liberty2701
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All off road diesel is ulsd. Here in NH heating oil is the only lsd available
Utra low sulfur VS High sulfur dyed ?
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JoshuaB
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I used to work for a boat company pumping diesel on a fuel flat. We would go load up a 30k barge in Lake charles full of ULSD, when we finished loading it the inspectors would come, strap our tanks to make sure our numbers matched their numbers on what we received and dump about a gallon of the nastiest, darkest die I have ever seen in each of the 6 tanks on the barge. I asked once after we loaded and he verified the only difference between dyed diesel and the ULSD sold at the pump is the dye. Me and my captain used to talk about somehow segregating the thief hatches from the rest of the barge so we would sail off with 2 millions dollars worth of undyed diesel rather than 1.5 million dollars worth of dyed diesel but we couldn't think of any way to do it and not get caught.
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can't believe there is still even a discussion here on this topic. the only high sulfur diesel imho would be in private stock reserves that (i'm sure) given the market place, could still be had. but why bother?
more importantly, why not explain to your better half why your machine is much more than a 17k lawnmower, rather than worry about the ulsd fuel issue that has been in place for some time. best! :thumbsup:
more importantly, why not explain to your better half why your machine is much more than a 17k lawnmower, rather than worry about the ulsd fuel issue that has been in place for some time. best! :thumbsup:
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liberty2701
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That is not true. Like i said, here in NH #2 heating oil is lsd 500 ppm and readily avail. Every heating oil co in my area only carries this. I bother because it is 40 cents a gal less than off road diesel. You are right that it is not high sulfur diesel.
is this a discussion about what is available in diesel or just heating oil? just asking
liberty2701
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You are right. I got off track a little.
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The last heating oil I purchased was about 7 years ago. It was #2 high sulfur dyed diesel. I just wanted to make sure it wasn't the same. The fill cap on the 2015 tractor says ULSD ONLY! I'll admit I'm somewhat new to diesel fuel other than that. I purchased a compact diesel '04 tractor a year ago . It would probably run ok on anything. Ultra , low, high, extra high and not have any problems
sorry, apologize to you & liberty 2701, didn't realize from OP that you were considering burning heating fuel as well. cheers
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Huh? I'm not considering using heating oil. Just wanted to make sure all dyed diesel wasn't the same as what I bought 7 years ago. My oil fired boiler is long gone thank goodness