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propane

03-08-2005 15:49:59




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im thinking about buying an lp tractor and was just wondering what people who have run them think about them. Im looking at some MM's and some Farmalls and some things i am worried about is how do you refuel them? if you have to have special equipment (pumps) or any thing. i also would like to know how often you would have to refuel them. say for plowing you would use about 5 gal of gas per acre, how much propane would you use? I am thinking that propane would last a lot longer as i see forklifts in the shop run forever before needing to be refueled. and could it be filled with natural gas, the kind from a house line?

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Mike Becker

03-08-2005 19:32:52




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 Re: lp tractors in reply to propane, 03-08-2005 15:49:59  
Need a 500 gallon LP tank with a "wet leg"? I have one for sale for $500.00, includes a liquid fill valve but no hose. Located in central KS. Used LP tractors for years but sold the last one a year ago.



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CLW

03-08-2005 19:23:05




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 Re: lp tractors in reply to propane, 03-08-2005 15:49:59  
Kip and Jon H give good advice. The venting Jon talks about was, and is still done by lots of people. I take the 5th. on it. They make a return line to use from the tractor back to the fill tank that lets pressure out of the tractor tank as it is replaced with liquid. Your LP dealer can fix you up and show you how everything works. If the person you get the tractor from don't have a use for his line you may get it from him. The LP engine burns very clean. Oil, plugs and engine stay almost like new. I love the LP tractors. They are safe if you follow the rules. Safer than trying to put a 5 gal. can of gas in a gas tractor with a hot engine and the gas fill neck over the plugs and manifold.
CLW

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KIP

03-08-2005 18:23:26




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 Re: lp tractors in reply to propane, 03-08-2005 15:49:59  
We ran lots of stuff on LP: Ford 8N, Farmall Super C, Farmall 400, JD 99 cotton picker, JD 3020, JD windrower with Chrysler slant 6; and nearly all of our pickups. We had a 1000 gal tank with pump. Out of all of the machines, the only one that wasnīt worth itīs salt was the 3020...just didnīt seem to have much power. The 400 and Super C were excellent LP tractors.



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Jon H

03-08-2005 16:33:22




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 Re: lp tractors in reply to propane, 03-08-2005 15:49:59  
You will need a nurse tank with a liquid withdrawl valve installed along with the hose,valve and tank fitting to fit the tractor tank. To be absolutly safe and legal you should have a liquid or vapor propane pump to fill the tractor tank. A low cost way to fill that tractor tank is to simply vent vapor from the tractor tank into the air which will lower the temperature and pressure in the tractor tank allowing higher pressure fuel from the nurse tank to fill the tractor tank. Doing this opens the chance of a propane vapor fire or explosion,and as far as I know is not legal to do. It works,but be warned.

A tractor that uses 5 GPH at a given load on gasoline will use 6-7 gal of propane doing the same load because of propane having a lower btu content compared to gasoline.

You cannot use natural gas in place of liquid propane because propane will liquify at normal temperture and aprox 200 psi pressure,while natural gas needs to be cooled and maintained at 100 degrees below zero F and several thousand psi to liquify .

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