The main value of a propane engine in a 1957 Ford tractor, according to the local Ford tractor dealer, was longevity of the engine, or, put another way, much longer intervals between overhauls. I don't know of one propane tractor within a 30 mile radius at that time. I don't know if the dealer had even sold any. I can remember seeing one used Allis Chalmers advertised in the Wisconsin State Farmer that was propaned equipped. I was interested enough in it to place a call to a local fuel dealership that sold a lot of ag fuel. The dealer advised against buying one for various reasons and I dropped the whole idea. Never saw one operating. Gasoline back then (1957) was about .17c per gallon delivered to the farm. Shortly thereafter, in the 60s, diesels pretty much began to dominate the market until, finally, they dominated completely.
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Today's Featured Article - Self-Starting Tractor - McCormick 10-20 - by Francis J. Robinson. I remember it very clearly even though it was almost 50 years ago and I was only about seven years old. My Dad had purchased a new Ford-Ferguson tractor and basic set of implements when he started farming just about the beginning of W.W.II. It was considered a pretty nice outfit for their 70 acre central Indiana grain and livestock farm. Dad spent several years during the war testing aircraft engines at Allison Engineering in Indianapolis working seven days a week on a twelve hour night sh
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