I have one unscientific real world example of how much of a load one gallon of diesel fuel will pull no matter what the vehicle or engine. Wheat harvest again! We had two header trailers that would hold two 40' MacDon headers apiece. We pulled one with a late 80's International day cab semi with a mechanical 350 or 365, I forget, Cummins and a nine speed. The other trailer was pulled with an 04 or 05 Chevy one ton dually with a Duramax. Those headers on the trailers were a wind resistance disaster, they pulled hard though they weren't heavy. Both the truck with the Cummins 350 and the chevy with the Duramax ran neck and neck for ability to pull those trailers, both had their toungues hanging out pretty much full time to sustain 60 MPH IF they could get up to 60 MPH with the pedal to the metal. Both the truck and the pickup got about the same mileage, around 6MPG. I drove both of them for long distances at one time or another. The advantage to the truck was the big fuel tanks. Once a day for fuel for the truck where the pickup was constantly stopping for fuel with that little 30+ gallon fuel tank. The other trucks with bigger engines hauling combines could pull away from us on the long slopes.
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Today's Featured Article - Third Brush Generators - by Chris Pratt. While I love straightening sheet metal, cleaning, and painting old tractors, I use every excuse to avoid working on the on the electrics. I find the whole process sheer mystery. I have picked up and attempted to read every auto and farm electrics book with no improvement in the situation. They all seem to start with a chapter entitled "Theory of Electricity". After a few paragraphs I usually close the book and go back to banging out dents. A good friend and I were recently discussing our tractor electrical systems when he stated "I figure it all comes back to applying Ohms Law". At this point
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