Fuel Management

Keifer

Keifer

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Hi all forum folks:</P>


Still an RTV Wanna Be, but in the meantime I'm gathering facts and figures. This forum isa treasure chest of ideas and proven solutions. I'm super lucky to have found it. </P>


My questions to the group are: </P>


How long (on an average of course) willa tankfull of fuellast? (RTV900, 1100)</P>


Do you feel a need to filter your fuel before using it?</P>


How do you store extra fuel? </P>


Is there a need to keep a Jerry can of fuel with you on "outings"? </P>


Sure appreciate all your input.</P>


Keifer</P>
 
Keifer,

The RTV just sips fuel. I did some measuring when I first got the RTV. I was getting approx. 2.3 hours of mixed run time per gallon of fuel. When I say "mixed", it was a combination of light riding as well as loaded, hill climbing...

I don't venture far from home but honestly wouldn't be worried about running out of fuel if starting it up at 8 AM and didn't shut it off until 8 PM.

I don't filter the fuel.

I used to store larger quantities of fuel but since the RTV has replaced much of my tractor duties, I don't go through what I used to so I just use 5-gallon cans. This time of year (winter), I use Power Service additive just to avoid any gelling when it's real cold.
 
Wish my truck was that good! Kubota should start building highway legal trucks, they are 3/4 of the way there!</P>


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<font size="2">I've done as well as 20hrs per tank. Mixed use of pulling, dragging and carrying stuff.
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We get about 23 hrs. per tank with a variety of chores, temperatures, etc. We don't filter the fuel but we do add a little additive in the winter. We do use a diesel fuel stabilizer (Fuel Fresh - not Stabil) in our storage cans and tanks.
 
500 gal tank on farm. Fuel is treated with Power Pruducts Fuel Additive for Cetane boost and Anti-gel. Two filters on storage tank line to trap water and other contaminates. Had a Polaris gas unit before the RTV. At first I though the gauge was broken it took so long for it to come off full. 20+ hours of run time per tank.
 
Thanks to everyone who responded to my "fuel management" inquiry here in the forum. Never having used diesel fuelleft me with a few questions. The picture is getting clearer and clearer as I look toward purchasing a UTV.
 
RE: Diesel fuel in the wintertime. Do those of you with RTV's and living in cold areas buy fuel with a wintertime additive already in it, or, do you add it yourselves? And, do you use # 1 or #2 fuel? Whats the difference?
 
I always add my own additives. Since I never remember when or where I got my fuel last, I don't know if it's the summer or winter or ???
I use #2 off-road diesel. It's also used as fuel oil for furnaces. I figure #2 is twice as high as #1 so it must be better. Just kidding. I'll let the fuel gurus define the differences.

EDIT TO ADD: Different parts of the country have different "blends". Around here, off-road diesel and fuel oil are the same. That's NOT true for other parts of the country.
 
I use home heating fuel in my tractor and RTV. It has more sulfur in it that act as a lube for the engnes. When I have my tank(275 gal)filled in the fall I put in the approaite amount of power service(fuel additive) for the gallons that it will take to fill my big tank. Regular on road diesel has less sulfar and the newer engines are designed to work well with it. So when you get that RTV using either will work fine.
 
We had about 15 service clinics last week and fuel was a topic at almost every one of them. Its defentialy somthing to be educated on. Home heating oil is going ultra-low sulfer in the near future, so its going to be an issue for everyone.
 
hummmm "...#2 off road diesel ... same as used in furnaces...." And from what everyone has said.... having a big diesel fuel depot isn't necessary when considering running the RTV. That kind of thinking is good, very goodconsidering the gasoline I use use in my farm tractor and F-250 truck.
 
Ask any trucker they will tell you about diesel fuel. One year here in Washington State they had a surprise freeze in Eastern Washington and they had about a hundred truckers stalled on I-90 due the failure of the fuel distributors to add the additive to the fuel. In Montana during the winter they sell number one diesel since it is more like kerosene and will take lower temperatures.
 
In Syracuse NY where all our on road diesel comes in from it is mix with keroseneat the rate of 50/50. We are 150 miles north of Syracuse.
 
Sounds like all ya'll men up north have them fuel troubles ... Must be the colder atmosphere .... down here, we really don't run into all that, now if nobody is going to pull out of a tank for a lttle while, we add some additives, but other than that, we don't have no gelling & problems like ya'll ~~~~
 
As deerlope mentioned in COLD weather we always get a 50/50 blend
of diesel and kerosene. The pour point of kerosene is about 40-50
degrees lower than fuel oil. That means it will not turn into a snotty
jello when you get temps below zero like the past few mornings have
been. A good fuel additive can be had at napa or most any truck stop. I
always add an extra gallon of kerosene to my rtv and skid loader
and still had to warm the skid steer up the other morning. temps
dropped to -8 with a wind chill of -37. makes me wish I had a cab on
rtv. Bill B.
 
[quote user="muleman2"]temps
dropped to -8 with a wind chill of -37. makes me wish I had a cab on
rtv. Bill B.
[/quote]
Hey Bill,

We must be neighbors as I had the same weather.

I've never had any problems with fuel if/when using an additive (Power Service).

I don't buy kero anymore. What's in it that helps?
 
I would love to be where it's that cold, heck, bet the deer is always moving there !!!! Down here, where the black trees grow, it don't get that cold ~~~ Bet a person would have to put something over his / her ears to keep 'em fromhurting, from somesmart-butt " thumping 'em " >>>>>>>>>
 
Brian,</P>


Noticed you said several times threw the threads, that you use the " POWER SERVICE " additive, it this a special blend, special dealer product, or what, does this help your fuel that is sitting up awhile stay " spunky " >>>>>> Where do you purchase this product >>>>>.? Please tell me more about this additive ~~~~~~</P>


Thanks, ~ ~~~ jamie</P>
 
[quote user="TWO GUNS"]I would love to be where it's that cold, heck, bet the deer is always moving there !!!! Down here, where the black trees grow, it don't get that cold ~~~ Bet a person would have to put something over his / her ears to keep 'em fromhurting, from somesmart-butt " thumping 'em " >>>>>>>>>[/quote]
Not sure I understand what you mean by this statement.
"Bet a person would have to put something over his / her ears to keep 'em fromhurting, from somesmart-butt " thumping 'em " "
Are you sure you want to come up to our cold?
To give you an idea of temps... do you have a deep-freeze for a freezer? Something you keep at 10 below-zero all the time? Well, that's the temp up here when you walk outside. Every MPH of wind takes another degree off. Imagine sitting in your deep-freezer for a few hours. That's what we ride in. Now, to be honest, I don't believe there's such thing as "cold" for a person. The only thing I can see is that they were "inappropriately dressed".

Oops, sorry guys... I didn't mean to drift from or hijack the thread. OK, to put the aforementioned into perspective, the same applies to fuel. Dress it properly and it's ready to go in the cold.
 
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