Posted by kendak on September 23, 2009 at 17:37:48 from (96.18.118.40):
In Reply to: propane tractors? posted by ryanwheelock on September 23, 2009 at 05:52:35:
I've run LP tractors since the early 60's & the reason they were popular in the south was that propane is a byproduct of cracking crude to get reg. gas & diesel products & back then LP was sold for .04 cents a gallon..when I was in HS [1960]everything on our farm ran on it including the MF lawn mower...all our cars & trucks had tanks in the trunk & we would inject it into the diesel tractors we had for a little extra HP...at that time Butane was mixed with Propane so it wouldn't freeze up in the winter...my brothers & I have several LP tractors now & they can be filled with a BBQ grill tank by turning it upside down although it is a very slow operation it will get you back to the nurse tank...I have won much beer money by betting with my intown friends that I could carry LP in a plastic 5 gal bucket...when we were harvesting in the cold we would use the liquid line to fill a metal grease bucket & light it up nice heat no smoke & 5 gal would burn about an hour enough time to get ready for the field & it smells so gooood coming from a LP tractor under load...take care ...Kent from Miss.
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