Ever convert an N tractor to moonshine?

Anyone here ever run their tractor on moonshine?
Could it be done. This option is looking more and more attractive.

Pooh Bear

I have employees who when they were young used to have to carry sugar up and down mountain sides for their fathers. You can really hear some tales.

My F-I-L gas three oil wells on his property that were capped back in the late 80s. He has called the company that owns the lease rights to see when they will open them up for production. They have no idea, with oil prices so low for so long the equipment they did have is junk and replacement equipment is not available. The US fabricators moved on to new products and very little exists in terms of production equipment manufacturers, much less the crews to install and maintain it. Kind of like the old claim about Wallmart, the Saudis dropped the oil prices to the point were only a few domestic pumpers stayed in business. Now that that the US oil industry (pumpers) is wiped out they can raise the price of crude to what ever they want. It will take decades to reach the level of domestic activity we had in 1980.

We distilled it to 160 proof (80%) alcohol.
Had to adjust the carb on the tractor.
Worked nice. We added about 5% kerosene for lubrication and to make it undrinkable. We added a 1 gallon gasoline tank so we could start the tractor on gasoline in cold weather then run it on the alcohol.
You should be sure that any rubber parts in the fuel system are alcohol resistant.

The only bad thing about it was that the exhaust smelled like rotten potatos.

Roger in Michigan.

He sold shine out of his house until the revenuers caught up with him.

My mom tells a funny story about her experience as a child. She said whenever anyone knocked on the door, her little brothers would run do the door, open it and ask the visitor if they wanted a shot or a pint. However, they couldn’t tell the difference between customers and revenuers.

That is a true story.

Rick

Pooh Bear

Pooh Bear

Dean