RoadForce® Premium Diesel Fuel
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RoadForce®
Enhance performance, reduce maintenance concerns, and eliminate cold weather headaches
RoadForce® is Sprague’s proprietary premium diesel fuel, engineered to deliver enhanced engine performance in every season. First introduced in 1989 to improve cold-weather operability, RoadForce® quickly gained recognition for its advanced additive package that supports engine health year-round. In 2018, Sprague launched an improved formulation designed to meet the demands of modern High Pressure Common Rail engines and evolving EPA standards.
Every batch of RoadForce® is rigorously tested to ensure consistent quality and performance—so you get cleaner fuel systems, reduced emissions, and reliable power when you need it most.
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Lower Your Total Operating Costs with RoadForce® Premium Diesel
Cleans your Fuel System
Increased Fuel Economy
Lubricity Improvement
Get More for Every Gallon in Every Season
RoadForce® isn’t just for winter. Its advanced additive package helps prevent buildup, reduce emissions, and maintain fuel system cleanliness no matter the season, so you can count on consistent performance and fewer maintenance issues.
- Keeps injectors clean
- Improves winter operability
- Lowers exhaust emissions
- Lowers CFPP and Pour Point
- Helps eliminate water from fuel tanks
- Reduces dependency on kerosene blending
- Disperses wax during extended engine shutdowns
- Cleans and prevents injector deposits in high-pressure rail systems
- Improves your bottom line by saving money and time
Cleaner Performance and Long-Term Savings
RoadForce® Premium Diesel enhances engine performance by reducing emissions and keeping vital components—valves, injectors, and sprays—clean. The result is smoother operation, improved fuel flow, and longer equipment life.
Exceeding TOP TIER™ Fuel Standards:
Our premium diesel, RoadForce®, goes beyond TOP TIER™ standards! TOP TIER™ Approved fuels meet high-quality standards set by top automotive and heavy-duty equipment manufacturers, ensuring superior fuel performance to support advanced engine technology. By preventing carbon buildup, TOP TIER™ diesel keeps engines up to 19 times cleaner than standard fuels. Sprague’s “Next Generation Detergent” goes beyond these TOP TIER™ standards, proactively addressing potential issues before they can occur, ensuring even greater protection and performance for engines.
Learn more about TOP TIER™ here!
Protect Your Engines with These Best Practices
Maintaining a clean fuel injector is vital for optimizing engine performance and ensuring longevity. Whether you’re managing a fleet of diesel-powered vehicles or operating industrial equipment, keeping your injectors clean will help you avoid unnecessary downtime, increase fuel efficiency, and extend the life of your engine.
Be Winter-Ready Without the Hassle
RoadForce® is pre-treated with a Cold Flow Improver (CFI) to help prevent wax buildup that can clog filters and fuel lines in freezing temperatures. That means no extra additives are needed—just reliable, optimized performance that keeps your fleet moving when the weather turns harsh.
Better Operability Without the Tradeoffs
As you can see from the graph on the right, RoadForce® improves the low-temperature performance without sacrificing fuel economy and horsepower with excessive kerosene.
See Why Atlantic Fuels Chooses Sprague
Users of 100% RoadForce®
“When fuel prices were pretty high last winter, we had thought about using a different fuel. So, I asked my customer and he said: “no, don’t, I’ll change companies.”
We sell to people that unload the salt from ships, people that load the salt on trucks, the people that haul it to the municipalities, and the municipalities that deliver the salt on the roads and the school buses, and no one gels.
When I go up north, I take a tank of it with me so I make sure I can get back home.”
Get Reliable Performance with Renewable and Biodiesel Blends
As the demand for cleaner, more sustainable fuels grows, ensuring compatibility with modern diesel engines is critical. The detergent treat rate in RoadForce® plays a key role in maintaining engine performance, allowing diesel engines to seamlessly benefit from renewable and biofuels without compromising on efficiency or reliability.
Fuel Flexibility Without Sacrificing Performance
Filterability:
Problem: Biodiesel can slowly build up in tanks, blocking filters that can result in vehicle power loss.
Solution: Sprague's RoadForce® Premium Diesel Fuel biodiesel prevents precipitation to improve filterability.
Stability:
Problem: Oxidized biodiesel can generate corrosive acids and insoluble gums that can damage pumps and other equipment.
Solution: Sprague's RoadForce® premium diesel fuel stabilizes biodiesel blends to protect fuel from oxidation.
Unlock the Full Potential of Renewables
Blending Benefits:
- Improves compatibility across different fuel blends
- Enhances stability, preventing fuel degradation
- Reduces emissions and improves fuel economy
- Minimizes DPF regeneration, cutting downtime
- Prevents fuel filter plugging, lowering maintenance costs
Sprague RoadForce® Premium Diesel Specifications
| Terminal | Current RoadForce® Kerosene Content % | RoadForce® CFPP F° | RoadForce® Cloud Point F° | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S. Portland, ME | 0% | -20° | 0° | 3/21/2025 |
| Newington, NH | 0% | -10° | 10° | 3/31/2025 |
| Rensselaer, NY | 0% | -14° | 6° | 3/31/2025 |
| Springfield, MA | 0% | 0° | 20° | 3/31/2025 |
| Quincy, MA | 0% | -9° | 11° | 3/31/2025 |
| East Providence, RI | 0% | -4° | 16° | 3/31/2025 |
| New Haven, CT | 0% | -15° | 5° | 3/31/2025 |
| Bridgeport, CT | 0% | -11° | 9° | 3/31/2025 |
This sheet lets our customers know what our latest winter operability results are for our RoadForce® premium diesel fuel. Sprague tracks this data until the end of the winter season.
CFPP: Cold Filter Plugging Point. (ASTM D-6371/45μm filter) The temperature at which a fuel will cause a fuel filter to plug due to wax which has begun to crystallize or gel. The CFPP is considered by Sprague to be the true indicator of the diesel fuel's low temperature operability. All temperatures reported in Fahrenheit.
Cloud Point: (ASTM D-5773) The temperature at which wax in diesel fuel becomes cloudy when it is cooled. Wax is inherent in diesel fuel. As the fuel is cooled, the wax will crystallize, forming platelets that clog fuel filters. Typical diesel fuels will fail at temperatures near the cloud point. RoadForce is specially formulated to operate well below the cloud point. This is accomplished with wax crystal modifier additives that break down the wax into microscopic fragments, allowing them to pass through the fuel filter. All temperatures reported in Fahrenheit.
Historical RoadForce Results
2025 Results
2024 Results
2021 Results
Frequently Asked Questions
How does RoadForce® improve lubricity?
By helping meet ASTM and EMA industry lubricity standards (<520, <460 micron rating), improving a fuel's lubricity rating by up to 100 micron.
How is the Cold Filter Plugging Point (CFPP) determined?
Fuel is drawn through a standard micron-sized filter into a measured column under a controlled pressure in decreasing five-degree increments
• A maximum time is allowed for the fuel to completely fill the column
• The point at which the fuel fails to flow in the maximum allowed time is the Cold Filter Plugging Point
• Field testing demonstrates that this point closely corresponds to actual fuel system failures in the field
What is Cold Filter Plugging Point (CFPP)?
The temperature at which a fuel will cause a fuel filter to plug due to wax which has begun to crystalliize or gel. The CFPP is considered by Sprague to be the true indicator of the diesel fuels low temperature operability.
What is Cloud Point?
The temperature at which wax in diesel fuel becomes cloudy when it is cooled. Wax is inherent in diesel fuel. As the fuel is cooled, the wax will crystallize forming platelets that clog fuel filters. Typical diesel fuels will fail at temperatures near the cloud point. RoadForce® is specially formulated to operate well below the cloud point. This is accomplished with wax crystal modifier additives that break down the wax into microscopic fragments allowing them to pass through the fuel filter. (ASTM D-5773)
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