WH401
Platinum Member
Ah, but I like the smell of a diesel (tractor) on a fall morning.
I bet it smells even better when you have lung cancer and your on oxygen because of it.
Ah, but I like the smell of a diesel (tractor) on a fall morning.
I had access to the homeowners Ford 8n for a few years before I purchased my first tractor (TC 30). The 8n ran great and it did a decent job. It wasn't the best rig for pulling small trees out of the ground or when pulling a rear blade full of gravel. I attempted to pull a 4" tree out of the ground and I had the tractor in low gear with all of the throttle and it stalled. I did the same thing with my TC 30 and it did the job without much effort. I know the gearing of the 8n had a lot to do with it, but the TC 30 seemed to have almost double the power (not comparing 2wd vs FWD).
you are comparing 2 different hp machines to boot, plus antique vs shiney new.... in this case.
Can this be interpreted as saying the newer tractor's may have some advantages???
From some of your prior postings Soundguy this looks terribly much like a flip-flop or is it flop-flip!
Or are you changing your stance?
Could you elucidate on "Peanut Gallery" please?? To the best of my knowledge I have never seen or been in one and am curious?
Not a flip flop.
It's difficult to make an apples to apples comparison of 2 machines that are geared differently and have different hp...
You can compair older and newer tractors on many levels.. but in this discussion of gas vs diesel.. to level the playing field and get accurate comparison.. it would be nice to use at least similar vintage, and similar geared machines.. heck.. the gearing is probably even more important in fuel economy / work than the exact vintage.. etc.
And when compairing work done.. hp comes into play as well as the gearing issue.
Peanut gallery.. oh yeah.. you're in it.... as well are a few other posters here that I have to manually click 'view post' to read em...
soundguy
In God we trust, all others must show data. If a large manufacturer of diesel engines (JD for example) says there is no more than a one percent change between high and low sulfur fuels, then I'd like more than just anecdotal evidence to the contrary. I wish we had the technical data from JD but I'm prepared to believe their engineers over some informal comments from drivers.
In God we trust, all others must show data. If a large manufacturer of diesel engines (JD for example) says there is no more than a one percent change between high and low sulfur fuels, then I'd like more than just anecdotal evidence to the contrary. I wish we had the technical data from JD but I'm prepared to believe their engineers over some informal comments from drivers.