Re: 706 806 gas vs diesel- cheap horsepower?

Posted by Thack on November 22, 2006 at 19:46:34 from (74.92.189.220):

In Reply to: 706 806 gas vs diesel- cheap horsepower? posted by gdorsey on November 22, 2006 at 16:21:27:

I bought a 706g about a month ago and have a 706d to compair too so;

Fuel use; I have pulled wagon, disk, chores and such and the higher cost of diesel evens things out but...I have not put a plow on yet, that might be different.

Power; the D will lug on, the gasser likes to get mad about it, hence the plow disclaimer, but I can"t say for sure yet. But is the power there, yep!

Cheaper to fix yes but the D will go about twice the hours (at least) before overhaul so you could say the gas is just spreading it out. I can"t complain about the 263 but I have no experience with the other.

Price; For a gas that need nothing, not talking about a muffler, front tires or a tear in the seat, but I am talking rear tires, T/A etc, $3,500-$4,500. Diesels seem to bring 2-3k more.

Weight is probably 11,000lbs.

I like mine and I am glad I bought it, it does equal amonts of different work and fits my need fine. If you will be doing mostly tillage go diesel. Another thing, it is an outdoor dog and needs space, if a guy had just a couple acres and used it a lot around the house in the country, the yard at the house in the country would look like a armored school training site.

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