IH Fan: Here in Canada diesel were out numbering gas by 4-1 in the over 30 hp class by 1960. Fuel cost was the major reason, about 30% higher than in the US,using a common dollar. Tax was and still is the culpert.
Another reason was the influx of British diesels like the B-250, B-275 and B-414. there were still duties between Canada and US at that time, however not within the British Empire. We could buy one of those 35hp British diesels, (B-275 and B-414) with live PTO for less money than a 130, 230, 140 or 240. They would bale hay with a 300 anyday of the week. Once we got started using those diesels in the late 50s, there was no turning back. When we wanted more hp in the 60s it was diesel, no questions asked. Most other makes were doing the same, supplying the Canadian market with European tractors. Europeans had been heavy on diesel since the war.
By the mid 60s the duty was gone. We had been exposed to diesel long enough that any larger tractors had to be diesel. While the Europeans did a good job on 35Hp diesels, the big ones were cumbersom, platforms cluttered. It's one thing to sit with your legs down each side of a B-275 transmission, not quite so funny when it's 75 hp, and the heat fried everything from your toes to testicles. Believe me, we soon wanted our Farmalls back but we wanted diesel.
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