Posted by Bob M on September 14, 2020 at 13:19:27 from (172.101.186.71):
In Reply to: gas vs diesel posted by Hoofer B on September 14, 2020 at 08:04:44:
My late father in law farmed right up until the end with gassers - even after most of the neighbors went to diesel. His last tractor purchase (and his final his "big" tractor) was an Oliver 1850 in about 1970.
His reasons for sticking to gas:
1 - He was intimately familiar with gas engines. He was a teenager when his father bought his first tractor (an F20) and retired the team. There was no problem with a gas engine he could not diagnose and fix himself.
2 - Diesel fuel injection systems were mysterious and downright scary to him. Especially when dealers got talking about fuel cleaniness, extremely close tolerances, etc.
3 - He had a 1,500 gallon underground gasoline tank and pump. Switching to diesel would have required a 2nd fuel tank (had to keep gasoline to fuel the farm trucks, combine, etc). It also carried the risk of a hired person putting the wrong fuel into a machine.
4 - Tales of neighbors' inability to start their diesels in extreme cold scared him. Especially since his well-maintained gassers would always started, even down to -20 temps when even his car wouldn't.
For him the extra cost for the diesel option on a new tractor simply was not worth the added expense and perceived headaches. And in his mind it did not didn't overcome the diesel's fuel economy advantage.
Incidentally my son now has the old 1850. He uses it sparingly on account of it's thirst for gas. But it's still his "go to" tractor for snowplowing.
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