[AT] Gas Cans

[charlie hill]

John, when I was a teenager I'd go in the field early in the morning with 
the breaking plow or harrow on daddy's D-10.  About 9 am he'd bring me a 
Pepsi and a pack of nabs or cinnamon bun, around noon he'd bring me 2 
cheeseburgers and a Pepsi and two 5 gal cans of gas.  About 3 he'd bring me 
another Pepsi and nab and I'd go home at dusk dark with the fire from the 
exhaust lighting my way.  Most days I didn't even get out of the tractor 
seat.  I'd eat lunch while he poured the gas in the tank and the Pepsi and 
nab didn't take long to devour.

The D-10 has a 12 gal tank and it would burn just under 2 gals an hour under 
a heavy load.  22 gals of gas made for a long day.

Charlie

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Hall" <jthall at worldnet.att.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2008 7:50 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] Gas Cans


> Following this thread has been real interesting. I never realized how 
> lucky
> I was not to have had to deal with gas cans. We had delivery tanks with DC
> pumps mounted on the service truck by the time I came of working age (11).
> I do remember the farmhands filling up several old Sinclair cans every
> morning and then again at lunch. And again that afternoon if it were to be 
> a
> long day.
>
> John Hall
>
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