[AT] fuel problems get expensive - perspectives and reactions

[Cecil Bearden]

There is a young lady who I cannot remember where from, who has written a 
paper, her thesis I think, on development sprawl.  She had some realistic 
numbers as to how this development was going to be the downfall of the 
country, not global warming.
I have to deal with this every day.  I am losing farmland to development and 
cannot afford to buy anything and make a living from it.  I need to pick up 
a 1/4 section across the road, but how can I buy it on retirement and 
farming, wnen it is $3k per acre?  Only thing to do is pick up and move, 
then start all over.  At 56, I really don't know how many more years I can 
keep going and with having to pay nearly $3500 a month for care for my 
father, it is just about impossible.  All I ever wanted to do as a kid was 
farm, and it has taken 50 years to finally get the chance.  Now, care for an 
invalid parent, health problems, hail storms and development has nearly put 
me out of business the first year I really tried to farm.
Cecil in OKla

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Grant Brians" <sales at heirloom-organic.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2010 7:49 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] fuel problems get expensive - perspectives and reactions


> Cecil, I understand what you are going through. The John Deere I just 
> bought
> has a similar High-Pressure fuel system and it has multiple sensors to
> determine if there is any water there to cause any problem at all. The 
> issue
> I see is these modern high pressure systems. Any fuel tank can sweat some
> water into the diesel, but I personally think the plastic tanks migh be 
> more
> prone to it especially if they have a crack.
>     In the case of the John Deere design, I have heard they have far more
> problems from false readings on the sensors than actual water in the fuel. 
> I
> believe it based on many factors....
>     The primary filters on the John Deere I have and also the NH6610S (the
> 7610 is the predecessor to the TS110 and is just a turbocharged 6610S) are
> anything but just a sediment bowl, but both DO have a bowl to drain off
> moisture intentionally. The "low" pressure injection systems common in 
> older
> diesel engines such as the Detroit in our HD5, the Oliver Diesels, the
> Caterpillar Diesels are all not prone to the same level of damage, but DO
> have the ability to be destroyed eventually by water in the system. The
> electronics are the real bane of all of the new equipment even though they
> do give some pretty cool features....
>            Grant Brians
>            Hollister,California
> p.s. I was on a business trip this last week in New Mexico and saw some
> beautiful country, visited some interesting ag areas and was impressed by
> how terribly we control useless ag and wildland destroying development
> sprawl all over this country!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com]On Behalf Of Cecil Bearden
> Sent: Friday, June 25, 2010 4:48 AM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] fuel problems get expensive
>
>
> I know this is not an antique tractor, but this problem applies to all
> diesels.  The late model diesels that are listed as emissioned are the
> real problem ones.
> My TS110 New Holland that I was so proud of died last Monday morning at
> 1:00 am while baling.  The fuel tank problem I had had allowed enough
> water to get in and overload the fuel filter and ruin the injection
> pump.   I have to buy a new pump, my pump is so destroyed.  Pump and
> injector tips will be a little over $3000.00
> The primary filter on this $60K tractor is a big sediment bowl!!!
> I am installing a double filter assembly from a Ford.  My 500 gallon
> tank is clear and We keep final filters on all pumps for fuel transfer,
> and they are clean.  The tractor tank was the problem.
>
> Cecil in OKLa
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