[AT] Re[2]: [Farmall] running a Farmall H on ethanol

[Landen Schooler]

Larry D. Goss wrote:

> Thanks for speaking out, Spencer.  I appreciate it.  My wife and I just
> returned from spending nearly a month on the road touring across the
> country everywhere from western Pennsylvania to central Colorado and
> back.  Of course the octane rating of the available gas blend changes
> considerably across the country depending on the elevation etc.  Typical
> low grade gas in the low elevations is 87, but along the eastern slope
> of the Rockies, it's 85.  All across Nebraska and Iowa, they're blending
> the low grade gas with ethanol to get the mid-grade fuel but are selling
> it for less than the low grade because of subsidies.  I used the ethanol
> blend (89) in the Jeep for better than 1000 miles and had better mileage
> with it than with the regular blend.  If I have the story right, the
> ethanol blend is now mandated in Iowa.

Not yet, but it should be!!

Landen Schooler
Palmyra, Iowa




> 
> Casey's convenience stores typically sell two grades of gasoline --
> unleaded regular and the ethanol blend. Their pricing varies, but most
> of the time they sell both octanes at the same price and every once in a
> while the ethanol blend is a nickel per gallon cheaper.  But of course
> I'm talking about what conditions were like before Katrina.
> 
> As we are accustomed to saying on this list -- YMMV.  :-)
> 
> Larry