#2 Heating Oil

[Skypuppy]

FWIW, I ran my own tests, using generators as my test object. A diesel gennie burned about 2 1/2 gallons per hour at load (6.5 kw), gas gennie burned 4.something, while the propane burned more than 7 gph!

 

[Shady oak]

It’s generally all about the BTU’s. Years ago propane farm tractors were available. But if for example you bought a 70 JD LP it would have maybe 8 less HP than the gas version. If you had the rare 70 diesel, that had more power than either the gas or the LP.

Same with running #2, a fuel blend, or #1. The HP, and in the instance of road vehicles the mileage, decreases with the increase in the ratio of the #1 fuel. Noticeably!

 

[LouNY]

Many of the factory Propane tractors had higher compression ratios, usually by piston design to get close to the gas HP.
They were nice running tractors but a bit thirsty and you needed a nurse tank and a thief hose to refill, on a long day at lunch time.

I ran a propane powered Ford F250 with a 390 for many miles. It was a good running pickup with abound a 80 or 90 gallon cross bed tank. With propane under a quarter a gallon it was nice except for the annual fuel tax permit.

 

[WinterDeere]

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