Winter Fuel Treatment

We had some of the trucks at our school freeze up this morning, they had sat over night in temps at -10 or so. It was a good lesson to not trust the local fuel stop and to add your own anti-gel.

 

hahaha i tought that was funny as hell how u said "edit - to be clear i mean 20 BELOW zero" hahahaha. but nope haven't had that happen to me yet because i'm always running i deliver and go right to the pick never wait. the most my truck stay off is 10 hours unless im at home and it's not that cold here yet.

 

Another problem with just enough blends or fuel treated after it gets cold is the difficultty in dewaxing a partially gelled filter IE that fuel might flow thru a fresh filter with out waxing may not be thin enough to dewax a partially plugged filter.

 

Am I the only one who has fuel heaters?

 

I have Fuel heaters, Its nice to warm my hands on the tanks to.... LOL
Only time I add treatment is when I shut down for 34. other wise the truck is running and the fuel is warm.

 

No you're not. I have them and they work great with the truck idling/running. But they dont do jack if the truck is off for a few days in 20 bellow temps.

With in tank fuel heaters, and never turning the truck off, you wouldnt need to blend in the first place.

 

I have them on the car hauler I used to run,.......But I still put in the "winter" blend when I fueled,...

 

our ULSD is already blended for the cold temps, however, if we buy fuel out of state and it's not a winter blend, as soon as we get back in the yard we have top off our tanks and let it idle for a little while.