Biocide! Any diesel that's going to sit I add it to. All the little critters here get non-ethanol gas for similar reasoning.
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North Idaho Wolfman
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That law (or logic) does not apply to diesel fuel, it will not ignite off of static spark, which is why they want you to remove the container from the vehicle.
The flash point is way too high to ignite with a spark.
So if you filling say 5 gallon containers, no need to unload and load them when filling.
There isn't any chance that I'm going to unload my 100 gallon tank at the station to fill it.
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Makes perfectly good sense NIW, and I thought that, but the signs posted on the pumps didn't distinguish between gas and diesel which are often dispensed side by side. Figured lawmakers didn't understand flashpoints....or were ultracareful. But good news to me I am going to see what I can strap to a pallet and slide under the cap on my truck.
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Here's the one I set up before I found out that the pumps now all sell ULSD.
It's set up so I could have loaded on the truck with the forks or run it over on the back of a tractor on the 3-PT if I wanted to.
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Here's my fuel depot, midwest can with easy flo. I don't think my oil burner will use a lot of fuel. Tractor Supply has the easy flo's on the shelf.
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I like that idea and looking at the current diesel prices it would probably be cheaper too...
Repurpose it for Bourbon!
Acquired a free 100 gallon tanks from an abandoned airplane hanger. Filled it up with diesel, plugged it in to a 12v source and it works great. I use the fork attachment to load it in my pickup for refilling at pacific pride with off-road diesel and to move it to the dozer or excavator for refueling.
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Im a hobby farmer and deer hunter and have a diesel Mx5200... the nearest fuel station is 12 miles away. I was talking to my neighbor about it, he is a real farmer with 299 cows (300 requires extra regulations
) Anyway, he looked at me like i was crazy and told me to follow him around the back of his barn, where he has a 500 gallon diesel tank complete w hose and nozzle and a meter on it. showed me where the power is, and where to hide the cash after i filled my tractor. Told me to take all i need and to just leave $2.50 a gallon. Now i wont even spill diesel on the hood of the tractor... I'm sure i'll leave him $3.00 a gallon since he is saving me so much time and trouble.
good to have nice neighbors..
Oh yeah, having a hose and nozzle is much, much better than using 5 gallon cans. My nozzle is even auto-shutoff. I will say my MX4800 gets the worst fuel economy of any tractor I've ever owned. My L4310 mowing, using the same mower, will go just as long as the new MX but only has a 10 gallon tank instead of 13.5 gallons that the MX holds.
Been using two of these. Sit on the cowling, push a button, super easy. I use 10 gallons a day mowing, so works well for me.
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I just got a MX5200 and only have 12 hours on it... that said, I was suprised how fast i'm using up the Diesel.
Those are the best containers... I hate the ones with the little slide on the nozzle that you have to depress on the filler neck...
Yeah, me too. (Lol...MeToo movement for tractors). But in all seriousness, I expected the MX (which uses common-rail, electronically-controlled fuel injectors and much higher fuel pressures) to be better on fuel than my older, mechanical fuel injection Kubotas. But it is not. And I have not even hit my first regeneration yet, during which I know it will suck quite a bit more fuel (I know from experience with diesel pickup trucks).
But I still really like the tractor.
I use the exact same container. Works great and I no longer spill any diesel fuel on my tractor.