So after I posted this, I got to thinking, the tractor in question
looked a lot earlier than mid 20th century. In fact more like from the
teens or twenties. There were a lot of web sites that postulated that it
and it's type were prediesel designs but both diesel and gasoline
tractors had been around since at least the late 1890's. I'm not sure
if that particular tractor used the dual system, if it didn't it must
have been a bear to start.
On 7/21/2013 12:44 PM, P.J. Alling wrote:
That was actually a mid 20th century development, Kerosine was used as
a lamp oil, for heating, and cooking, so it was available, and it's
price didn't include a road tax in addition to being less expensive to
produce. I believe the tractor had a dual fuel system, it was started
using gasoline, then once it had warmed up sufficiently to keep the
kerosine warm in a preheating chamber so that it could be ignited by a
spark plug the fuel was switched. Economically it's the equvelent of
running a Diesel engine on home heating oil, except the system is
actually designed for it, and it's probably legal.
On 7/21/2013 11:17 AM, Bob Sullivan wrote:
Dave,
The Kerosene tractor caught my eye.
I suppose that was pre-gasoline powered machinery.
It is in contrast to the steam powered farm machinery
in the Racine, WI 4th of July parade.
They had quite a display of old equipment and faded manufacturers.
Regards, Bob S.
On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 10:04 AM, David J Brooks
<[email protected]> wrote:
On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 10:54 AM, Bob Sullivan
<[email protected]> wrote:
Dave,
That's quite a gallery!
Congratulations on assembling it.
I was struck by how much hard work it had to be
to work a farm with a team of horses.
You really had to love the farm.
Beautiful images of important things gone by.
Regards, Bob S.
Thanks Bob. And sorry for the big gallery.
Yes it must have been very hard indeed, but for some one like me, who
thinks technology is moving way to fast, this gives me an afternoon to
"unwind" so to speak. I love seeing all of the older stuff in action.
My Mom always said i should have been born 100 years earlier.
But then i would not be on the PDML, so it work out
Dave
On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 9:09 AM, David J Brooks
<[email protected]> wrote:
http://www.caughtinmotion.com/2013-plow1/album/index.html
There are a lot of photos , around 270. Some of the participants like
to see their photos so i just include them all, for those with some
time on their hands, have a look.
Dave
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