[AT] Spam> Re: Fuel prices and old tractor activities.

[Alan Nadeau]

I'm not sure I agree with what Ralph said.  Unless you're working an old 
tractor several hours per day how much fuel do you really run through one in 
the course of a year?  Gas and diesel both come out of the same hole in the 
ground so until a true replacement for diesel can be grown we'll see the two 
prices linked at the source.  The biggest economy of the diesel is the 
inherent economy in the design of the engine.  Diesels will continue to be 
the cheapest to run in the fuel cost category.  In an old gasser that may 
see 50 hrs of run time a year, and a lot of that at light loadings, how much 
does it cost for the fuel annually?  With the amount of money involved in 
owning and maintaining these tractors I don't see a $100 a year in increased 
fuel costs keeping them silenced.  I think a bigger factor will be the 
expense of towing them to the playground with a suitable, gasoline engined, 
truck.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ralph Goff" <alfg at sasktel.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 12:33 PM
Subject: [AT] Spam> Re: Fuel prices and old tractor activities.


>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> I suspect our old gas powered tractors will eventually be relegated to the
> sidelines in museums and collections as fuel costs become prohibitive.
> Ralph in Sask.