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Posted by Jon H on March 08, 2005 at 16:33:22 from (69.26.16.148):
In Reply to: lp tractors posted by propane on March 08, 2005 at 15:49:59:
You will need a nurse tank with a liquid withdrawl valve installed along with the hose,valve and tank fitting to fit the tractor tank. To be absolutly safe and legal you should have a liquid or vapor propane pump to fill the tractor tank. A low cost way to fill that tractor tank is to simply vent vapor from the tractor tank into the air which will lower the temperature and pressure in the tractor tank allowing higher pressure fuel from the nurse tank to fill the tractor tank. Doing this opens the chance of a propane vapor fire or explosion,and as far as I know is not legal to do. It works,but be warned. A tractor that uses 5 GPH at a given load on gasoline will use 6-7 gal of propane doing the same load because of propane having a lower btu content compared to gasoline. You cannot use natural gas in place of liquid propane because propane will liquify at normal temperture and aprox 200 psi pressure,while natural gas needs to be cooled and maintained at 100 degrees below zero F and several thousand psi to liquify .
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