I live in COLD northern ND and, IMHO, most guys with diesel trucks have a pretty good idea what fuel to use, yet there's always some who try to get by with blending #1 and #2 or add a bunch of "magic juice" to try to sneak by.
A friend of mine did that for YEARS and usually "got by" although he limped home a few times like the original poster.
One bitter cold winter night he had a medical scare with his young daughter and his diesel pickup jelled up on the way to the ER, he had to get his brother to come pick them up and finish the trip. (With a gas-powered pickup.)
That deal pretty much ended the piddling around with blending fuel and adding anti-jell.
I know a couple of other guys who seem to be always changing $50 or $70 fuel filters from trying the same trick.
Yeah, I know #2 is USUALLY cheaper and gets better mileage and the OTR trucking crowd burns as much of it as they can, as the BIG trucks are equipped with industrial strength fuel heaters and kept idling and warmed up in cold weather, but when it comes to diesel pickups that are more sensitive to gelling it's pretty foolhardy NOT to run straight #1 during the coldest weather.
Buying $ Additive and $$$ filters and paying for an occasional tow quickly takes away the cost advantage of cheaper fuel.
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