Posted by big jt on January 31, 2010 at 13:56:49 from (122.161.94.225):
In Reply to: basic on lp tractors posted by Rich Iowa on January 31, 2010 at 12:29:00:
I know this has been covered before but sometimes the search engine here makes looking tough. Good subject to cover again anyway.
Will attempt to answer your queries in the order asked.
Lore always used to say you started them on vapor and once warmed up switched to liquid. Some manuals say to run on liquid unless you are having problems. I think the vapor option was truly for Butane which we don't see up here in Iowa. Guys used to tell about southern belles coming into a local dealership and would either frost the tanks or wouldn't run at all. Had butane in them and it boils at something between 0 and freezing (not sure as to the number). In my experience I just run on liquid. Even my Cockshutt factory LP didn't even come with a vapor valve on the tank. And here I go out of order. I can start that Cockshutt on liquid on days around 10 degrees here in Iowa.
As for refueling without a big tank you are pretty much SOL in todays world. Used to be able to fill off 20# cylinders but there is a tipover-safety aspect to the new OPD valves that are required on those so no way to get liquid out of them. You do have two options though. There are small tanks out there in the 100 to 150 GALLON (not pounds) range. If you can pickup a old converted anhydrous applicator tank that would be ideal. Nother option is if you only need to fill once or twice a year make good friends with your local supplier and have him catch you on his way past when needed.
As to filling if you do it yourself. If you live near town you need to go pretty much whole hog. That means the tank with liquid withdrawal, pump hose's etc. I think I did price a new Krug hand pump a few years back and the pump alone was up in the $750 range, Not sure as memory sometimes fades. If you are out in the boonies like I am you can do what I used to do before I bought my hand pump. Run a liquid line from the source tank and then vent off the vapor. This isn't recommended and can be pretty dangerous so I am NOT recommending this method. It isn't a bad idea to put together a hose to run from a 20#er to your tractor tank. Makes it easy to get your horse back to the fill point when you run out of gas, But dang spendy way to run a tractor. If you put one of these together and they start asking what you want to do tell them, the same line can be used to steal Anhydrous for Meth production, also makes it prudent to keep that hose under lock and key.
One more thing about running your new rig. If it has Ensign carburation there is no half choke, Those systems sorta had a separate carb for starting. If it has Century I think most of those have a Primer button, Deere did some goofy things with Century though and Deere and Cockshutt are the only ones that I have run across that used Century.
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