Anyone use diesel instead of Kerosene in their powermatic?

[FLYERMAN]

Kerosene is $5.25 a gallon here (Utah) and diesel is three something.

What is involved in switching over?

 

[Scott Rogers]

Kerosene is $5.25 a gallon here (Utah) and diesel is three something.

What is involved in switching over?

Just more maintance and cleaning of the inside of your rig and the heater components.

Kerosene is much cleaner then Diesel, but they are interchangeable in this application. Personally I would stick with Kero. Your time and energy is worth more then the 2.00 a gallon difference

 

[rwcarpet]

Meat should be checking in here soon. I subbed for diesel when kero was not convienient, and it is a dirtier burn. I'm not sure about the reformulated diesel nowadays.....maybe it burns cleaner.

 

[Dolly Llama]

stinks like hell while burning
a slight puff of STINKY smoke every time it fires (you can only see it in sunshine)
You'll have more headaches with the burner compared to burning K1

if that sounds good to you, there's nothing to "change over" (you shouldn't need to adjust the air bands)
..just dump some smelly stinky diesel in the boat tank and rock 'n roll


..L.T.A.

 

[BradFenstermaker]

you better carry a wind sock! It will stink bad. Watch how you park. Try a tank full and see what ya think.

 

[harryhides]

I think that is what caused Fenstermeister to go bald.

It never bothered me at all on my Mastermatics.

 

[juniorc82]

I run diesal in my heater, there is a fuel additive called red devil you put in a couple ounces per tank of fuel and it really helps with the soot