[AT] Gas Cans

[charlie hill]

No doubt about that.  It would be pretty hard to fill a 150 hp tractor out 
of 5 gal cans while you ate lunch!

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 9:20 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Gas Cans


> 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>
>> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
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>> 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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