Distillate fuel requires less refining then gasoline or even kerosene for that matter. Since it is cheaper to refine it was less to buy. This was the advantage to this the down side was lower power out put due to the low compression of a distillate burning engine. Example of this would be the Farmall M you mention they have around 34/35hp ias a distillate and 39/40 hp as a high compression gas. If the compression of a distillate is too high generally over 4 to 4.5 to 1 it will have a tendency to knock. Another factor to consider when burning distillate is that it does not fully burn in the chamber and can dilute the crank case oil. You would back off the top petcock on the oil pan everyday and drain off the un-burned fuel. There is a ton more info out there on this just google it and im sure you can find out more facts.
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Today's Featured Article - Tractor Profile: Farmall M - by Staff. H so that mountable implements were interchaneable. The Farmall M was most popular with large-acreage row-crop farmers. It was powered by either a high-compression gas engine or a distillate version with lower compression. Options included the Lift-All hydraulic system, a belt pulley, PTO, rubber tires, starter, lights and a swinging drawbar. It could be ordered in the high-crop, wide-front or tricycle configurations. The high-crop version was called a Model MV.
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