Re: Gas Farmall Noise Levels?

Posted by Hugh MacKay on December 11, 2005 at 16:51:15 from (64.228.11.149):

In Reply to: Re: Gas Farmall Noise Levels? posted by PAULIH300 on December 11, 2005 at 15:33:03:

Paul: I've spent many hours in the seat of vertical exhaust tractors. As long as that stack is over height of ones head you will have no noticable fumes and the sound is above you. I have driven a few Ulilities and exhaust seems to get trapped between rear wheels at field operating speeds. It's fine out in road gear. Most of the monoxide deaths I've heard of happened in parked vehicles.

My tractors all had spark arrestors, yes even the utility we had on demonstration that started the hay fire had a spark arrestor. That fire was started by hay rubbing underside of tractor as well as exhaust. I know of numerous other fires started by horizontal exhaust systems in hayfields.

Now finally I ask you, why have horizontal exhausts all but disappeared on new farm tractors? Demand is the answer. The orchard guys want them and that is about it. I ask you, can all those farmers that spent thousands of hours in the operators seat of a tractor be wrong?

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