SD51555
5 year old buck +
In your area, I'd just buy Fieldmaster at your local cenex. It's already in the fuel. That's a good and complete additive, and you don't need to do any mixing yourself.
Fuel gallons per acre?
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Wild Thing
5 year old buck +
Interesting. I have never used any fuel other than the off road treated fuel I get at my local BP station. I didn't this winter, but I generally do a lot of snow removal here (Upper Michigan - Zone 4a) with my tractor and I have never had any issues with the fuel turning to gel, although I do store it in my unheated, but fully insulated barn, and I let her warm up before plowing - maybe that makes the difference. My barn never gets below 35-38 degrees or so even without heat.
Foggy47
5 year old buck +
^. WOW in zone 4? I got some days at 20 below and more. Sometimes lasts for a week or so.......but......I am in OZ. Grin.
4wanderingeyes
5 year old buck +
If you buy off road diesel in the winter from your local gas station, do they treat it for winter fuel? Or is it the same year around?
yoderjac
5 year old buck +
I'm not up north, so I haven't dealt with additives. We have a tank for off-road diesel with an electric pump. When it gets down to about 9" or less, we call the local coop for a refill. Consequently, I just fill up before heading to the field so I don't keep track of gal/ac.
Thanks,
Jack
Thanks,
Jack
Wild Thing
5 year old buck +
Yes - We hit 20 below every winter and sometimes as low 35 below actual. The insulation in my barn keeps it incredibly warm for not having a heat source. The man cave in the barn does have an electric milk house heater to keep it at least 45-50 and then a wood stove when we want to warm it up but not much of that heat gets to the main part of the barn. I only have one window in the main barn. If I set a bottle of water on the window sill it would freeze, but I keep a bottle of water on a shelf in the interior of the barn and it never even gets any slush in it. Snow and ice usually melt off of my truck and my wife's car overnight.
6" of insulation in the walls and probably 14-15" over the ceiling makes all the difference in the world....cool in summer - warm in winter.
Wild Thing
5 year old buck +
It is my understanding that it is treated. As I mentioned earlier, I do not treat my diesel fuel and I have never had any fuel issues.
PrairieShadow
5 year old buck +
We can’t even buy #2 diesel in the winter here. It all switched over to #1 at some point in the fall. Off-road or not.
Wild Thing
5 year old buck +
I did go into town today to gas up and get some diesel fuel. I asked the guy at the counter about whether or not the Off-Road fuel was treated in the winter months and he didn't know. He did give me the name of the day shift manager and phone number so I can call tomorrow and find out. Will let you know then.
It was a costly trip though...$48 for 10 gallons of diesel and 41 gallons to fill 3 - 5 gallon jugs and fill up my truck - $175 more...Ouch!
Typical snowfall in your area of the U.P.? Heavy snows that arrive early and hang out all winter help to insulate the ground and make -20 to -40 temps a bit easier to deal with.
Northern/north central MN get plenty of snow, but there's no comparison to the Lake Superior snowbelt.
sandbur
5 year old buck +
Decades back, I had a diesel pickup for work. One day per week, another person would use it. The fuel gauge didn’t work and you had to write your mileage down at fill, plus use the right blend for the weather.
The other guy’s sloppy work left me gelled up or out of fuel many times. I hated that pickup.
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