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Re: When did antifreeze become common?
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Posted by RAB on February 14, 2004 at 06:31:05 from (195.93.34.11):
In Reply to: When did antifreeze become common? posted by Alberta Mike on February 14, 2004 at 05:31:38:
Certainly available after the war, but probably only using what was drained out of 'Spits' and the like (as it was used as coolant in them) and so was probably not easily/cheaply available. Probably most farmers didn,t use their tractors much in the winter in those days - I know we didn't in the UK as the farms were set up for manumatic operation. We certainly had antifreeze in the early 50's in our farm van, but I remember the tractors were still drained. There were two types available ethylene glycol and methanol types. The methanol types were probably available more cheaply but, of course, were no good in a non pressurised system, as evaporation losses would be high. The glycol based ones were probably had inferior corrosion properties early on, but I'm only guessing. Hope this helps. Regards, RAB
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