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Re: Haul or drive?
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Posted by Nat 2 on July 21, 2006 at 22:04:39 from (64.80.108.52):
In Reply to: Haul or drive? posted by BOBM25 on July 21, 2006 at 10:32:05:
One thing you might want to consider is fuel. Truck/road diesel is not the same as tractor diesel, and you'll probably only be able to get road diesel at 99.9% of the stations you pass along the way. Now this is only nasty rumor at this point, but I have heard that running tractor diesel in a road vehicle will tear up the injector pump and injectors. The same may be true for running road diesel in a tractor. Unless you bring your own supply of fuel, you may well spend well more than $1200 on fixing your new tractor after you've had it trucked to the local mechanic instead of to your homestead.
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