Re: Tri-X archives: 4449 Sanding the Flues?
Author: SP 099
Date: 08-05-2013 - 09:42
If I recall it was in fact 'bad' fuel; ie, not #5. Occasionally, when nothing else was available, they had to use diesel fuel. Diesel does not have the BTU's of heavier fuel so you had to fire 'harder'. The result was black smoke.