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Posted by Michael Soldan\War Tractors Of all Makes Should be Honoured on August 07, 2001 at 19:13:49 from (216.46.140.186):
In Reply to: Distillate?? posted by Richard C on August 07, 2001 at 18:54:17:
Richard, a distillate was anything that would burn in a hot engine. Most distilates were things like kerosene, stove oil, coal oil, diesel, or any combination ,including bunker oil,or furnace oil.The farmalls that were equiped to burn distilates had two features that other tractors didn't. If you don't have shutters and a heat shield to go over the manifold you will never truly experience running distilates. Many or the war tractors were equipped to burn distillates as the war demanded all the gasoline for the allied armies so farmers could survive on distillates. And don't let any one tell you they were a poor excuse, our old M burned kerosene on a three furrow in heavy clay and father always said when it got hot it pulled better than on gasoline. You had to close the shutters until you got the heat guage up to Hot and then, the old M belched out the black smoke and hauled big time. I have an H that I am setting up to run on distilates. I have a heat shield and the shutters. I am still setting up the auxillary tank for starting on gas and I should be ready to try it out. I will use kerosene. Gas was probably about $.16 a gallon back in the forties, it was just hard to come by. And don't forget it was Canadian and American Farmers who fed Europe and our Allied armies, explaining why there was an influx of tractors produced during those war years. War tractors were more than just tractors , they helped our nations overcome Nazi oppression. I believe every tractor of every brand built in the war years should have a crest on it that proudly says "War Tractor"
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