Re: Diesel additive

Posted by paul on December 14, 2020 at 08:59:30 from (66.60.215.13):

In Reply to: Re: Diesel additive posted by John in La on December 14, 2020 at 05:05:28:

Well, the time I used kerosene in my NH and Ford was the fall a bull reached over the pen wall and ripped a wound in my abdomen. Neighbor had to harvest for me. My tractors were parked and full of summer diesel, at that time 10% bio. I didn’t run the tractors as I planned, and wasn’t up to fall maintenance either.

As I got good enough to do stuff, winter stayed fairly mild and no snow to move, cattle were grazing cornstalks, so I hardly used my little loader tractor or the bale mover tractor.

Then the last half of winter hit, we got below minus 20 for lows for a long period, day long strong winds, snow that drifted.

I needed to move snow, and I needed to move round bales. Literally over night change.

On the farm I only get #2, #1 is special request as is any type of blend. With one bulk fuel tank, I don’t want dry fuel here for summer work.

Also use #2 as furnace fuel to heat the house, tank is in the basement so it keeps flowing.

Anyhow, I had quite a bit of Power Service in the tractors, but the summer bio was reacting to the rapid and extreme temp change. We really went from highs in the 30s to lows in the minus teens over night. And then it stayed below zero for days. One of the quickest temp changes I recall, and long duration, 30mph sustained winds.

I went to the service station in town that handles diesel fuel to get a winterized blend. They had a bag over the handle, their pump gelled up. So much for them supplying anything winterized....

Went to Menards and got 4 gallons of kerosene.

With some hot water on the lines and a magnetic heater on the filter after changing it, and a couple gallons of kerosene that got me one tractor running so I could move some snow and feed the cattle.

Also used furnace fuel so fast I was running the tank empty. I was able to bypass the filter on my bulk Diesel tank and mix 1/4 kerosene with the #2 and get something thin enough to put in the furnace tank and keep the house heated. Didn’t want the delivery guy to be coming out in those tough conditions, and of course it was a Friday afternoon.....

So, kerosene can work as an additive, and sure saved my beef when lots of other options mentioned here failed me.

Drove past many semis on the side of the road that week. Even the northern diesel pumps were not prepared for that temp swing.

Paul

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