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6AM Saturday morning.

Hay Feeder said:
Did you get your tractor started so you a can feed your Livestock easier today
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the 135,000 btu fuel space heater on the fuel tank and fuel ejector pump, filter and side of the engine for a hour worked wonders. Trapped the duramax and pointed it right at the radiator , a hour and it started right up
 
Had a friend jell up on stanadyne last week. I've used every brand of additive and the only thing that works is no.1 straight, with some additive in for lubrication purposes.
I only say this because every darn winter I manage to jell a tractor up trying to use additive alone. I put a whole bottle of howes in 15 gallons of fuel last winter and still jelled up. I know some people say they get along great with additive alone but I'm done experimenting :D
 
AC Diesel said:
Had a friend jell up on stanadyne last week. I've used every brand of additive and the only thing that works is no.1 straight, with some additive in for lubrication purposes.
I only say this because every darn winter I manage to jell a tractor up trying to use additive alone. I put a whole bottle of howes in 15 gallons of fuel last winter and still jelled up. I know some people say they get along great with additive alone but I'm done experimenting :D
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Amen.
 
I hope it does not get cold enough for me to regret it but for the last 10 years or so I just use winter blend ( 50/50 #2 and #1 ) - - - I do make sure all the engine covers are on and the fans pull air off the engine and blow out thru the radiator. Most tractors will not allow you to reverse the air flow.

I have gotten by with #2 down as far as 0F when we get a cold blast and have not filled with winter blend but I will leave the machine at a fast idle for at least 15 minutes before taking it out of the shed so that the engine is putting heat into the fuel tank, then as soon as it gets down a little on fuel top it off with winter blend.

The coldest it has been in this area is about -19F and unless I'm plowing snow I try to work inside - - - When I feed I only have to fire up equipment every 3 to 5 days and I try to watch the weather and do it on the warmest days.

When it is in the + single digits to teens I fire up the skid steer and bush-hog the swamps, will more than double the feed value the next year!
 
AC Diesel said:
Had a friend jell up on stanadyne last week. I've used every brand of additive and the only thing that works is no.1 straight, with some additive in for lubrication purposes.
I only say this because every darn winter I manage to jell a tractor up trying to use additive alone. I put a whole bottle of howes in 15 gallons of fuel last winter and still jelled up. I know some people say they get along great with additive alone but I'm done experimenting :D
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exactly
 
I use Stanadyne in my Dodge pickup. There are two formulas. The first is a general lubricant which uses 4oz to a full tank, 30 gallons. The winter formula uses 8oz to 30 gallons. So far, so good. It's not let me down and actually improved my fuel mileage. Diesel shop recommended it.
 
I think Stanadyne is a great product, I use it all the time in the summer and I also use the winter blend.
Most of the diesel mechanics around here recommend it, any company that built diesel injection pumps ought to know how to make a good additive. :wink:
I live out on the prairie and I get blasted by every wind God decides to throw at us, unfortunately I don't really have a good shop, just an open front shed. So when it finally gets really cold the tractors get beat with -0 wind chills, and after a few days of those temps it seems to really set in my fuel tanks.
I thought I'd be clever last year and try using Stanadyne winter blend, I added it to the barrel the morning before fuel was delivered so it was mixed in good. The first week of cold weather I had jelly! :mad:
So the moral of the story is I now use solid no.1 and I either have real bad luck with additives or I'm a complete moron!
 
AC Diesel said:
I think Stanadyne is a great product, I use it all the time in the summer and I also use the winter blend.
Most of the diesel mechanics around here recommend it, any company that built diesel injection pumps ought to know how to make a good additive. :wink:
I live out on the prairie and I get blasted by every wind God decides to throw at us, unfortunately I don't really have a good shop, just an open front shed. So when it finally gets really cold the tractors get beat with -0 wind chills, and after a few days of those temps it seems to really set in my fuel tanks.
I thought I'd be clever last year and try using Stanadyne winter blend, I added it to the barrel the morning before fuel was delivered so it was mixed in good. The first week of cold weather I had jelly! :mad:
So the moral of the story is I now use solid no.1 and I either have real bad luck with additives or I'm a complete moron!
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I don't think anybody could have that much bad luck. :wink: :wink: :lol: :lol:

Sorry about that but you left yourself wide open. :D :D
 

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