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Peterson 4-wheel had an article May 2006 about new lower sulfer fuel which will make the price of on road diesel go up. Wow this bio-diesel is looking good. I have been wanting to play with it for several years but never started.



Anyone in Maryland or PA, etc. using this with success.



Shane

Springs PA 15562
 
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I'm getting info on local distributors... looking like you either buy bulk (150 gallons at a shot) or buy B100 in containers and mix yourself... I'm going to be doing the latter which is $2. 89 a gallon as of today.



I figure I'll go after a 5 gallon can's worth next week sometime and start with 5%... then eventually work up to 20%.



I'm doing it primarily for the lubrication... I will eventually be hauling some home to the parents place so that dad can blend some in his truck too... he has a 99 and I have not heard how the older trucks are going to react with the ULSD.



steved
 
steved said:
I'm doing it primarily for the lubrication... I will eventually be hauling some home to the parents place so that dad can blend some in his truck too... he has a 99 and I have not heard how the older trucks are going to react with the ULSD.



steved
Do a search for ULSD on the search forum. I've posted a few things about it, been using it since Sept 04 at the work place.



Tony
 
ulsd... does this mean ultra low lubrication as well? In this case us fuel lubed inj pump owners may have to keep a healthy supply of $tanadyne in our trucks
 
The ULSD will have 15ppm sulpher compared to 500ppm which is now available. I have read some articles that stated that mileage will suffer a little and they have no idea how well seals, o-rings and pumps will hold up.



I have been running B100 for over a year now and have been very satisfied on how my truck runs on it. The one thing I am seeing with the bio is huge jumps in prices similar to #2 and I am afraid that refiners will see a gold mine and try to keep it on the same level as #2. Two weeks ago I filled up at $2. 45/gal and now it is $2. 69. Guess they figure if some are willing to pay $2. 80 for #2 they will pay a few cents less for bio.
 
SHobbs said:
I have been running B100 for over a year now and have been very satisfied on how my truck runs on it. The one thing I am seeing with the bio is huge jumps in prices similar to #2 and I am afraid that refiners will see a gold mine and try to keep it on the same level as #2. Two weeks ago I filled up at $2. 45/gal and now it is $2. 69. Guess they figure if some are willing to pay $2. 80 for #2 they will pay a few cents less for bio.





SHobbs all three truck stops are selling at $2. 699 here also but one sells the B20 and the other two only regular #2 diesel. All three are with in throwing distance of each other though. This has also been a concern to me even if the bio starts to really get to booming and going strong and available most anywhere will it be cheaper than the #2 or will we be virtually in the same boat as we are now with hardly any price difference between the two fuels.



Tony
 
pepecat said:
ulsd... does this mean ultra low lubrication as well? In this case us fuel lubed inj pump owners may have to keep a healthy supply of $tanadyne in our trucks

According to the specifications of diesel lubricity, the lubrication should possibbly go up, without a change in overall lubrication. There are still minimum specifications for lubricity.

I know that within the US, lubricity additives are added at the terminals, not allowed in the pipelines, something about contaminating jet fuel flowing through the same product lines.

We'll see but lubrication wise we should be okay, health of the older fuel lines/seals may be another story. I would keep a vigilant eye upon my fuel system, maybe fuel system inspections every few thousand miles or so.
 
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