Diesel Tractor Question

I have a question for all the Diesel tractor experts out there.

Are there any tractors (new or used) designed around the original concept of the Diesel engine being able to burn just about *any* fuel?

In 1900 Dr. Diesel demonstrated his engine running on peanut oil, without needing any modification. It was designed to handle heavy fuels.

This ability would offer the small scale farmer the ability to "grow" his on fuel.

Many thanks.

Minnesota passed a law that will phase in biodiesel as soon as a few conditions are met (refining capacity for soy-oil, etc.) with a 2% blend, soon to go to 5%. A lot of farmers are already ordering it here in MN, from their coops. There is some question about Jelling in a cold winter, but otherwise it works fine. Soybean promoters (if you sell soybeans, you've paid a promotion fee to them) have done millions of miles on soy oil - both blends & straight. It will be as common as ethanol in a few years - 99% of the pimps in Minnesota are a blen of gas & ethanol now.

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Back in the 'good ol' days', there were several, among them Lanz of Germany, who boasted that their engines would run on crude oil. However, most were heavy, slow-revving single-cylinder engines and many required some form of external pre-heating, as in with a blow-torch or similar, to get them running.

In their earlier days, even Caterpillar engines were designed to run on lower-grade fuels such as #2 burner oil or similar. Unfortunately, technology has progressed along lines more or less dictated by the major oil companies, for their benefit rather than the consumer's.

Hope this helps.

You have a wonderful day. Best wishes. Deas Plant.

A lot of oil companies don't even sell #2 oil any more and substitute # 2 dyed diesel for home heating use.

#2 burner oil in the summer will work fine in a diesel tractor but might gel in the winter.

Your probably thinking about #6 fuel oil or what I call bunker oil. That is real thick approaching crude oil.

In England their is a run on vegtable oil for use in cars. Not sure what the long term effects are but seems to work fine as a blend if you like the french fry smell.