Converting auxiliary fuel tank to diesel.

One thing I have not seen mentioned are the characteristics of diesel fuel, itself.


There are different formulations for summer and winter use.

You do not want to have to mess with summer fuel in the wintertime!

(Search the lovely phenomenon of "diesel waxing".)

Easy solution, always use all the summer fuel in your auxiliary diesel tanks before winter weather.
 
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One thing I have not seen mentioned are the characteristics of diesel fuel, itself.


There are different formulations for summer and winter use.

You do not want to have to mess with summer fuel in the wintertime!

(Search the lovely phenomenon of "diesel waxing".)

Easy solution, always use all the summer fuel in your auxiliary diesel tanks before winter weather.

You are correct. I don’t anticipate storing fuel for any period of time however. The reason that I am changing the lumping is that a lot of our trips seem to be close to the limit of the truck’s range. I will use the extra fuel to top off the tank during “ potty breaks”. This will allow me the confidence to wait until the trailer is unhooked before refueling which is easier. Before putting it into storage for any length of time I will pour in a bit of fuel stabilizer in to tray the residual. Your comment reminded me of when I was growing up. My father was the manager for an oil distributor and I used to earn extra money on weekends and when out of school by cleaning the office and washing trucks. There were several companies that were close by and who would send their trucks over at the end of the day to refuel from the yard tanks. I remember that in winter some of the drivers would put some gasoline in before filling their tanks with diesel. Old school winter blend. ?
 

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