An easier way to refuel your tractor

[Oldpath05]

The wood is only about 25 and also for the first half of the 60 it was under a shed roof.
As far as pumping for that low tank it would take a lot of cans some days to fill that tank it holds 26 gallons,
of course that not bad compared with the farms tractors tanks fortunately those have electric pumps,
would not want to hand pump several hundred gallons to get going in the mornings, :dance1::tractor:

Good point, your tractor could fill mind up 3 times.

 

[Aquamoose]

Somehow I don't think the location of the fill port is likely to be the most important feature when choosing a tractor. Maybe a tie-breaker.

Actually it was quite low on the “must have” list as it was overshadowed by the needs of loader capacity, dealer serviceability, engine reputation, weight, and cost to round out the top five. The standard options of SSQA, folding roll bar, simple emission system, telescoping links, dual rear remotes, tilting steering wheel, and the dealer add-on 3rd function still placed it higher than the fill spout location.

I soon learned to appreciate it after filling a John Deere for a neighbor who’s husband passed away recently. Not fun climbing up there when the cab is in the way.

 

[bruceha2000]

I can certainly imagine a cab would make refueling a "top of the engine bay" port extremely difficult.

 

[DieselBound]

I cut down on my use of curse words when finally getting a tank w/12v pump. My Kioti is easy to refuel, with it's tank down, next to the station steps. It was my Kubota that was miserable to refuel. On my B7800 Kubota put a loader stabilizer bar nearly over top the fuel cap! Using a funnel is almost impossible: I tried various things- sometimes I could rig something up that would hold the funnel, but that was always tenuous.

I have several pieces of equipment that runs diesel, in which case having an on-site tank was a no-brainer. Off-road prices even with sales tax and delivery charges still comes out cheaper than on-road prices: and, I don't have to haul.

 

[Oldpath05]

I wonder how many people use highway diesel fuel in their tractors instead of the cheaper ORF. I started out with HWF 10 years ago but when it hit $4.00/gal, I started to look for ORF. My last barrel refill a week ago was $2.899/gal, much better.

 

[bruceha2000]

I don't know how many stations sell off road but luckily for me, the family owned and run market I frequent is one of them. They don't have untainted gas though, have to go to a different station for the chain saw and trimmer gas.

 

[NPurdy1112]

I wonder how many people use highway diesel fuel in their tractors instead of the cheaper ORF. I started out with HWF 10 years ago but when it hit $4.00/gal, I started to look for ORF. My last barrel refill a week ago was $2.899/gal, much better.

Ive wondered the same. I had heard or maybe read online (here we go! haha), that the highway fuel is better for colder temperatures vs. the off road diesel. Is there any truth to that? I just add a treatment to mine during the winter, and it does not get used as often as someone like you guys up north.



Luckily the station I get the off road diesel is across the street from the other gas station that sells ethanol free gasoline. Makes the trips into town more simple.


And to be on topic, I like that Kioti placed their fuel inlet in a low easy to access position. Most of the time I can rest the 5 gal can on the front tire with the spout in the inlet, then tilt it when it is less heavy.

 

[ericm979]

Off road diesel is supposed to be regular highway diesel with dye and no road tax. But in a store that does not sell much off road diesel, the on road stuff would get rotated faster. If you're in an area that has summer and winter diesel, the off road fuel they sell might be summer fuel for longer into the fall than the on road fuel. Using that you'd be more likely to have summer fuel in your tractor come winter.

 

[DieselBound]

Off-road is the SAME as on-road except for:

1) No road tax (you pay sales tax; and, of course, and delivery charges if you have it delivered);
2) Has red dye added- don't put any in on-road vehicles as you can be fined if caught.

 

[jmc]

Off-road is the SAME as on-road except for:

1) No road tax (you pay sales tax; and, of course, and delivery charges if you have it delivered);
2) Has red dye added- don't put any in on-road vehicles as you can be fined if caught.

It might be a rural legend but I heard that law enforcement has been known to visit farm auctions and check the attendees' fuel filters in the parking area for red residue.