Here is how cold it was. This is boiling water tossed into the air Thurs. night.
It instantly vaporized into a cloud.

 

Got the truck home via wrecker....started this morning...but have issues....will open a new thread...thanks for the help guys.

 

I apologize for not getting back online sooner. I thought all was well until I tried to leave the house yesterday at about 2pm. It was idling, but would die if I gave it any pedal. I was able to limp it back into the driveway and heated up the filter housing enough to get it to high idle. After about 40 minutes of that it was warm enough to make it to the truck stop in Hampshire. I went to the TA instead of the Road Ranger where I got the other tank. I filled up the tank with new fuel and another half bottle of PS. Life was good again after that. I learned a new lesson, and A LOT of other guys around here are as well. My BIL is a garbage guy for a company out here, and they've had some problems with their trucks the last few days. They actually had a guy get crushed (died) b/c the air brakes froze and the truck jumped him.

 

Oh yea, OTR trucks will gell. Anything can gell. If they run the right fuel and use addatives their shouldn't be a problem. Some trucks even have tank blankets, you won't see them to often unless the truck is in some real artic weather.

 

I would rather deal with the frozen fuel than live in Florida. My in-laws live in Wakulla

 

I also would much rather take the -30* temps then have a 150mph wind blow my house off it's foundation.

 

lol on the flip side i dont know how you deal with the opressive heat and humidity down there.

 

We have both here in IL. Cold and tornadoes. Yay.

 

I did pick up my truck the next day and it is fine now after a night in a heated garage, but on those 4 days of -15 -20 we seen MANY rigs down by side of the road with problems. They all get fuel that is supposed to be treated around here, but the problem was the brutal cold. My truck did not gel at-22 but I couldn't spin it over fast enought to start it. With no way to plug it in in a public lot you are really in a tight place after truck sits for 4 days.

 

If you do a search on the net under (diesel fuel gelling its a cold fact) you will be surprised what you learn about adding some so called anti gel additives. Some treated fuels would gel at 5-10 above. Lubrizol is a chemical company that supplies the refineries with anti gel chemicals.

 

I always thought ULSD was a bad idea. Now I'm certain of it.

 

Most places around here have Bio Diesel mixed in. I think the truck stops around here all sell something around B11. I wonder if the influx of bio is causing this.

 

Wonder how much is caused by water/frozen in fuel and not gelling.Even here in Georgia in years past I delt with many cars being towed in(gassers)that would start and not rev/take fuel and found ice in the fuel filters or in the lines.They too would start once kept in a warm building.I've seen many fuel filters with ice in then over the years when it got to 8 and colder here.Rare but it happens here in Georgia at times.I don't trust these fuel filter canisters/wif warning lights on these 3rd gens.I drain mine some every fill up if possible even then I don't like the fact that the drain is in the side of the canister and not in the very bottom as 1st gens.

 

BMH95, I would bet the bio is contributing. I doubled down on my additives once I saw the bio sticker. Made it through the freeze just fine.

What part of Illinois are you guys? There seems to be enough central Ill guys to get a chapter going....

 

I'm in McHenry County. I would come down to Illinois.