G1000 LP vices diesel OK MM boys witch one????????

Anonymous-0 · Oct 3, 2013

Ok looking in to baying a g1000 have been around mm for tractor pulling for years and love them for that but have started farming and need a few big'er tractors. The question is what to get lp or diesel I do not want gas. Here is what bore this question lp is half the money than diesel and I have other lp so filling not a problem but the diesel should be more fuel cost effective. So where is the happy medium there cheaper fuel that burs more or expensive that burs less??? Thanks for the help!!!!!

Anonymous-0 · Oct 3, 2013

Also would trade a 5 star Pulling tractor far a g1000 if it was nice i'm leaning towards lp also G900 would be OK also.

Kevin Moschenrose · Oct 3, 2013

Another aspect maybe cost of repairs in the event of a break down and maintenance as well. I.E. fuel pump and injectors and more fuel filters on a diesel.vs lp. You know oil stays cleaner longer on lp and cold vs warm weather starting. They all have pro's and con's.

oleclint · Oct 3, 2013

I would go with the LP. lots less upkeep and less $$ to repair or overhaul. Keep good battries & Ign. in it and it will start good in cold weather. Maybe a 'sniff' of ether. I have had M-M LP s for 30+ yrs , really have had very good luck with then. Have 3 in our collection now. Owned two 706 Diesels , they were ok , but I prefer the LP. If I was needing a bigger tractor ,I would NOT get a G1000, I d get a G900 , a better power train/ rear end . Put on the big blocks and go with it . Done that yrs ago , no rear end trouble !. clint

G706 · Oct 4, 2013

According to the Nebraska test an LP G1000 burns 11.58 gal/hr at maximun pull (96 drawbar hp) and a diesel G1000 Vista burns 8.33. At 75% (80 hp) it's 10.25/hr for LP and 7.78 for diesel. Here in Oregon propane is more than 75% of diesel cost so it would be more expensive to run LP. If LP is really half of the diesel price then you come out ahead with LP.

Heath72 · Oct 4, 2013

Don't take this as bashing MM's, because I have been a MM guy for 30+ years. The G1000 would be the last MM tractor that I would want to use for work. Almost every G1000 that I have known of has had rear end(ring and pinion) failures at some point, and the thing is new ring and pinion sets are nearly impossible to come by these days.

Even the MM engineers at the time they were building them knew the design was not ready for production, but the company pushed them out the door anyway. MM did replace the bad ring and pinions early on. Some people I think are under the impression that the ones that were replaced are OK and will last forever, but many of the replacements later fail as well.

Anonymous-0 · Oct 4, 2013

We have a GV1 lp and a M5 diesel , the lp starts much easier than the diesel but I never really calculated the operating fuel cost.

Alan K · Oct 9, 2013

I had always heard about the ring and pinions in those. What actually happened with them when they failed? I had talked to a guy at a farm sale a few years ago. He said he had a G1000 and was out plowing and he quit moving forward. When he took the tractor apart he found all of the bolts that held the ring on were sheared off. Must be all that power up front.

VicS · Oct 11, 2013

I was a Moline Mechanic back in the day. I have put at least a dozen ring and pinion's in G1000's. We thought at the time it was the spider gear shafts and the spider gears them selves. They at first were the same as U's and 705's etc. They went through 3 or 4 changes. Plowing in the furrow was the hardest on them. People who ran duals and chiseled seemed to have less problems. Vic

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