Diesel fuel ?

I added Howes to my diesel fuel and might not even use a tractor to push snow this winter.
Does Howes or winter blended diesel hurt anything if I burn it in the summer?

No.

No, I started putting it in my tanks Thanksgiving and dont stop till Memorial Day. Kenworth

NO ABSOLUTELY NO use it year around and your fuel filters will last longer

I use it in my diesel equipment all the time as well

Geo Read the directions on the bottle. It says for summer and winter use.

No. Everyone on the face of the planet just burns out what's left in thier tanks come spring time (full tank or not). I've never heard of ANYONE pumping thier fuel tank out, to save the blended fuel for use the following winter.
Some people even burn what's left in thier on farm diesel barrels, before using un-treated fuel.

No.

Blended fuel uses some #1 diesel. #1 has lower btu and is drier. It doesnt preform as well in summer heat and might make the engine run a little hotter. This isnt a big issue in a blend, but something to consider if you find yourself in a situation with nearly all #1 in the heat of summer and planning to work the snot out of your tractor all afternoon.....

Paul

READ,
Who can read the fine print? LOL

Jerry,
Are you saying use Howes year around or winter blend?

(quoted from post at 15:42:35 01/04/22) Jerry,
Are you saying use Howes year around or winter blend?

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You can use Howes all year-round, no harmful effects. Also, it adds lubricity.

Seems like you worry about that diesel too much. Just put a little additive in the fuel in the cold weather and clean or replace the fuel filter in a timely manor and you won't have a problem. That additive won't hurt a bit if you still have it in when it warms up. Thats what I do with my Kubota's and don't have any winter related problems and been doing it for a long time. I know I sure wouldn't be using the old open station tractors to plow snow with if I had a nice tractor like your Kubota sitting in the shed.

I got a big magnifying glass with a light on my work bench. They are handy, dad uses it when he sharpens his chainsaws.

I think I have one, just don't remember where I put it.
So who reads the fine print???

The main thing on the fine print is Keep out of reach of children and DON'T drink it! Lol

Oh crap you can't drink it?

If necessary I do. If your not learning you are losing.

Vito

I don't believe all this worry over diesel fuel. If you buy from a reputable supplier it will not need any of that snake oil or patent medicine to go through the winter. I don't put anything in my fuel all winter. I don't have a problem and I change my fuel filters each year whether they need it or not.
you guys must be getting the dregs out of the bottom of the barrel,or buying from some p poor distributors.

9 below here and two jelled up dorfs . 911 got the one going the other one was actually jelled . I treat the bulk tanks in the fall and all the equipment gets a triple dose about the end of October. One year we had 15 below in the middle of October treated the tractors but not the truck and it froze up idling doing morning chores . Both dorfs had double doses of Howes . I wish I knew where all these unrepeatable fuel suppliers were . I run straight number 2 all winter with up to triple dose of power service no problems to 40 below zero

Caterpillar guy
You would if you lived up north. If you do not treat your diesel or use number 1, you will gell when it is below zero. Just ask the boys in Texas a year or so age when it didnt even reach zero.

What you don't want to do is burn #1 diesel in the summer. But the additives like Howes and Power Service should be fine; they work to inhibit the formation of paraffin crystals in fuel. They don't thin the fuel like #1 does.

WOW, I live a LONG ways South of you, but we're no stranger to running diesels in the cold. When I drove semi I only bought blended fuel in winter and carried gallon jugs of Power Service along with me, I used a bit more than the label instructions said. Did the same with my '96 F-250, used the same dose of Power Service, and ran couple times colder than 20 Below. That went better with 8 new glow plugs, with the factory glow plugs and 200,000 miles it started on 4 cylinders then picked up an additional cylinder about every minute. I parked in my insulated shop with the block heater plugged in, it started first thing almost instantly, loved the instant heat from the heater & defroster. Ford bragged about the fuel heater in the fuel filter canister. I looked it over really close when Son & I replumbed the pump, regulator, and filter for the second time. That heater was rated 40 watts, not amps, watts, or 3.3 amps, that isn't going to heat anything at 20 below Zero F. So load up on Power Service like your LIFE depends on it, because it might some night. I bought a Fia winter front & summer bug screen and I ran one or the other year round, I even cut out block off plates for the three rectangular holes in the front bumper. I imagine a stream of 20 below zero wind at 70 mph measuring 3 inches by 8 inches cools things off really quick. I learned a L-O-N-G time ago sliding cardboard down right against the radiator core is NOT the right way to control engine temp.
Wish I had some kind of enclosure on the tractor I push snow with. DAD had a KOEHN (pronounced Cane) Tractor cab on his FARMALL 450 and 4010 Deere, was easier to get engine heat back to me on the 450, made late fall and early spring fieldwork nice and comfortable. I can get the engine warm, just need a way to get heat back to me.

Have you checked this out. Burch mfg. Been in business since 1882. Most of the ones for the big tractors list at $454.

I keep dreaming of a heater cab but every year winter comes and goes and still no heater cab . Maybe next year.

Ive looked at those but the roof is another 400$ . I dont mine spending the money but will it be junk in two years?