Posted by blue_tractor_man on December 05, 2017 at 11:38:30 from (70.215.138.145):
In Reply to: Gas vs Diesel posted by Oliver 500 Wa on December 04, 2017 at 23:53:35:
Commercial mowers use a lot of gas and propane engines for less than 50 HP. Gas engines are lighter which is good for mowers, a minus for a tractor. Modern gas engines have electronic ignition, computer controlled timing, fuel injection, a higher compression ration than in years past. Gasoline around here is 20-30 cents cheaper than diesel. I think we will see a return of gas engines under 100 HP. According to the Nebraska Tractor Tests, a gas engine was almost as fuel efficient at full load, but lost the race at less than full load. Unless you are doing maxed out tillage, most tractors run WAY less than full load. Diesels use fuel proportional to load, gas engines not so much. If gas engines come back in small tractors they will run at twice the RPM as the diesel. They will be quieter, cleaner, and cheaper to operate because of fuel cost and repairs. I run a small business with about 30 one ton trucks. All of this emissions garbage had caused me to buy my last diesel. When they break down, and they do because of the complexity, it is expensive and difficult to get them repaired.
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