Posted by The tractor vet on September 14, 2020 at 13:58:32 from (104.179.81.68):
In Reply to: gas vs diesel posted by Hoofer B on September 14, 2020 at 08:04:44:
Well back when they were NEW FARM GAS was ONLY a couple cents more per gallon . THey would start easy on cold days , Ease of taking care of them , they cost less to buy . First diesels to show up at my uncles was in 59 for the first one and the second one came in the spring of 60 , the 560 was first then the 460 . My first was a gas M then a 450 Diesel then a 460 gas ( hated that tractor ) then it was a late model 706 gasser and farmed with it for a long time , even my combine was gas . A lot of my friends had gassers till they once again changed the gas and this has caused engine failures to the point there is no sense in throwing good money after bad . While we could get the gas to run them on they were great and one could buy two gassers for the price of one diesel and sometimes three or four . Many times i would buy four or more 706 gassers for under a grand a piece . Sometimes they may need a new T/A and clutch along with the charging system fixed and ya had a good mid sized chore tractor that would go in all weather conditions . Sold a bunch of them to guys that ran small dairy farms . They needed something that would fire up and grind feed in the winter or haul manure twice a day . In the spring they would pull a six row planter mow hay run a baler or pull heavy wagons . We would go thru around 300-400 gallon a year .Now today we run and 806 Diesel for the same work load and we burn 300-400 gallon a year and OH gee most times we can get gas for less if we could get the gas to run them on .
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