larry@stinescorner
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1952 My grandfather bought a new MM U tractor on Butane/Propane. No body had ever seen one in our part of the country and not a MM within in 100 miles so the farm had a lot of visitors. He always liked to take the fill hose and show folks how it would freeze a tree limb there by the fill tank. The way I remember it you put the hose on opened about two little petcocks and when vapor came out the top one it was full. Lots of fear of running it out in the field and no way to fill it so most times when doing work it came to the house at dinner and got refilled.
Merton
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- Washington NC
I once owned a 730 l.p. good tractor
learned a lot about l.p. engines with
that one.
learned a lot about l.p. engines with
that one.
redih55
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- Carpenter, WY
When I was a kid growing up in eastern Nebraska, dad had a 450LP that was the main tractor. Did all the tillage work, cultivating and corn picking with that tractor. Was a good tractor, except for when it came time to fuel it up after running all morning or afternoon. It would not fuel up until it had cooled down awhile.
Traditional Farmer
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- Virginia
I had a MM GVI for awhile that ran off propane pretty decent old tractor.
I started farming with a M-M UTU Propane in the early 60 s. With in a few months I added another U T U
propane. I had at least two propane M -M tractors on the place all the time until I got out of farming
Propane was about .08 cents per gallon when I had my first UTU.
I have the following M -M propane tractors in my collection now.
A 1953 UTS; a 1950 UTU, and a 1958 5 star standard western. No 3 pt. or PS.
propane. I had at least two propane M -M tractors on the place all the time until I got out of farming
Propane was about .08 cents per gallon when I had my first UTU.
I have the following M -M propane tractors in my collection now.
A 1953 UTS; a 1950 UTU, and a 1958 5 star standard western. No 3 pt. or PS.
Dad bought a new 4020 LP in 1966. It was the first and only LP tractor sold
at the local dealership, for $6,000, if I remember correctly. He then
bought a 1956 IH 400 that had been converted to LP on a 1969 farm auction
for $900, as no one wanted the LP tractor. I bought it on his retirement
sale in 2002 for $3,000, I wanted it and so did some machinery jockey guy.
The 4020 was our big tractor and the 400 was used for everything else, Stan-
hoist loader with hydraulic bucket, pulled a 456 IH planter with field
cultivator attachment, 2MH mounted corn picker. The tach had a couple
thousand hours on it when Dad bought it and the farmer he bought it from
said that if it didn't pull 60 horse on the dyno, bring it back. We kept
it. The tach broke about a year later, Dad replaced it and then that one
broke when it had about the same hours on it. He never did replace it and
we don't know just how many hours are on it, but it is a lot. Pull the
dipstick and the oil looks just like the day you put in there.
I plan to freshen it up as soon as I quite moving snow with it.
at the local dealership, for $6,000, if I remember correctly. He then
bought a 1956 IH 400 that had been converted to LP on a 1969 farm auction
for $900, as no one wanted the LP tractor. I bought it on his retirement
sale in 2002 for $3,000, I wanted it and so did some machinery jockey guy.
The 4020 was our big tractor and the 400 was used for everything else, Stan-
hoist loader with hydraulic bucket, pulled a 456 IH planter with field
cultivator attachment, 2MH mounted corn picker. The tach had a couple
thousand hours on it when Dad bought it and the farmer he bought it from
said that if it didn't pull 60 horse on the dyno, bring it back. We kept
it. The tach broke about a year later, Dad replaced it and then that one
broke when it had about the same hours on it. He never did replace it and
we don't know just how many hours are on it, but it is a lot. Pull the
dipstick and the oil looks just like the day you put in there.
I plan to freshen it up as soon as I quite moving snow with it.
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