No sane engineer is going to claim gasoline has more BTUs then diesel, per gallon or by volume. If you go by weight, they are basically equal.
Gas weighs around 6.1 lbs. per gallon and has 114,000 BTUS of energy.
Diesel weighs around 7.1 lbs. per gallon with 130,000 BTUs of energy.
As to Nebraska Tests, there ARE a many gas tractors that beat diesels.
A few poorly rated diesels . .
Case 610 diesel tested at 9.1 HHG. Steiger Panther diesel tested at 9.3 HHG Ford FW30 diesel tested at 9.6 HHG John Deere 1010 diesel tested at 11.9 HHG Farmal 656 Hydro diesel tested at 12.3 HHG
Some better rated gas tractors . . Oliver 1800 gas - 13.1 HHG Allis Chalmers D10 gas - 13 HHG Farmal 706 gas - 12.8 HG Case 841 gas - 12.7 HHG
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