Maybe the fuel in Virginia is more stable, I dunno. I own, for the last 12 years,a 32 hp diesel John Deere tractor that I use for cutting the pastures and misc work around the mini-farm.
Every fall, say late Oct or latest early Nov I fill the tractor tank up to the top, to avoid any condensation, put the thing away in the shed till late Mar or early April. I put the battery back in at that time, turn the key and it starts up!
. . . run off-road diesel, never had any sludge, clogged filters, any of that stuff. In the Spring I run all that fuel out (till it's low anyway) and then put in fresh diesel, well, mostly fresh. I top off the 6 gallon transport tank that I use to fuel up the tractor and I'm not about to throw away however much was left when I topped the tank off in the fall.
. . . got water in my hydraulic sump once and clogged everything up, but that's another issue.
Jerry
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