well these old timers, those that were weaned on DP's can tell you more than I can, but in general a diesel has to get closer to running temp before you put a load on it due to the enormous pressures it works under, it's fuel type, many cases relate ...
diesels have and need more compression.something like 8 or 10 to 1 for passengar cars and as much as 25 or 27 to one for diesels. more compression more heat. heat required to ignite fuel burn clean. diesels run cooler, not hotter and in most cases ne...
when i pulled with my ford i staed at 55 to 60 max and keep it out of OD. i have never had a problem with my gasser pickup pulling a 10k trailer with 3 horses across country. it just tooled down the road and nevere misses a beat. but that is running ...
Bunk wrote:I would be useing it every couple of weeks but not on long hauls. about 500 miles round trip. With the condensation factor I would like to keep the tanks full. Additives to keep fuel fresh?BunkI don't see a problem with it being used every...
if you know your rig, you can calculate a safe amount of fuel to hold in your tanks for the trip. this goes for going and coming.i'd leave a small bit of safety in it, something like 10% over. if you have 2 tanks split up the weight.if you are not go...
