Posted by oldtanker on February 11, 2019 at 06:20:10 from (66.228.255.59):
In Reply to: How about this posted by David G on February 10, 2019 at 20:11:38:
I think here JD is right. Not enough of them old tractors in day to day operation.
Actually you have 2 issues. One the guys using those old tractors often can't afford newer/better. And 2, lot of the guys using those old tractor already have fuel injection because they are the diesel models.
Most companies, like Bosch do market research before taking a product to market. That's so they can determine how many they can sell. If they can sell just a handful can they sell them for enough to be profitable or will the cost be too high? I don't know but I doubt that they can sell enough EFI kits for tractor conversions to make it profitable. Gotta remember, not only would they have to get it set up for each tractor model they would also have to get it past the EPA. The EPA has shown that they would like to see farming greatly curtailed and that they would like to see all older tractors disappear. So is it worth it?
TF that's where you are both wrong and right. Yea in some areas there are a lot of older tractors still being used. Most of the folks using them can't afford 2-3K, maybe more to convert to EFI. And 2-3 K buys a lot of gas. No not all the gas, just the difference between what the stock system burns and what EFI would burn. And when they run those tractors maybe 100-200 hours a year? Just not cost effective.
As far as them making a gas tractor again new? I really doubt that will happen. Just not enough sales. Plus with current EPA regulations most guys are not going to be able to do much more than change plugs, oil and filters. Like with a modern car you are going to have to be able to pull codes from a computer to troubleshoot and correct faults.
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