My grandad (born 1902) grew up and worked at a large lumber mill in lower S.C. The mill was huge and had a narrow gauge railway that snaked through the woods several miles to haul lumber, and also a number of Model T trucks (the seat was a wood crate and no windshield according to him).
The company store had a gasoline and a kerosene pump. He said that when the first diesel engines came on the scene (couple of trucks and a Lima log handling crane), that they would use a mix (not sure of ratio) of kerosene and motor oil to make diesel fuel for some time until they had a diesel fuel tank installed. I remember him telling this many years ago. Has anyone else heard of this being done in the past when diesel fuel was not readily available?
The company store had a gasoline and a kerosene pump. He said that when the first diesel engines came on the scene (couple of trucks and a Lima log handling crane), that they would use a mix (not sure of ratio) of kerosene and motor oil to make diesel fuel for some time until they had a diesel fuel tank installed. I remember him telling this many years ago. Has anyone else heard of this being done in the past when diesel fuel was not readily available?