EASY way to keep the tarctor fueled?

LBrown59 · Jan 13, 2007

GATOR445 said:
1*Has anyone looked into A fuel caddy?
2*They are A gas can with wheels and A hand crank pump.

1*Been talked about more than once here.
2*Why not set up a better one yourself for the same or less money that you don't have to pump by hand?

ddivinia · Jan 17, 2007

I went with a 500 gal overhead tank with a gas hose like you see at a gas statin. $750 or so for the complete rig and I have a fuel service deliver ag diesel (red stuff). It is the best thing I have ever done. Looking at my consumption rate - I will use 1 tank a year I think. It can be good for hedging fuel costs also.

D.

slaveToHorses · Jan 17, 2007

JimGnitecki said:
I have a 3720 with cab, and of course the fuel filler is located about 4 feet above ground on the left rear fender.

My 2355 has the fuel cap on top, at the nose of the tractor. It's some 6 feet high. It's a pain to fill with 5g cans. Fortunately it is easy to get the spout in the neck without spilling. My 3720 open station, is another story

mars1952 · Mar 18, 2007

Dusty said:
Does RED diesel weigh more or less than clear diesel?

#2 Fuel weighs more than #1 Fuel and #1Fuel weighs more than Kerosene and I think that Kerosene weighs more than Jet Fuel. The red and blue dye weigh almost nothing.
Are Diesel, HHO, kerosene and JET fuel the same?... Not exactly but close. You can use them interchangeably for some applications but Diesel has some engine additives. The various fuels have different API and CETANE
ratings. A rule of thumb is that the heavier the fuel is the more energy it has.

CETANE:The Cetane Number is a measure of the ignition quality of a diesel fuel. It is often mistaken as a measure of fuel quality. The Cetane number is actually a measure of a fuel's ignition delay. This is the time period between the start of injection and start of combustion (ignition) of the fuel. In a particular diesel engine, higher cetane fuels will have shorter ignition delay periods than lower cetane fuels. Cetane number should not be considered alone when evaluating diesel fuel quality. API gravity, BTU content, distillation range, sulfur content, stability and flash point are also very important. In colder weather, cloud point and low temperature filter plugging point may be critical factors.
Marshall