Whenever farm work was being performed in the field with machinery there was usually was a fuel wagon or fuel truck nearby. These wagons or trucks had duel tanks, one for diesel and one for gasoline or one tank with two compartments. It was a Friday afternoon and my dad was planning on picking me up from where I was driving a tractor and we were going to join my mother and siblings where they were camping with friends at a campground on Mill Creek. When my dad drove into the field where I was working he stopped by the fuel truck that had one tank with two compartments and filled his car with diesel by mistake. It wasn't until after he had filled the tank that he realizes his mistake. There had been some gas in the car tank and he thought we could drive as far as Chico and put more gas on top of the diesel then drive to Red Bluff and get more gas in the tank to dilute the diesel. It worked, we made it to the campground with no problems, just a little more black smoke coming from the tailpipe.
Again, unlatching my seatbelt on the first try, a major accomplishment. Not sure I would have survived life on the farm. :)
ReplyDeleteI’ve always wondered what would happen if you put the wrong fuel in a vehicle. Now they make the nozzles on the pumps different sizes so the mistake is harder to make. Still, I’ve heard snow survey co-workers making the mistake and having to fill out a lot of paperwork....
ReplyDeleteIt always used to be a hassle to keep everything straight ... leaded, unleaded, diesel ... and which can had the 2-cycle oil mixed in with the gas for my chainsaws, weedwackers, etc. I even used to have kerosene on hand to start burn piles, but now I've taken to using diesel for those. My piles after Snowmageddon burned big and hot. Two weeks earlier I couldn't get them started with plain ol' unleaded ...
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