Fuel experts?

[buickanddeere]

Refineries remove the wax from #2 diesel to make #1 diesel . Costs money to do that . They also remove wax from lubrication oils . Involves a long round perforated drum that the wax sticks to . And a scraper blade that peels the wax off the drum .
Kerosene is more expensive than diesel because the wax is removed .

 

[Scott 730]

I stock up on winter diesel and keep it in reserve for use year around . Except for heavy tillage season when fuel requirement exceeds the storage here .
These people trying to run #2 fuel in the winter are penny wise and pound foolish .

I do the same here. We have "only" 5% bio during the winter months, vs 20% in the summer.

 

[Ericp351]

No. #1 is NOT #2, less wax. The grades have min/max standards. Most easy to look up. #3 is obsolete. The grades are "next to" each other on the grades list. Somebody may or may not mechanically remove wax from poor, light distillate to try to fudge it to a spec. Properly refined fuel will not normally req. same. Yes, most machines, even heaters, can tolerate the next grade, up or down, within reasonable limits. Some wives may even tolerate heating oil in a kerosine lamp....