Oil & Fuel Burning Heating Oil as Deisel Fuel?

LBrown59 · Oct 1, 2006

kubotabilly said:
I've been burning home heating oil in my diesel tractors for 15 years now and have had no problems what-so-ever. I just add some additive to the fuel in the wintertime so it doesn't jell. I have a 250 gallon tank with an electric pump on it to fuel my tractors and it also heats my shop. My tractors are in a heated shop during the wintertime.

Bill

What type of a heater do you have in your shop?
Is it a furnace or just a heating stove.
I have a pole barn That I could put a stove in that operates on diesel / fuel oil.
This way I could maybe use enough fuel to justify purchasing the min. amount required by distributors for home delivery.

MadReferee · Oct 1, 2006

LBrown59 said:
The Ashland / Marathon bulk plant here only has one kind of fuel for vehicles and home furnaces.
Guess where the distributors get their fuel - so how can they be delivering you 2 different formulas of fuel?
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Because he is in Central PA and you are in the Pacific Northwest.

As I have said many, many, many times before here, What you get vis a vis off-road / HHO / on-road diesel depends on your location in the USA and who your distributor uses as his bulk source. What you are getting is not necessarily what I can get.

ktm250rider · Oct 1, 2006

Its the same stuff. HOwever, the price you pay doesnt cover the taxes you typically pay for over the road diesel. I know a tractor is not really considered a vehicle. Not sure how the taxes are affected. Best to keep it to yourself.

shvl73 · Oct 1, 2006

ktm250rider said:
Its the same stuff.

Not always true. See mad's post above and the many, many times this has been discussed.

oscer · Oct 1, 2006

LBrown59 said:
The Ashland / Marathon bulk plant here only has one kind of fuel for vehicles and home furnaces.
Guess where the distributors get their fuel - so how can they be delivering you 2 different formulas of fuel?
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They aren't claiming to sell me 2 types. He just mentioned that he only has HHO and then explained the difference, which is what caused all the confusion. Up till then I thought they were the same. When I talked to the JD dealer he said his fuel co. says HHO and diesel fuel are no different. Pretty much what you guys are confirming.

LBrown59 · Oct 2, 2006

oscer said:
They aren't claiming to sell me 2 types. He just mentioned that he only has HHO and then explained the difference, which is what caused all the confusion. Up till then I thought they were the same. When I talked to the JD dealer he said his fuel co. says HHO and diesel fuel are no different. Pretty much what you guys are confirming.

----->>The Ashland/Matathon Bulk Plant here told me theirs is all the same stuff . Guess where the Distributors get theirs?
What I'm saying is if my local distributor claimed there was a difference here his statement would be highly suspect......>>>