Posted by Bob Bancroft on January 26, 2021 at 01:31:05 from (97.72.104.166):
SV's new elevated tank got me to thinking. I recall a derelict wooden structure way out back next to the "tool shed". From what I gathered it supported a fuel tank. I know there would have been gas there. I don't know about kerosene. From what little I gleaned, I believe there was some kerosene burned, and maybe they were happy to be rid of it! As I understand it, the first tractor was a Waterloo Boy. The next one would have been a JD D. Both would have been before electricity, which was never run way out to the tool shed anyhow. The D was introduced the year my father was born, so it may have pre-dated him as well.
As far back as I can recall, gas was in an underground tank next to the garage[within sight of the house]with an electric pump. Which I find interesting, as nothing held much more than 15 gallons, until the JD 2510 came along in 1966.[I hand crank fuel into anything holding 35 gallons or less] Diesel power didn't come to the farm until about 1970.
There were no propane powered tractors anywhere around here. I assume fuel preferences were a regional thing, based on price/availability and climate.
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