Re: Would a 706 GAS be hard to keep fed?

Posted by the tractor vet on October 26, 2008 at 07:16:32 from (76.212.239.237):

In Reply to: Would a 706 GAS be hard to keep fed? posted by charles todd on October 25, 2008 at 21:28:19:

Well i don't know why everybody thinks that a 706 gasser is so hard on gas. I have owned many more of them then anybody on here i know every nut and bolt in that tractor i know all the squeaks and giggles of it . Yes it will burn around 5 gallon and hour pulling 4x16's at 8-10 inches deep , It will mow around 40 acres of hay pulling a 9 foot haybine up and down our hills over here in 4th low on a tank of fuel . Tractors are not V W's crusen down the interstate . Just how much gas will your pickup burn in say 10 hours of running pulling a trailer ??? Take and old Farmall M out and stick a set of 3x16's behind it and see how long twenty gallon of gas lasts and see how much ya get done with it in a day. When a 706 gasser is tuned correctly running the correct gas they are no harder on fuel then a lot of other diesel tractors out there . If you are new to this type of thing and are not the best wrench out there then a diesel is really not the tractor for you . Just read a lot of the posts on here with guys having problems with there diesels when they get a pluged fuel system or run them out of fuel and can not get the air out of them . If you are just getting in to hobby farming and just playen on the weekends then a gasser will do all that you want . Yes to keep a gasser running correctly they require some work they are no different the the cars and pick ups of that time . THey do not have just jump in and dive and forget computers and Electronic fuel injection they have the old fashioned plugs and points and a old fashioned carb., along with solid lifters that need adjusting form time to time . Better then half the problems people have is the lack of maintenance . It is not a matter of i am going to tune my tractor up and throw a set of plugs and points in . to keep it running like it should whenthis is done then ya check and reset the ing. timing and along with that ya need to run the valves . At the same time ya should check clutch free play and do all the adjustments on the T/A . If ya want a tractor that uses vary little fuel then get a David Brown or a Fiat or go back to a Farmall MD thru a 450 D, John Deere two lunger Diesel

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• Re: Would a 706 GAS be hard to keep fed? Hugh MacKay 12:15:58 10/26/08 (0)

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