Farming, citrus and agriculture operations invest more capital than ever before in both their equipment and the fuel that runs the machines.
Farmers across the nation in the 1940s and 1950s trusted Bell Performance to stretch their budgets with Bell’s revolutionary gasoline treatment Mix-I-Go.
As more agricultural operations switched to diesel in the 50s and 60s, Bell Performance was there with Dee-Zol multi-purpose treatment for diesel fuel, that cleaned diesel engines, stretch fuel budgets and extended farm equipment life.
The times have changed but the farmers and growers today still have their own set of problems.
Refueling - An Expensive Proposition
Diesel and gasoline prices are higher than ever (over $3.50 per gallon), which amplifies the importance of protecting the fuel quality when it is required to be stored so that the investment isn't lost.
Diesel Fuel Storage For Agriculture
It's well known that the storage of diesel fuel presents potential hazards to its valuable fuel quality.
Diesel fuel attracts condensation in the hot humid summer, which hastens diesel fuel breakdown. Any storage tank with water will have microbes multiplying. One bacterium can multiply to over 250,000 in just 8 hours. The nasty sludge and slime from infected fuel will gum filters and cause tank corrosion.
It’s Not Just Gasoline Anymore, It’s Ethanol
The agricultural sector uses more gasoline fuel than other industry segments like long-haul transportation. Farming and harvesting equipment built to run on gasoline now finds itself face to face with 10% and 15% ethanol blends. These spell bad financial news for the already-strapped farming fuel budget.
As the switch-over (from gasoline to gasoline-ethanol blend) approached, industry professionals repeatedly warned about costs and damage that ethanol blends would bring to agriculture. These warnings are now reality:
- Less mileage
- Damage to equipment
- Water attraction leading to ethanol separation, destroying the valuable fuel quality of the gasoline left behind
Bell Answers The Call For Any Type of Agricultural Fuel
Bell Performance has always answered the call of the problem-plagued farm, ad Bell still serves the farmers and citrus growers of today with industrial-grade fuel treatments that save and protect tight fuel budgets.
Bell Performance Dee-Zol and DFS Plus provide industrial-grade multi-function benefits and water-absorbing protection for stored diesel fuels.
Newly developed Ethanol Defense is the farmer's best defense against costly ethanol problems in their business. Ethanol Defense is formulated with the strongest water controllers on the market, combining with combustion improvement, better performance, and superior detergency to make it the best ethanol treatment on the market today.
The Mix-I-Go family of gasoline/ethanol treatments blunt the money-robbing effects of ethanol by protecting valuable farm and small equipment and keeping stored ethanol fuel ready to use.
Bellicide (only available in Florida at this time)
Bellicide is the cure for microbe-infested farming and citrus fuels. Microbe buildup in fuel costs money. Bellicide wipes out microbial infestations to restore stored fuel back to useable and save the valuable fuel investments for farmers.
Agriculture Needs Industrial-Grade Solutions
Bell Performance’s industrial-grade fuel treatments stand the test of time for quality, effectiveness and value. Fifty-plus years of satisfied customers and the experiences of farmers, growers and workers across the range of US agriculture testify to the superior effectiveness and value that Bell Performance agricultural fuel treatments bring to the table for hard-working farmers and growers.