What diesel fuel you using?

[LouNY]

Maybe I am off target with the little booze bottles.

I still have those jars in my shop, whenever I change a fuel filter if it has a drain I drain into those to check for water.
if they don't have a drain and often anyways I will let the filters drain into the jars just to see what drops out.

 

[ruffdog]

I have often used glass jars to inspect fuels. A mechanic needs to know the what/why/when if there is an issue. Sometimes it can be difficult convincing a customer that the fuel source is the problem. It may be water, dirt, fungus, or just old fuel. Once I had a guy with a motorcycle that hardly ran. He filled up at the station.....diesel fuel from the gas pump. Yes, the station had screwed up and put the wrong fuel in the underground tank.

 

[fidowanttobe]

Ditto.
Cenex oil in tractor, Cenex gas and fuel in everything. Absolutely no issues. Service tank has #2 all the time and I bring their blend home in cans as needed for the winter. Howes treatment year round. So far, so good.

 

[shooterdon]

I use off road and treat it. I save $.50/gal over buying regular diesel. I do not use enough to justify a large tank so I use a 50 gal tank from a reefer that is mounted on a frame that I can lift in and out of the pickup with my forks. I have a transfer pump on it. Much easier than lugging 5 gal containers and I will have paid off the investment in two years.

 

[ovrszd]

Someone mentioned expense of treatment. I buy PS White Bottle for $12. It treats 250 gallons. That's 5 cents per gallon.

If you've ever fought fuel that gelled you understand how ridiculously cheap that is.

 

[LouNY]

Yep, but I normally use the double strength so it's costing me a dime, but been there done that it's well worth it.

 

[Jstpssng]

My father used to buy #2 heating oil for the greenhouses, treat and run it through a 1/2 inch line instead of 3/8. I don't know how much he actually saved but he never had a problem. He also ran the same #2 in his Kubota. For what little bit that I burn- 100 gallons or so a year- I prefer to buy fresh from the pumps. I've already dealt with one diesel problem, apparently it was delivered in November with summer grade fuel. That cost me more time than money, and I went into last winter unprepared.

 

[number two]

After getting tired of hauling home and lifting those 5 gallon jugs of fuel,I finally got a 12V pump at TSC for about $220.

Now,I can buy by the barrel.There isn't any off road fuel near here priced decent,so I take my barrel(s)to a local fuel distributor.
They won't deliver less than 175 gallons,so I take one or two barrels there.
They pull up a delivery truck and fill me up with dyed off road.
I save about 40 cents/gallon over on road and the 6% sales tax for farm use.
So,that's about 15 cents/gallon.

Also,I try to buy in the summer to get the summer blend-more BTU's.
I treat it myself with Power Service at about one and a half dose.
This has served me well for six years now.
Granted,it doesn't get that cold here as many places,but we can see -20F to -30F on occasion.

I can put the tractor inside if the need arises,and I rarely need the tractor for snow removal when it's really cold.
Super cold-little if any snow.

You may wonder about the summer blend-I honestly feel I get 10-15% more snowblowing time from the summer fuel.

Good Luck Guys!

 

[fidowanttobe]

I thought I was the only one that felt I was going through blended diesel like crazy?? Hard to believe that #2 is that more efficient but it is. Mow way more than snow blow on a tank.

 

[stivemorgan]

Hi there. I am new here. I usually buy simple diesel fuel on any petrol station