Not a smart move

[sawguy21]

Today I had a senior moment, ran the diesel pickup out of fuel on the highway. I knew better, the gauge doesn't work properly so I use the odometer and try to keep it at least half full. No emergency road service in town so called a friend hoping she was home, she came out with 5 gal of fuel which I tried to pour in but the spout was cracked so it ended up on the road. Back to town, got another spout and got the fuel in the tank. Crossed my fingers, hit the key and it started and kept running!  Never had that happen before.

[Old Greenhorn]

We had a saying in EMS: God protects fools, drunks, and children.
 You weren't any of those so I am scratching my head trying to figure out how that happened.

[WV Sawmiller]

SG21.

   Glad it worked out in the end and you were able to get the truck started. Diesel  does not to start back as easy as gas from my experience.

[maple flats]

I suspect the truck has an electric fuel pump. I've had that a time or two on tractors or excavators with an electric fuel pump. I also ran out of fuel on my 1981 Ford diesel tractor. That then needs to be bled  from fuel tank to filter, then to fuel pump, then to each cylinder before it will run. Over the 42 yrs I've had it, that only happened 2x, in about the first 2-3 years. After that I was far more careful and tried to fill it back up every time it was down to about half.

[barbender]

I recall you have a Dodge Cummins SG, but I don't remember what year it is? The mechanical 12 valve Cummins would've almost certainly need to be bled to restart. The newer common rail diesels will self prime and start. I like to run every diesel I'm around out of fuel so I know how they are to get restarted (haha that's my story). If they had a competition for bleeding and restarting a Mercedes 906 diesel in a Ponsse forwarder I'm fairly certain I could take all comers😂 Tip- those ones need some help, they won't fire back up on their own.

[nativewolf]

I recall you have a Dodge Cummins SG, but I don't remember what year it is? The mechanical 12 valve Cummins would've almost certainly need to be bled to restart. The newer common rail diesels will self prime and start. I like to run every diesel I'm around out of fuel so I know how they are to get restarted (haha that's my story). If they had a competition for bleeding and restarting a Mercedes 906 diesel in a Ponsse forwarder I'm fairly certain I could take all comers😂 Tip- those ones need some help, they won't fire back up on their own.

how right you are on the 906..how right you are

[barbender]

 The 906 has a mechanical lift pump and unit injectors, well at least the pre-tier 4 ones. I've never got one to restart without cracking at least 2 injector lines open, and usually 3 or 4. At least they have the handy remote starter button down on the side of the block. Don't spray yourself with fuel😁 

 The fuel sending unit on my Case skid steer went wonky on me last winter, but I didn't know it yet. So I ran that out of fuel. I actually had a heck of a time with the little 3.9 Cummins, it really did not want to re-prime.