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goofy, when I was 16 and working in a gas station after school and on weekends, this guy, Tom used to stop in and fill up two 5 gallen gas cans of No.2 diesel for his mobil home furnace all the time. When he told me about that, I couldn't understand it, but apparently it worked. Thing was, diesel was getting more popular because of fuel embargos, was up to about 45 cents a gallon, fuel oil was about 37. I think the issue there was Tom being kind of poor, couldn't afford to have the fuel oil guy drop off a 100 gal minimum fill, so 10 gals, 10 gals, 10 gals...at a higher rate. Would guess is suttier, may not be though. When was in the Army, would live out in tents in the winter for months at a time. I forget what they called them, but were 2 piece gravity heaters/burners that were diesel fuel, which gets pretty thick in the cold. The Army said to thin the diesel with "DeNatured Alcohol" to thin. We never had "DeNatured Alcohol" in the middle of nowhere to use. One time got so cold was like gelled molassys, so we did exactly what the Army said NEVER do, we cut it with gasoline from a jeep. It worked for a while until the gas and diesel seperated, the diesel being heavier, the gasoline going to the top. About 20 of us sleeping when were awakened by the roar of that thin gasoline hitting that burner at a much more accelerated rate, EVERYONE out of our bags scrambling. Burnt that GP Medium tent to the ground with everything inside. When the Battalion Commander found out, was pisssss ed off. Sent us new C-rations, uniforms, and sleeping bags, made us sleep in the cabs of our trucks, jeeps for the next two weeks until let us come in for new supplies. NEVER try to thin diesel with gasoline in the cold. For your furnace burner, may have to use a diesel fuel additive in the cold to keep from gelling. Good morning from Busch's Durock 300, Mark
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