[AT] Gas Cans

[John Hall]

Most fuel I even ran through a tractor was 7 gal of diesel per hour while 
chisel plowing with a JD 4430. More than likely bigger equipment was the 
deciding factor on us getting transport tanks with DC pumps.

John Hall

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "charlie hill" <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
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Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2008 9:38 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] Gas Cans


> 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>
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> Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2008 7:50 AM
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>
>
>> 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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