sits on a top shelf, since I don't need to reach it.

 

[dodge man]

I could get diesel delivered but I probably burn 100 gallons a year at most and probably closer to 50. I use 5 gallon cans also. I’d have to get some kind of larger tank to get delivery.

 

[Too many Kubotas]

I could get diesel delivered but I probably burn 100 gallons a year at most and probably closer to 50. I use 5 gallon cans also. I’d have to get some kind of larger tank to get delivery.

It might vary between suppliers, but here I think it's a 300-gallon minimum. That means you could get by with a cheap 325 gallon tote.

So what if it lasts you three years or more? It doesn't go bad.

 

[dodge man]

I’m cheap sometimes is what’s keeping me from buying a larger fuel tank. I’ve been eying these smaller plastic totes with a built on hose, pump and nozzle, roughly 50 gallons in size.

 

[Too many Kubotas]

If memory serves me, I paid about $60 a piece for mine (bought six). They came from a brewery and needed to be rinsed out, but that was easy enough to do.

Not knowing how that plastic holds up to our brutal UV I keep them in the shade.

If you really want to be cheap, set one at whatever height you need and use gravity instead of a pump. It'll need a valve on top to let air in as needed, though.

 

[California]

I got a 15 gallon drum that had held car wash soap. Made of milk bottle plastic.

Second time I went to buy off-road diesel, they refused to let me fill it.

Something about any fuel container must have DOT fuel transport label.

 

[California]

And - I found a cheap source for clean 275 gallon tote liners, if you already have the cage, or have a tote that carried chemicals or something.

A local brewery receives hop mash but their supplier wants only the cage returned. So liners are offered real cheap.

Their food grade liners clean up perfectly, and make a good replacement for a liner with paint residue etc that would be unsuitable for a vegetable garden.

 

[Too many Kubotas]

I got a 15 gallon drum that had held car wash soap. Made of milk bottle plastic.

Second time I went to buy off-road diesel, they refused to let me fill it.

Something about any fuel container must have DOT fuel transport label.

That doesn't surprise me. It is California after all.

Anyway, yet another reason to have the fuel delivered. Although, that may also be illegal there.