Re: Re: gas vs. diesel
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Posted by Indian Guy on November 19, 1998 at 13:56:25:
In Reply to: Re: gas vs. diesel posted by Steve Hansen on November 18, 1998 at 22:32:11:
: #1. Cost. Cheaper to buy.
: #2. Maintenance. Easier to fix at home.
: #3. Cold weather operation. Easier to start.
: #4. Tradition. Tractors of the 30s and 40s were gas, why change.
: #5. Technology. Really good small diesel tractors are a realatively new product. Another point would be that diesel wasn't readily available until later in the '70's. Remember how hard it was for Mercedes owners to find diesel until the gas crunch? Also the Perkins engines were a little tempermental if you didn't have a block heater you were out of luck. We towed a Dexta three miles one day hosing in the ether trying to get ot to start. The "n" we towed it with started right off the bat. Diesel was more expensive then too... I seem to remember that if you got your diesel anywhere but a truck stop that the cost was 10 - 13 cents higher than gas. I might be wrong, I remember being young and good looking too.
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