[AT] Ice storm

[charlie hill]

Dean,  I ordered some electric heat tracing cable from a place in
Toledo on Wed.   I need it quickly but with this weather and local
demand I bet it doesn't come on time.  They told me they would
have it shipped direct from the distributor in TN but who knows.
I have a client that blends veggie and animal fat with diesel to make
bio-diesel and he just added two more 20,000 gal tanks.  We have the
tanks insulated and full of product but the supply and delivery piping
for them is open to the air until I can get the heat tracing cable on and
get the pipe insulated.

Now for those of you interested in Bio-Diesel let me tell you about the
sophisticated way they blend this stuff.  The supplier has these tanks
full of veggie and animal oil that he gets trucked in to the terminal,
mostly on his own trucks.  Then when another fuel distributor needs 
bio-diesel
for a truck stop or what ever they pull into the bulk plant with (for 
example) 7,000 gals
of diesel fuel in the tanker.  He puts a credit card into the meter and 
pumps 700 gals of
bio oil into the diesel already in the tanker.  He takes off down the road 
and lets it mix
it's self on the way to the end user.  When it gets to it's destination it 
is "10% Bio-Diesel"

Charlie

-----Original Message----- 
From: Dean Vinson
Sent: Friday, December 06, 2013 11:02 AM
To: 'Antique tractor email discussion group'
Subject: Re: [AT] Ice storm

None of Ralph's -24F temps are making it down here to Dayton, Ohio, but
we've had freezing rain, sleet, and now snow, with the majority of the snow
yet to come throughout the remainder of the day.  Doesn't seem like it'll
really be disabling around here, though.

I'm using the day to tend to indoor projects, getting my suburban house
ready to sell in preparation for a long-awaited move to the country.
Several weeks ago I'd posted about buying a small farm a bit north of here
in Champaign County, and I hope to close on that purchase within a few
weeks; we're waiting on appraisal and title search, neither of which are
expected to be problematic but you never know.

According to weather.com it's snowier up in Champaign County, 5 inches of
snow already compared to maybe 1 inch here in Dayton.

Dean Vinson


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