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In Reply to: lp gas tractors posted by swindave on October 21, 2020 at 16:27:21:
Two problems that could be a reason they didn't "catch on". 1. Fueling the tractor: Unless you had a relatively expensive "nurse tank", they always had to come "home" to fuel. With a high horsepower tractor, you could not put in a "big day" because you would run out of fuel. 2. You could not "squeeze" more HP: Unlike a diesel, you cannot "turn up the pump". You can't turbo it. You can't put larger jets in the carb.
There were advantages. Fuel was inexpensive. One could buy a gallon of fuel for $0.10, but it only had about 80% of the BTU's of gasoline. Farm delivered gasoline was selling for around $0.30 per gallon during that time in SD. Oil stayed clean. The '53 LPG SM that my dad had got its oil changed in the spring and fall only. He was farming about 450 acres of row crops with it.
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