Re: LP fuled tractors

Posted by greenbeanman in Kansas on February 27, 2005 at 06:50:01 from (4.244.105.165):

In Reply to: LP fuled tractors posted by jra on February 26, 2005 at 22:31:25:

LPG, i.e. propane is a by-product so it USED to be cheap. My dad bought a new Minneapolis Moline G705 in the mid 1960s. We have put many a gallon through it that cost only 3¢ and 4¢. I've never yet heard of any diesel selling for that low of a price. The majority of fuel we purchased around 10¢.

The last LPG I purchased was 92¢. What is the current price of farm diesel?

Longevity of the engines as others pointed out is another factor when considering a tractor purchase. LPG engine oil will be cleaner after 100 hours of use than a diesel engine will show after 10 hours. You still change it however when it is time.

Many farmers are afraid to tackle injectors and pumps and must hire work done on them. Tune-ups of points, plugs, rotor, condenser, cap, and wires are done more often, but farmer done is still cheaper than what you lay out for a pro on the other.

That old MM G705 had a slow turning, long stroke engine with a large diamer exhaust. Man was that a sweet sounding engine at idle. I think you could count each cylinder firing. There is nothing like it.

By the time diesel and LPG got so close in price in the 1970s I was farming on my own. I purchased a Case 1070 diesel. There can be no doubt that the 108 hp diesel could work circles around the 101 hp LPG tractor, and do so more cheaply per acre.

For winter duty an LPG tractor will typically start easier than a high compression diesel, and you don't need to worry about fuel turning into a gel. HOWEVER, for raw field horsepower---let me have a diesel.

Oh yeah, for smell of fuels--well I'd rather smell LPG any day. I find diesel far more offensive even though I doubt the majority would.

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• Re: LP fuled tractors txblu 04:29:10 02/28/05 (1)
  • Re: LP fuled tractors greenbeanman in Kansas 06:43:28 02/28/05 (0)

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