Re: Diesel vs. Gasoline

Posted by Burrhead on October 23, 1999 at 11:38:19 from (12.74.16.112):

In Reply to: Diesel vs. Gasoline posted by John Baxter on October 20, 1999 at 14:11:15:

Through the years I have gone to diesel on everything I own, tractors, pick ups, and bigger trucks because we use them hard everyday. If I owned a car it would be a diesel too.
If you will be using the tractor a great deal I would vote for the diesel.
If you maintain the diesel right it will be considerably more dependable than a gas. Given the fact that both are in the same mechanical condition to start. As far as repairs and parts I think the diesel is easier and more simple to work on than any gas.
The diesel will not cost more to maintain, in fact in the long run the diesel will cost less to maintain than any comparable gas engine, and on parts there will not be enough difference on price to tell a difference.
In the years where we had a choice and farmed with both gas and diesel it soon became evident that the diesel was the way to go. They're easier to maintain, and will keep running and working when they are completely worn out.
The diesel is harder to crank in cold weather, but you can put block and oil heaters on it and it will crank, and it won't drowned out on rainy days. It won't get moody and have good and bad days like gas engines.
The gas engines would drowned out and quit running in the rain, and they would skip and miss on foggy mornings and spit and sputter til they burn out the moisture. Or on the bad side you pulled the mag or distributer cap and dry it out in the house by the heater or in the oven. That always made mama real happy, and you won't be happy with the new smell in the house or new taste of your bisquits and pies.

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