Tractor Talk Discussion Board |
Re: Question from my 78 year old Dad
[ View Follow Ups ] [ Post Followup ] [ Return to Forum ]
Posted by John Ne. on December 07, 2002 at 08:36:23 from (209.74.225.227):
In Reply to: Question from my 78 year old Dad posted by Jim on December 07, 2002 at 07:31:49:
I've seen a picture in WWII era Popular Mechanics magazine, the picture was titled This car runs on Turnips. In England, it was a large boiler affair that bolted onto the rear of the body, was fired by wood, believe the engine burned the methane? coming off the boiling vegetables. If I remember the article correctly, one had to get out about every 3-5 miles and reload the boiler and put in more wood. Haven't seen a picture of a unit for a tractor though. John
Follow Ups:
Home
| Forums
Today's Featured Article -
What Oil Should I Use? - by Francis Robinson. I keep seein this question pop up over and over again in discussion groups all over the web. As with many things there are often several right answers and a few wrong ones. Some purist I'm sure will disagree to no end with what I will tell you but most of us out here in the real world don't really care do we ? Some of them only bring their noses down out of the air long enough to look down them anyway. If you are like me you are only doing this old tractor stuff because you enjoy it. You
... [Read Article]
Latest Ad:
1964 I-H 140 tractor with cultivators and sidedresser. Starts and runs good. Asking 2650. CALL RON AT 502-319-1952
[More Ads]
Copyright © 1997-2025 Yesterday's Tractor Co. All Rights Reserved. Reproduction of any part of this website, including design and content, without written permission is strictly prohibited. Trade Marks and Trade Names contained and used in this Website are those of others, and are used in this Website in a descriptive sense to refer to the products of others. Use of this Web site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy TRADEMARK DISCLAIMER: Tradenames and Trademarks referred to within Yesterday's Tractor Co. products and within the Yesterday's Tractor Co. websites are the property of their respective trademark holders. None of these trademark holders are affiliated with Yesterday's Tractor Co., our products, or our website nor are we sponsored by them. John Deere and its logos are the registered trademarks of the John Deere Corporation. Agco, Agco Allis, White, Massey Ferguson and their logos are the registered trademarks of AGCO Corporation. Case, Case-IH, Farmall, International Harvester, New Holland and their logos are registered trademarks of CNH Global N.V. Yesterday's Tractors - Antique Tractor HeadquartersWebsite Accessibility Policy |
|