Is it time for a gasoline engine tractor?

   / Is it time for a gasoline engine tractor? #101  
   / Is it time for a gasoline engine tractor? #102  
I doubt that. Gasoline engines have a lot of technology under the hood these days. EFI has a lot of stuff going on.
Todays gas compared to todays tier iv diesel and I don't care how they chose to get the diesel to meet tier iv, gas has less going on, hands down.
 
   / Is it time for a gasoline engine tractor? #104  
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In the grand scheme of things having to refuel every 5-1/2 hrs instead of every 7hrs is not that big of a deal. ...

In the grand scheme of things, that's about a 21.5% increase in your fuel budget, which is HUGE for a farmer.
 
   / Is it time for a gasoline engine tractor? #105  
Kerosene (No. 1 Fuel oil) 134,000BTU/gallon
Burner fuel oil (No. 2 oil) 140,000BTU/gallon

http://www.human.cornell.edu/dea/outreach/upload/CompareHeatFuels.pdf

Or

Grade Heating Value
(Btu/US gal) Comments
Fuel Oil No. 1 132900 - 137000 Small Space Heaters
Fuel Oil No. 2 137000 - 141800 Residential Heating
Fuel Oil No. 4 143100 - 148100 Industrial Burners
Fuel Oil No. 5 (Light) 146800 - 150000 Preheating in General Required
Fuel Oil No.5 (Heavy) 149400 - 152000 Heating Required
Fuel Oil No. 6 151300 - 155900 Bunker C

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   / Is it time for a gasoline engine tractor? #106  
Kerosene (No. 1 Fuel oil) 134,000BTU/gallon
Burner fuel oil (No. 2 oil) 140,000BTU/gallon

http://www.human.cornell.edu/dea/outreach/upload/CompareHeatFuels.pdf

Or

Grade Heating Value
(Btu/US gal) Comments
Fuel Oil No. 1 132900 - 137000 Small Space Heaters
Fuel Oil No. 2 137000 - 141800 Residential Heating
Fuel Oil No. 4 143100 - 148100 Industrial Burners
Fuel Oil No. 5 (Light) 146800 - 150000 Preheating in General Required
Fuel Oil No.5 (Heavy) 149400 - 152000 Heating Required
Fuel Oil No. 6 151300 - 155900 Bunker C

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113% #2 diesel is 129500 btu and gasoline 114000btu.

With the price of diesel being 20-30% more expensive than gasoline the past 9-10 years. The 113% more btu in diesel still makes diesel cost more per btu of energy.

Gasoline gallon equivalent - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Gasoline gallon equivalent tables[edit]
GGE calculated for gasoline in US gallons at 114000 BTU per gallon,
or 7594 kilocalories per litre[2]
Fuel: liquid, US gallons GGE GGE % BTU/gal kWh/gal HP-hr/gal kcal/litre
Gasoline (base)[3] 1.0000 100.00% 114,000 33.41 44.79 7594.0
Gasoline (conventional, summer)[3] 0.9960 100.40% 114,500 33.56 44.99 7624.5
Gasoline (conventional, winter)[3] 1.0130 98.72% 112,500 32.97 44.20 7496.5
Gasoline (reformulated gasoline, E10 - ethanol)[3] 1.0190 98.14% 111,836 32.78 43.94 7452.4
Gasoline (reformulated gasoline, ETBE)[3] 1.0190 98.14% 111,811 32.77 43.93 7452.4
Gasoline (reformulated gasoline, MTBE)[3] 1.0200 98.04% 111,745 32.75 43.90 7445.1
Gasoline (10% MTBE)[4] 1.0200 98.04% 112,000 32.83 44.00 7445.1
Gasoline (regular unleaded)[5] 1.0000 100.00% 114,100 33.44 44.83 7594.0
Diesel #2[5] 0.8800 113.64% 129,500 37.95 50.87 8629.8
Biodiesel (B100)[5] 0.9600 104.17% 118,300 34.80 46.65 8629.5
Bio Diesel (B20)[5] 0.9000 111.11% 127,250 37.12 49.76 8437.7
Liquid natural gas (LNG)[5] 1.5362 65.10% 75,000 21.75 29.16 4943.3
Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Propane / Autogas) (LPG)[5] 1.2470 80.19% 91,500 26.82 35.95 6089.84
Methanol fuel (M100)[5] 2.0100 49.75% 56,800 16.62 22.28 3778.1
Ethanol fuel (E100)[5] 1.5000 66.67% 76,100 22.27 29.85 5062.7
Ethanol (E85)[5] 1.3900 71.94% 81,800 24.04 32.23 5463.3
Jet fuel (naphtha)[6] 0.9700 103.09% 118,700 34.44 46.17 7828.9
Jet fuel (kerosene)[6] 0.9000 111.11% 128,100 37.12 49.76 8437.7
Nitromethane fuel ~2.3 41.23% 47,000
GGE calculated on non-liquid fuels
Fuel: non-liquid GGE GGE % BTU/unit kWh/unit
Gasoline (base)[3][7] 1.0000 100.00% 114,000 BTU/gal 33.41
Compressed natural gas (CNG)[8] 126.67 cu ft (3.587 m3) 20,268 BTU/lb
Hydrogen at 101.325 kPa 357.37 cu ft 319 BTU/cu ft[9]
Hydrogen by weight 0.997 kg (2.198 lb)[10] 119.9 MJ/kg (51,500 BTU/lb)[11]
Electricity 33.40 kilowatt-hours 3,413 BTU/(kW·h) [12][13] 33.40
 
   / Is it time for a gasoline engine tractor? #107  
In the grand scheme of things, that's about a 21.5% increase in your fuel budget, which is HUGE for a farmer.

With the price of diesel being 20-30% more expensive than gasoline the past 9-10 years. The 113% more btu in diesel still makes diesel cost more per btu of energy.
btw the conversation was about a hobby farmer's or estate owners under 50HP CUT and such, not Mr Big Time Operator with a couple of 400HP tractors and thousands of acres.
 
   / Is it time for a gasoline engine tractor? #108  
"Farm" #2 diesel here, is and has been around 50 cents a gallon cheaper here than the cheapest gas...sometimes it's even more than 50 cents a gallon cheaper...

SR
 
   / Is it time for a gasoline engine tractor? #109  
"Farm" #2 diesel here, is and has been around 50 cents a gallon cheaper here than the cheapest gas...sometimes it's even more than 50 cents a gallon cheaper...

SR

Have you priced AG gasoline?
 
   / Is it time for a gasoline engine tractor? #110  
"Farm" #2 diesel here, is and has been around 50 cents a gallon cheaper here than the cheapest gas...sometimes it's even more than 50 cents a gallon cheaper...

SR

How many hobby farmers and rural estate owners can obtain the bulk high volume discount for farm fuel? Most pickup a couple of five gallon jugs from the gas station when in town.
Once again we are not talking about Big Time Operators, marine propulsion , irrigation pumps or electrical utility power generation. It's about under 50HP CUT.
 

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