Re: Re: gas vs. diesel
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Posted by Dennis H. on November 20, 1998 at 12:48:44:
In Reply to: Re: gas vs. diesel posted by Steve Hansen on November 18, 1998 at 22:32:11:
: #1. Cost. Cheaper to buy. : #2. Maintenance. Easier to fix at home. : #3. Cold weather operation. Easier to start. : #4. Tradition. Tractors of the 30s and 40s were gas, why change. : #5. Technology. Really good small diesel tractors are a realatively new product. For #5, I guess it depends on what you call a small tractor. But if the MF35 diesel, Oliver 55 & 550 diesel (to name just a few) qualify, then I'll have to take exception to this. The only fault you could have with any of these is they made too many without power steering, but farmers back then didn't want to spend the money on such luxury. Until you start looking at 4wd, the tractors of then and now a basically the same except for the $10,000-15,000 price increase. Lets face it, if you put the modern tractor in a time machine and took it back to the '50s or '60s, they wouldn't sell even if you cut the price tag in half.
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