Posted by Hal of Washington on July 30, 2009 at 17:28:23 from (208.81.157.90):
In Reply to: Gas or Diesel? posted by James Howell on July 30, 2009 at 09:53:33:
About the only reasons I could see for choosing the gas tractor over a diesel is that sometimes the diesels I have operated puke out red hot carbon chunks in the exhaust when they are working hard, and if it is dry, that could cause a fire. This actually happened to my Dad and by the time the Fire Department caught the fire, we lost about 10 acres of mixed pasture and woods. And it was not all that dry.
And if both tractors needed to have the engines rebuilt, a gas tractor is usually lots less expensive to rebuild than a diesel, especially if the diesel injection pump needs to be rebuilt at the same time.
But my experience under most conditions is that the diesel tractor will do the same job as a similar gas tractor using lots less fuel. So I usually prefer to use a diesel for most jobs.
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