[AT] JD 60/ PTO Spreader

[Roy Morgan]

On Jul 18, 2008, at 6:37 PM, Dean Van Peursem wrote:

> Gene:
>
> Yes and "All Fuel" tractor was designed to run on "Tractor Fuel" or  
> "Distillate"
> which is the name I heard used for it when I was a kid. Tractor Fuel  
> had its own
> formula at the time. The closest thing to that kind of fuel we have  
> today is
> Kerosene but isn't quite the same.

Last winter, we ran out of house heating fuel and it was going to be a  
few days till the truck could come.  I learned from the dispatcher and  
later from the driver that home heating fuel is very close or the same  
as diesel fuel, except that one of them has a dye in it (the heating  
fuel, I think).  So if you use the stuff you did not pay road taxes on  
in your truck on the road, the "officials" can fine you for it.

I lugged 5 gallons at a time to keep the furnace running.

On a related note:
WD-40 apparently started it's life a a water displacing fluid for use  
in NASA's rocket launching pads to keep condensed water/dew from  
settling into the ceramic lining of the rocket exhaust diverter  
tunnels.  (The water in the ceramic tiles would burst into high  
pressure steam and flake the tiles.)  Now, it seems that the  
composition has changed to:
- mostly "Stoddards Solvent" which is "refined kerosene",
and:
- a small proportion of a light oil.

So for those of you who like to use it a lot (tractors, farm  
implements, and barn hinges are an ideal application for the stuff),  
it is not really a good lubricant, or at least not for anyyhing heavy  
duty or any length of time.

So, if you run out of WD-40, I suggest some K-1 and maybe 20 percent  
light oil.  (I don't know what the characteristic scent is.)

Roy

Roy Morgan
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Lovettsville, VA 20180
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