I'm in North Dakota and want to know the difference between using number one diesel

im over by parshal right now, weather forecast for tonight -6 with -15 windchill, ill be sleeping in my truck to night so it will be running all night i fueled up with number 2 and not in the least bit worried.

 

I have run number 2 when it was -38 and not worried.

 

yeah i've seen the fail of the day iv even posted a few pics on there. lots of wrecks posted today with the weather were having

 

If you want to spend the cash, add the arctic fox's and an Espar Hydronic heater. It will heat the engine and fuel tanks allowing an easy start if you have the voltage.

 

I always put anitigel in after -5, anything before that is a waste of time, also keeping fuel filters changed every oil change will eliminate some problems, but gelling fuel is gonna cost in the long run, I would ask the fuel provider or bulk plant there re ommemnded temperatures for each grade and what they would do, these guys are knowledgable.

 

....and I've gelled at highway speed at -28F with 250 gal #2/50 gal #1 on a fill then added 75 gal Canadian fuel at Saskatoon just to clog 2 pairs of filters and finally die before I got to Lloydminster...there was also 2 bottles of Howes in there.

It doesn't pay to get ####y when its that cold.

 

Not ####y. I got caught in the weather. I used to run up there many times and sometimes did add additive. In fact it was south of Saskatoon when I hit the bitter cold.

I was running a bio mix in Illinois when it dropped to minus 26 and saw many of the trucks having issues.

Just last year in Yellowknife, I went from 30 degrees to minus 22 before I got there. I had no additives and did not expect the temps in late April.

 

Back to one of the OPs original questions I had good luck with the FPPF winter additives running from KC to Edmonton for 5 years the only time I ever gelled was using Howes.

If you're mainly worried about it starting after you've been at home just treat the fuel to -25F and 99% of the time you'll be good to go.
Are you working near a Loves?
Loves at Fargo treats their fuel to -25 during the winter, if you can fill with that then throw a bottle of additive in each tank I don't see you having problems when you come back to work.

 

Flying J in Fargo, before the remodel, had signs up saying that the #2 was treated to the local climate.