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Gary in Pulaski, WI
04-27-2007 19:02:03
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Re: Biofuels in reply to Texas Sand, 04-26-2007 23:11:39
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Go ahead, and close your ears on this one. I have been using used, filtered, vegetable oil from various local fast food restaurants for five years now. The first three years, I mixed it about 50/50 with #2 diesel fuel. The last two years, 100% vegetable oil, until the temperature falls to about 45. The vegetable oil has some animal fat in it, and will jell at that temperature. But 95% of my field work is done by then. I run it in me 830, 930, and 1070 CASE. I do notice, that the mufflers will "load up+, or "wet stack" if the tractor idles for a while, (because the engine cools down) and makes a real gooey mess on the hood when you open up the throttle. I have had some success cleaning it up with spray type oven cleaner.But, when the tractor is working, it runs just great. The exhaust smells just like french fries! I know that most of it is really peanut oil. I get the grease (oil) free, and use nearly 1000 gallons each year. It is a very good thing that all of these tractors have a three filter fuel system. I have plugged a few filters because of gelled fuel, but that was my fault for letting the same fuel in the tank when it got too cold. At the end of the season, I run the tanks very low, and the for the winter, I put in about a quarter tank of #2 diesel fuel. Even though I don't run them in winter, I want to be ready, just in case. It does beat $3.00/gallon, but it takes some work to filter and store the fuel.
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