Heating Fuel Oil-Deisel Fuel??

Where we load we can get..... .....
#2 low sulpher
#2 low sulpher Prem.
#2 dyed low sulpher
#2 heating oil
While it is a different code to load; It all comes out the same tank. The only difference is the bottom 2 are injected with red dye because there is no tax on it.

At some locations we can also get
#2 dyed high sulpher

To any of the above we can blend either #1 low sulpher; or kero based on what the temperature is so we can lower the jelling point.

That #1 works okay in tractors, but if you're pulling hard, such as heavy tillage, the #2 gives more bang for the buck and just plain runs better.

Gots more BTUs per volume or whatever?

Allan

Heating fuel oil is #1 diesel. *Unless someone changed the rules on me. :>)

Allan

Mike has it correct, #2 fuel oil is the same as #2D with the only difference being #2D has road tax appiled.

Winter diesel or fuel oil is usually a 50/50 mix of #1D and #2D fuel oil in most locations but can have more #1 depending on the ambiment temperature expected.

Depending on where you live, you can have #1 fuel oil as it won't gell as quick. Most oil burners use a heat exchanger to keep #2 fuel oil from gelling as #2 has a higher BTU content thus more bang for the buck.

T_Bone

#1 Diesel is the thin wintertime stove fuel oil. #2 is the thick summer tractor fuel.

There is no such thing as #2 fuel oil; it jels up in the wintertime. :>)

Allan

For the engines you need a lot of additives or some #1 when it gets below 20 degrees.

For the furnace most folks burn #2 all winter. I do. A few with outdoor storage need some #1 mixed in so it flows through the filter.

But, up here heating fuel = #2 diesel unless you ask for different.

Diesel fuel technically has some additive in it for the injectors, and heating fuel would not need those. But nearly every supplier doesn't want a seperate bulk tank & supply lines, it is cheaper to just handle #2 diesel as both engine fuel & heating oil. Same stuff.

--->Paul

#2D and #2 home heating oil are virtually the same

In the winter they add some additives to #2D to stop it from gelling.

Look at your home heating bill it probably says dyed diesel fuel as many distribuitors only carry one for both purposes. This won't harm the tractor if you let it sit untill it warms up. just won't start now

Also dyed and un-dyed are exactly the same except for the dye or road tax paid.

I'd wait to the spring and dump it in. If it gets real cold it might gell up