Re: 706 806 gas vs diesel- cheap horsepower?

Posted by Hugh MacKay on November 23, 2006 at 13:35:19 from (209.226.106.9):

In Reply to: Re: 706 806 gas vs diesel- cheap horsepower? posted by Jim Allen on November 23, 2006 at 04:56:04:

Jim: I think you'll find there is greater spread than you indicate between gas and diesel consumption in farm tractors. I've never owned a 6 cylinder gasser, in fact I've only ever seen one, that being a 460. Back in the late 50s early 60s, our Farmall 300, just about satisfied us it would be the last gasser on the farm. When we bought our Farmall 560D we were already using Farmall 300 on a NH 460 haybine and burning 3 imperial gallons of gas per hour. 560D operated the haybine much easier on 1.25 imperial gallons of diesel, and the 656D even hit the 1 gallon per hour mark. on that same haybine. The 300 always broke 3-4 shear bolts everyday, while I never remember changing a shear bolt with the diesels. Diesels never broke shear bolts as they were steady and always one 540 pto rpm. In fact I still have NH 460 shear bolts in my tool box and the 460 haybine has been gone for 33 years.

I will however agree with you on low hour tractors, the gasser will come out ahead in the long run. Diesel needs to be worked, and it takes a lot of work to justify the investment. In fact I'm starting to wonder if we can justify any low hour tractor. These little offsets I have are running just as high repair bills as when I worked them 10 times as much as I do now. I guess it's inflation, least that is what I tell my good better half.

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