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Old 10-12-2023, 07:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Caymus View Post
Plus, diesel is nearly identical to home heating oil. Many people in the North have tanks full of it in their basements.
Yep.

Back UpNort, 50-odd years ago now, I spent some time as a logger. Not uncommon to go to work in January when the temp. was -30 and even lower. Our equipment was all diesel, and often as not it didn't want to start in those temps, so we'd have to warm them up before starting them. One accepted way was to build a little fire under the oil pan. Took maybe 1/2 hour at most and they'd start right up. You'd NEVER want to do that with a gasoline engine.