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Randy as in Ran

06-05-2006 18:46:02




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Hi all , There's alway's a lot of mention of " distillate " burning tractors but what exactly was distillate ? My " bleeds red " neighbor thought it was just a form of diesel and I think it was what my grandad soaked my feet in after I stepped on nails or stubbed my toes - Coal-oil . Whatever it was is it a good assumtion that it can't be bought anymore ? Thanks ...Randy




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Nebraska Cowman

06-06-2006 04:12:23




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 Re: OK - Another question in reply to Randy as in Randy-IA, 06-05-2006 18:46:02  
Randy. What "distilate" was is the byproducts of an outdated refining process. As they would draw off one grade of fuel there would be a certian amount of transition before it got to the next grade. ( kind of a blend that was too light to be one grade but still not light enough for the next) This would be drawn off and all these transition fuels mixed is what made up "tractor fuel" or "distilate" The refining process has changed so they no longer have that fuel. They are able to separate the fuels much more efficiently now.
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sammy the RED

06-05-2006 20:59:08




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 More Information On Distillate Fuel in reply to Randy as in Randy-IA, 06-05-2006 18:46:02  
Tractor-fuel, distillate

Known as tractor vapourising oil or distillate, this once-cheap fuel was commonly used in farm tractors until World War II. Many manufacturers built low-compression "all fuel" engines designed to burn tractor-fuel, gasoline, or kerosene. The engine was started on gasoline from a small tank, and switch to tractor-fuel once it was warm.

Tractor-fuel was a low grade fuel produced between gasoline and diesel in the traditional distillation of crude oil. The refining techniques developed during World War II made it possible to convert this into more useful fuels, and it began to disappear.

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sammy the RED

06-05-2006 20:22:05




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 Re: OK - Another question in reply to Randy as in Randy-IA, 06-05-2006 18:46:02  
Distillate fuel oil markets in the United States involve two products: low-sulfur distillate, which is used as a transportation fuel (diesel) for on-highway vehicles, and high-sulfur distillate, which is used for space heating (heating oil) in the residential and commercial sectors and as a fuel for other stationary (nontransportation) applications in the commercial, industrial, and electricity generation sectors.

Not sure where the distillate for farm tractors falls in there or not ?

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CNKS

06-05-2006 19:47:15




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 Re: OK - Another question in reply to Randy as in Randy-IA, 06-05-2006 18:46:02  
IH had 3 engines on the letter series (excluding the MD) gasoline only, kerosene, and distillate. The kerosene and distillate engines can and do run on gasoline, but IH said "the engine is most efficient running on the fuel for which it was designed). As Rusty said, they do not burn as completely as gasoline and leave a lot of crud in the oil, thus the two petcocks on the pan. What we used to call coal oil back in the 40's and 50's was kerosene. Distillate has been explained on this forum, may still be in the archives, perhaps someone will say what refining stage it came off of, but basically it is just a product of the refining process. It is not diesel (may be related, I'm not a petroleum engineer) and unlike kerosene has not been available for decades.

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RustyFarmall

06-05-2006 18:55:42




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 Re: OK - Another question in reply to Randy as in Randy-IA, 06-05-2006 18:46:02  
It was also known as "tractor fuel". Probably closer to diesel fuel than it was to gasoline, but it wasn't diesel fuel. It apparently was nasty stuff, it would put contaminants into the crankcase, and you had to drain it off once a day. That is why there are two petcocks on the oil pan. Distillate was discontinued probably 35 or so years ago, to my knowledge, it is not being manufactured anymore.

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