Driving a pickup with a big tank full of liquid

Don't forget to use anti-gel fuel treatment in this arctic weather...

What sort of treatment would you recommend?

I will buy diesel fuel for it soon (in a couple of weeks when I am done cleaning up, repainting, and outfitting this tank), so it will be winter blend.

I do, however, have some fuel that I would like to treat, suggestions are welcome.

I hear Stanadyne is very good, though a bit hard to find. I'm using the Ford anti-gel, it's more expensive, but I can get it at my Ford dealer. When I have time I'll chase after a Stanadyne distributor.

What Pete said, Stanadyne. Excellent lubricity and anti-gel.

You could try heating your fuel cache somehow instead. The anti-gel is for really cold temps. Don't know how much the added lubricity matters to you. I doubt you will be running this engine long enough for that to matter much.

How cold will this tank get?

I've driven scooters. I've driven trucks. I've never driven a trailer except to park it. I've owned cars and scooters and mopeds. So, I really don't know, it's all a numbers game to me.

And...I got my license back Friday. Woohoo! Now I can buy a load of bricks at Home Depot, rent one of their trucks, go move a friend into a new apartment, and return the bricks "because they didn't fit", all in one day. *snork*

Doug

Here's a new one:

"To make n parts, make at least n+1 cuts."

Applicable to parting off from stock or sawing to length. It makes sure the first one cut has the same finish *on both ends* that all the other n-1 parts will have.

There's a truth there relating to machine tool self-reproduction. Something like for part production schedule of m steps to make n parts, make n+e*n*m of the blank at step 1, where e is your error rate per step per part (rate per act), because you'll have to go back and make a new one if you make even *one* error inside those m*n steps. Kind of a rule of thumb thing. It needs to be fleshed out with fuzzy logic because e is never known precisely. Factoring out the n, make n (1+em) of the parts at step 1. The probability of succesful self- reproduction follows.

Doug