Re: Diesel vs. gas, pro's and con's?

Posted by Bill Smith on May 18, 2003 at 20:43:30 from (63.147.130.37):

In Reply to: Diesel vs. gas, pro's and con's? posted by Lynn Schrum on May 18, 2003 at 19:12:34:

Depends alot on what you are doing, and how big of tractor you are talking about. If you are doing light work with a smaller tractor, say under 40 or 50 horse, I would stay with a gas. If you are looking at heavier work, and larger than 40 or 50 horse, I would go with a diesel. If you get a diesel, you will want to get a fuel barrel to keep diesel fuel in. Most on farm fuel suppliers will deliver winter fuel. Just fill your barrel up with winter fuel in the fall, and fill it up with regular fuel in the spring. You can get a block heater that plugs into 110 if it happens to be a hard starter when it is cold. You can also use eather. Diesels are probably a little harder to work on if you are planning on doing the mechanical work yourself. Diesels are more fuel efficient. You better not get to far away from the gas barrel if you got a gas burner. Its a dime one way and a dime the other. I think it really boils down to what you are doing and how big of tractor more so than anything else. Always get a tractor a little bit bigger than what you need. But no sense in getting to carried away. Just my two cents worth, I would stay with gas unless you jump over the 40 to 50 horse range.

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