The conversion to diesel powered farm tractors came on pretty slow around my neck of the woods. First one I remember was about 1949(?) and was a Farmall MD. Farms around here were just about 100% dairy with stanchion barns being the standard. Manure was hauled out and spread onto the fields each day until the snow got too deep to do that and then was piled up to wait for springtime. The Farmall M was a pretty good tractor in snow and the fellow with the brand new MD was able to get his manure out each day through the winter. About a half hour of use each day. Spring came and he couldn't get it to turn over with the starter so they belted it to another tractor and smoked the belt. Dealer came out and hauled it into town and they had to tear the engine down to clean out all of the carbon that had built up. That story spread around quickly and most farmers wanted no part of diesels. In fact, there was debate about whether LP tractor engines would be the engine of choice because of the clean burn. There was even talk of gas turbine powered tractors. Until finally, the farms became larger and larger as did the tractors and fuel prices went sky high and the rest is history.
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