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I've never heard of that. I mean, I've heard of fuel gelling but never a space heater and all of that. A decent diesel treatment will protect from gelling, and idle the truck below zero, as most companies will require you to do as to avoid gelling. It can get pretty cold in North Dakota and Minnesota, I've seen wind chills at -40 before. But it's kinda rare.

 

Good question on the middle of the summer.

 

It's always a good idea to carry a set of spare spin on filters usually from the shop. As far as fuel gel, usually not a problem If you practice safe winter procedures, keep tanks full idle if you can. ( return fuel line is usually 70 deg ) ServicePro 911+ is the best product to un-gel. Seen it work at truck stops.

 

one step at a time grasshopper
you might wanna get hired by a company first
most guys that have fuel gell have not taken prevenative measures before hand like buying fuel in GA then ending the day in cold IA low on fuel with no additive
if you run for a co that has apu's they are usually piped thru the engine keeping everything toasty

 

Lot's of fleet trucks today don't have a spin-on fuel filter that a driver could be expected to replace. Best to make sure the fuel onboard is protected from waxing down to xx degrees as necessary, as a "prophylactic" approach . Or limp to truck stop and pump in some "warm fuel" and let that run through and clear things up.

 

Some of these people will call for a service truck for a tailight out, and you guys are talking about carrying spare fuel filters.

One night, when i was a company driver, I had stopped at the Hook in Saskatoon to fuel. I was in the fuel island when the idiot lights came on. The red lights, not the yellow ones. I popped the hood and noticed in the plastic domed fuel filter that ice crystals were forming. I left the engine running and got a gallon of kerosene. Put a little in the filter bowl and the rest in the fuel tanks and it ungelled.

Thing is, the company had strict rules about no additives in the fuel tanks. They said that the treated fuel up north would be enough. It wasn't. In fact, there were quite a few service trucks in the parking lot. I take my survival over any company policy.

 

Just FYI .... up here in Canada you do not need to add any additives ... the fuel is actually treated from the pump. Not just down to 20F or 0F or whatever. I run Canada all winter and never put any in and never have any issues with fuel gelling.

That isn't to say I don't carry extra fuel filters and fuel in a can to change if necessary when I'm burning US fuel. Been using Howe's and idling when its very cold and haven't had a problem since 2008 when I was new and learned the hard (expensive) way. (happened in ND with MN fuel)

 

Sure looked like a bunch of Canadian trucks gelled up that night mine gelled up.

 

You're on your own, and responsible