Up here in Canada forestry operators used to mix a small percentage of 2 cycle oil mixed chainsaw gasoline to the #1 Diesel in their log skidders to keep it from gelling and for easier starting. My knowledge goes back to the 1960/70s. One Operator hard 3 x JD Log Skidders that he added the gasoline too. There were no block heaters out in the middle of the woods. Some Operators had put adapters in the heater hoses of the log trucks and they would connect a set of hoses to the block of the skidder engine and run the truck to circulate the hot coolant thru the skidder engine block and after 5 to 10 minutes then start the skidder engine. Neighbour had a Tree Farmer skidder with a Ford industrial Diesel engine in it and it had a lever that you pulled to reduce the compression on the engine which allowed the starter to spin the engine real fast and then while spinning the engine fast you pulled the lever to restore the compression and it would start in -35F with #1 Diesel.
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