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I'm from CO, so I was worried about the affect of SoyBioDiesel on gel point. I found this seemingly trustworthy info on diesel fuels and bio blends.

1% and 2% Soy diesel (B01 and B02) have cloud points of -16C (3F) pure dino diesel is listed as -18C (0F)- so there's not not much impact on the cloud point of #2 diesel. Wish they listed effects on #1 diesel or winter blends, but I suspect it's about the same.

I still have not decided on whether to use the B01 lube formula in the depths of the CO winter.
I like your formula, it is very similar to what I run and I use the bottles also.
Artic Fox makes several diesel fuel heaters, either in tank, in line or exterior mount. Then you could run your formula year round. Artic Fox is the brand most OTR truckers use. I run anywhere from B20 to B100 so if we have another winter like we did this year in Florida, I will probably look into adding one of those as well.
 

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I believe that Stanadyne and Power Services both recommned 2x strength for antigel with high percentage bioD. I suspect in FL you'd be OK with 1x, though. My uncle said it never got below 26F in Polk City.
He is on the same lattitude we're on, but he usually gets colder temps than we do. Worst I had was 28 at 5AM. That is COLD for us.
 

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I will be finding some bio so i can mix one quart per tank. but is that one quart of b100 or what?
B100 is pure biodiesel
B20 is 20% bio, 80% diesel....and so on.
If you are doing this for lubricity, then you would be adding 1 qt of B100 which translates to less than B01 per tank of fuel. If biodiesel is your only additive, I would suggest adding a gal to get closer to B05 total for the tank.
 
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