I have 30 year 100K jet heater that I use on occasion. The last time I filled my tank was easily 20 years ago so it doesn't get used often but sometimes its quite handy. I went to use my snowblower yesterday and found that the impeller was frozen solid to the drum in pretty big lump of clear ice. I tried chipping it but at around zero degrees I wasn't in the mood for a long effort. I tilted the snowblower chute up and got out my jet heater and aimed in in the chute. About minutes later it was melted out and I was out snowblowing. The bummer is 20 years ago there were a couple of places in the area that sold kerosene at the pump but no longer. The local Irving gas station used sell 5 gallon pails for truckers to dose their fuel if it got suddenly cold but they don't carry it anymore. If I want a 100 gallon minimum and have a bulk tank I can special order it but not practical for my usage. Right now my only option seems to be a special order 5 gallon can from Ace Hardware at around $10 a gallon. Plenty of places sell the equipment but looks like few sell the fuel.
So any suggestions I am overlooking for finding and buying K-1? I have heard that winter diesel I pretty close to kerosene and now that its ultra low sulfur do I just run winter diesel?
So any suggestions I am overlooking for finding and buying K-1? I have heard that winter diesel I pretty close to kerosene and now that its ultra low sulfur do I just run winter diesel?