Posted by Goose on June 23, 2012 at 13:23:33 from (166.250.228.217):
If everthing else is equal, will a propane fueled tractor sell for more or less than a gasoline burner?
I'm thinking specifically of a D17 AC. I don't know what year it is, but according to my AC Data Book, out of some total 62,000 D17's built from 1957 to 1967, only 1815 propane burners were built from 1958 to 1962, with the number unknown for other years.
Also, to convert one to gasoline, would anything be necessary besides the obvious, fuel tank, carburetor, and possibly sheet metal? The propane burners had 8.25:1 compression ratio compared with 7.5:1 for gasoline.
The one I'm thinking of belonged to a long time friend of mine who died a couple of years ago and his widow is now having an auction. I remember him farming with it around 1970, but never paid that much attention to it. I haven't even seen it in years, so I have no idea what condtion it is in, now. The owner was rather inactive physically for about ten years before he died, so the tractor may not even have run for a bunch of years.
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