Can I use Diesel fuel in my home heating system.
From : hober mallow
Q: hello everyone i really cant spare the $500+ that it would cost to get the heating oil company to come out and pump 150 gallons of heating oil. can i use diesel fuel from a gas station instead as home heating oil they have the low-sulfur fuel in my area now. i suppose that would be an improvement over the former higher-sulfur fuel. any comments suggestions thanks in advance. the rocket man .
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From : nunya
hello everyone i really cant spare the $500+ that it would cost to get the heating oil company to come out and pump 150 gallons of heating oil. can i use diesel fuel from a gas station instead as home heating oil they have the low-sulfur fuel in my area now. i suppose that would be an improvement over the former higher-sulfur fuel. any comments suggestions thanks in advance. the rocket man budgeting and preplaning is the key here. we have winter every year so it shouldnt be a surprise when it arrives. in this region lp gas natural gas and #2 heating fuel all takes a big dive in price during july and august. i prepurchase my natural gas for the house for an entire year during this time. my business runs off of lp gas and we have a large enough tank to see us through the entire winter. we get it filled during this time also. try getting a second tank and filling them both during the low swing of heating fuel prices. michael .
From : bob
hober mallow wrote hello everyone i really cant spare the $500+ that it would cost to get the heating oil company to come out and pump 150 gallons of heating oil. can i use diesel fuel from a gas station instead as home heating oil they have the low-sulfur fuel in my area now. i suppose that would be an improvement over the former higher-sulfur fuel. any comments suggestions thanks in advance. the rocket man yes i believe you can. but... it will be very expensive. the differance between home heating fuel and diesel fuel is the all the taxes added to the diesel. i remember a while back some govt agency was making a big stink about it. people using the cheaper home fuel in the pick ups and saving money. and you know how govt types are about tax money. they proposed adding a purple dye to home fuel to catch those horrible criminals in the act. -- ..bob 2006 fxdi hot rod 2001 dodge dakota qc 5.9/4x4/3.92 1966 mustang coupe - daily driver 1965 ffr cobra - 427w efi damn fast. .
From : hober mallow
.bob noneofyourbusiness@goaway.net wrote in hober mallow wrote hello everyone i really cant spare the $500+ that it would cost to get the heating oil company to come out and pump 150 gallons of heating oil. can i use diesel fuel from a gas station instead as home heating oil they have the low-sulfur fuel in my area now. i suppose that would be an improvement over the former higher-sulfur fuel. any comments suggestions thanks in advance. the rocket man yes i believe you can. but... it will be very expensive. the differance between home heating fuel and diesel fuel is the all the taxes added to the diesel. ive checked the prices and in my area near seattle a week ago diesel fuel at my local shell station was actually cheaper than home heating oil !!! hence my question. plus the fact that i could purchase in smaller quantities rather than take the hit at one time. .
From : neville madden
hober mallow wrote hello everyone i really cant spare the $500+ that it would cost to get the heating oil company to come out and pump 150 gallons of heating oil. can i use diesel fuel from a gas station instead as home heating oil they have the low-sulfur fuel in my area now. i suppose that would be an improvement over the former higher-sulfur fuel. here in australia where very few people use heating oil nowadays its mainly natural gas heating oil was any hydrocarbon fuel from kerosine upwards . the fuel distributors used to have a tank in their depot that was just for this purpose. their tanker would return from deliveries of diesel and if the next delivery was gasoline the company would empty the dregs from the diesel load into into this tank. how do i know.....i was in the army and we prepositioned 72 x 44gal 50us gal drums of avtur jp4. unfortunately a local river flooded and the drums sat in about 6 inches of water for a week or so. the pilot of the support helicopter mapping project refused to use the fuel and the distributor was more than happy to buy it for a chicken feed price and transport it over 2000km back to brisbane for use as heating oil. neville cootamundra nsw australia .
From : peterd
on wed 19 dec 2007 101633 -0600 hober mallow hoberxxx@comcast.net wrote hello everyone i really cant spare the $500+ that it would cost to get the heating oil company to come out and pump 150 gallons of heating oil. can i use diesel fuel from a gas station instead as home heating oil they have the low-sulfur fuel in my area now. i suppose that would be an improvement over the former higher-sulfur fuel. any comments suggestions thanks in advance. the rocket man not much of a rocket man are you fuel oil is *cheaper* than diesel fuel by quite a bit. so you are going to ferry a few gallons of more expensive fuel and pay the cost of the transportation on top of that to try to save mnoey i dont think so... virtually all fuel oil companies will come an pump the amount you want to pay for within reason if you are tight no cash. but using expensive road tax paid diesel fuel that will have to be transported as well is not very cost effective. but if you must... yes you can use #2 diesel fuel as a substitute for #2 fuel oil. .
From : peterd
on wed 19 dec 2007 120957 -0700 .bob noneofyourbusiness@goaway.net wrote hober mallow wrote hello everyone i really cant spare the $500+ that it would cost to get the heating oil company to come out and pump 150 gallons of heating oil. can i use diesel fuel from a gas station instead as home heating oil they have the low-sulfur fuel in my area now. i suppose that would be an improvement over the former higher-sulfur fuel. any comments suggestions thanks in advance. the rocket man yes i believe you can. but... it will be very expensive. the differance between home heating fuel and diesel fuel is the all the taxes added to the diesel. i remember a while back some govt agency was making a big stink about it. people using the cheaper home fuel in the pick ups and saving money. and you know how govt types are about tax money. they proposed adding a purple dye to home fuel to catch those horrible criminals in the act. cripes that dye has been added for the last bazillion years. it is red not purple however. all non-taxed fuel oil off-road diesel etc. is dyed to mark it as not to be used on the road. and yes at truck inspections they can and perhaps do dip the tank to check for color! .
From : hober mallow
peterd peter2@hipson.net wrote in on wed 19 dec 2007 101633 -0600 hober mallow hoberxxx@comcast.net wrote hello everyone i really cant spare the $500+ that it would cost to get the heating oil company to come out and pump 150 gallons of heating oil. can i use diesel fuel from a gas station instead as home heating oil they have the low-sulfur fuel in my area now. i suppose that would be an improvement over the former higher-sulfur fuel. any comments suggestions thanks in advance. the rocket man not much of a rocket man are you fuel oil is *cheaper* than diesel fuel by quite a bit. so you are going to ferry a few gallons of more expensive fuel and pay the cost of the transportation on top of that to try to save mnoey i dont think so... virtually all fuel oil companies will come an pump the amount you want to pay for within reason if you are tight no cash. but using expensive road tax paid diesel fuel that will have to be transported as well is not very cost effective. but if you must... yes you can use #2 diesel fuel as a substitute for #2 fuel oil. thanks for your reply peter. i should have mentioned earlier that i wasnt going to fill up my entire fuel oil with #2 diesel from the pump. instead i was just trying to figure out what would happen if i tried to use 10-20 gallons to hold me over til i could get a bulk shipment. .
From : the reverend natural light
on dec 19 214 pm hober mallow hober...@comcast.net wrote ive checked the prices and in my area near seattle a week ago diesel fuel at my local shell station was actually cheaper than home heating oil !!! hence my question. plus the fact that i could purchase in smaller quantities rather than take the hit at one time. ive had an oil furnace for three winters now and heating oil has always been more expensive than at-the-pump-diesel. why its the same stuff with less tax. the oil company prefers to fill the tank but theyll stop at whatever i tell them. presumably theyd want more per gallon for a smaller delivery. .
From : picasso
nunya wrote hello everyone i really cant spare the $500+ that it would cost to get the heating oil company to come out and pump 150 gallons of heating oil. can i use diesel fuel from a gas station instead as home heating oil they have the low-sulfur fuel in my area now. i suppose that would be an improvement over the former higher-sulfur fuel. any comments suggestions thanks in advance. the rocket man budgeting and preplaning is the key here. we have winter every year so it shouldnt be a surprise when it arrives. in this region lp gas natural gas and #2 heating fuel all takes a big dive in price during july and august. i prepurchase my natural gas for the house for an entire year during this time. my business runs off of lp gas and we have a large enough tank to see us through the entire winter. we get it filled during this time also. try getting a second tank and filling them both during the low swing of heating fuel prices. michael that is a good idea and i wouldnt be using furnace oil in my 06 chevrolet diesel!!!! i would however use street diesel in my furnace... another option would be to find someone who buys tax exempt diesel skidders forestry equipment construction equipment off road trucks this stuff is 30 cents / l cheaper. im sure you have the same deal in the usa. .
From : beekeep
on wed 19 dec 2007 131431 -0600 hober mallow hoberxxx@comcast.net wrote .bob noneofyourbusiness@goaway.net wrote in hober mallow wrote hello everyone i really cant spare the $500+ that it would cost to get the heating oil company to come out and pump 150 gallons of heating oil. can i use diesel fuel from a gas station instead as home heating oil they have the low-sulfur fuel in my area now. i suppose that would be an improvement over the former higher-sulfur fuel. any comments suggestions thanks in advance. the rocket man yes i believe you can. but... it will be very expensive. the differance between home heating fuel and diesel fuel is the all the taxes added to the diesel. ive checked the prices and in my area near seattle a week ago diesel fuel at my local shell station was actually cheaper than home heating oil !!! hence my question. plus the fact that i could purchase in smaller quantities rather than take the hit at one time. you should look around and see if you can buy off road diesel. that way you wont have to pay the road tax. it is available in most areas for tractors and machinery. beekeep .
From : napalmheart
peterd peter2@hipson.net wrote in on wed 19 dec 2007 101633 -0600 hober mallow hoberxxx@comcast.net wrote hello everyone i really cant spare the $500+ that it would cost to get the heating oil company to come out and pump 150 gallons of heating oil. can i use diesel fuel from a gas station instead as home heating oil they have the low-sulfur fuel in my area now. i suppose that would be an improvement over the former higher-sulfur fuel. any comments suggestions thanks in advance. the rocket man not much of a rocket man are you fuel oil is *cheaper* than diesel fuel by quite a bit. so you are going to ferry a few gallons of more expensive fuel and pay the cost of the transportation on top of that to try to save mnoey i dont think so... virtually all fuel oil companies will come an pump the amount you want to pay for within reason if you are tight no cash. but using expensive road tax paid diesel fuel that will have to be transported as well is not very cost effective. but if you must... yes you can use #2 diesel fuel as a substitute for #2 fuel oil. thanks for your reply peter. i should have mentioned earlier that i wasnt going to fill up my entire fuel oil with #2 diesel from the pump. instead i was just trying to figure out what would happen if i tried to use 10-20 gallons to hold me over til i could get a bulk shipment. he missed that you have a source of diesel that is cheaper than buying #2. so much for trying to sound superior. .