Longer Afternoon

Allan in NE · Jul 24, 2013

No,

I can't remember the last time I fueled up; must have been 'bout 80 acres ago? :>(

Yes, I should have stopped to repair that fuel gauge.

Only had to walk a mile to end the day tho. :>)

Allan

sd pete · Jul 24, 2013

Keeps the blood flowing. Or the blood pressure up. Been there and done that a few times myself.

Traditional Farmer · Jul 24, 2013

Should have had the cell phone to call the wife to bring some fuel

Dick2 · Jul 24, 2013

The '48 "G" JD that we had would only hold enough fuel for 4 hours of steady work. If you ran 10 minutes longer, it was out of fuel and you walked. Hated that when I was 2-3 miles from home. Those were in the days before we got a fuel tank in the pickup.

Allan in NE · Jul 24, 2013

Naw,

That would have caused her a 60 mile drive.....I'd rather just walk the mile. :>)

Allan

keh · Jul 24, 2013

At least you had flat land to walk on. Piece of cake. I hate running out of fuel in a diesel engine.

KEH

old-9 · Jul 24, 2013

I set a personal record yesterday ran out of has with 3 different tractors in 2 days. only had to walk 200 yards though.

rrlund · Jul 24, 2013

I sent one of the boys up to rake hay one time shortly after he'd had knee surgery. Thought for all the world there was enough gas in that tractor. He ran out in the far corner,far end. He had to hop on one foot all the way up across the field to his car.

Come to think of it,I don't know if he ever raked hay after that.

Larry NEIL · Jul 24, 2013

That's one of those things that'll make ya say...RATZAFRATZEN!

oldtanker · Jul 24, 2013

Allen, if you keep the top half of that fuel tank full the bottom half will never run dry.

Rick

Brokenwrench · Jul 24, 2013

Funny,

I have one of those temperamental fuel gauges.

Left the yard last night with only a few acres to bale and what I was sure was enough fuel. I was wrong. With literally 50ft of windrow left, the tractor started dropping RPM and missing. Shut it down quick and went for my mile long stroll as well.

We could market this as a new workout plan. Cardio for the walk home and weight lifting for dragging and hoisting fuel cans around. BW

Adirondack case guy · Jul 24, 2013

OH SHICK !!!

Erik Ks farmer · Jul 24, 2013

We or so ago I was greasing up and getting ready to bale hay, fuel tank was right there in the back of the pickup with 100 gallon of diesel and I thought, naw I just fueled up yesterday and only baled 80 bales I'll be good for today. The 1135 Massey has one of them works when it wants to gauges and about 150 bales later 1/2 mile from the pickup I got to take one of them instructional strolls.

SDE · Jul 24, 2013

The gas can fits on the left axle of my 400, like it was made to ride there. I only had a gallon in the can and needed to save it for getting me back home. I had to put some in on the way back home. SDE

Dr. Walt · Jul 25, 2013

Larry NEIL:

Oh, you use "that word" too, huh. Congratulations, besides myself you're the third person that I've ever found that uses "that word".

Doc

T in NE · Jul 25, 2013

When I disked with the 1066's I knew I had about a half hour til I was out of fuel when the fuel gauge quit moving. They never showed above 1/8 tank. And I was always the last one to get fuel in the mornings so I always got to walk to the truck to go get more, then get chewed out that I could barely keep ahead of the planter.

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