Posted by sourgum on March 20, 2021 at 21:22:00 from (107.77.208.236):
Back in 1961 International engineers were researching what might power a tractor of the future. Would it be hydrogen fuel cells or something else. They came up with a prototype tractor with an aircraft gas turbine engine. Only 2 were ever made an now only one is in existence. I think it burned aviation grade kerosene, but not sure on that. The tractor never proved feasible for mass production. This engine ran at speeds of 10 - 30,000 rpm's or more, complicating the gear reduction needed for ground speeds of an ag tractor and it's PTO gear reduction to 540 rpm's also. Not an engineer but think the fuel efficiency of this tractor could not compare to a gasoline tractor of the same horsepower. In that time period gasoline might have been 0.25 per gallon. The dawn of the age of diesel engines in tractors was at this time and they took over the ag market and still reign king today. We are not the first to wonder what a future tractor might look like or what fuel might power it.
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