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[MtViking]

 

[farmerjan]

As for the fuel, yes, it takes more power to run in 4wd due to all the turning gears. When in 2 wd, you are not actively running 2 sets of drive gears like in the 4wd. A pickup run in 4wd uses more fuel - gas or diesel- than when it is run in 2wd. Plus, the JD is not as fuel efficient in 2wd as our Agco and the Agco actually has a little more HP. Our older Allis-Chalmers , it is a 7040 I think, is better than the JD on fuel, and it is an elephant of a tractor compared to the JD. We use it on all the bigger hills, as it can hold back the heavier equipment - especially the bigger round baler, because it is so heavy. Yet it is fairly decent on fuel. The JD is about 100 hp, but it is newer, and has alot of fancier stuff in it, and it just drinks the fuel like it is kool-aid. Have had others say that the jd's are not as good on fuel as some of their other makes.
I raked all 20+ acres of the sorghum with the little Farmall H and didn't use 10 gallons of gas....about 4 1/2 hours. Didn't look to see how much was left but that little tractor is good on gas. Most all the bigger tractors are diesel though. Biggest problem with them in the cold, you have to have a block heater, or some type of glow plugs/ engine/oil/fuel heater or they don't start good in the cold. I imagine in Montana, there are more gas tractors just due to the ability to get them started.

 

[Baymule]

That’s great! Maybe I need to move to Vermont! I live about 15 miles out so it’s nice and quiet. Helena’s not a bad town. It’s the capital so there’s lots of political crap which I don’t get involved in. But other than that the people are generally good people. Most of Montana’s population is in 5 towns. We just hit 1million people state wide last year. The cows still out number the people by a sizable margin. I cant complain.

1 million in the whole state?

 

[AmberLops]

I went to Barre and Montpelier Vermont...that's pretty much as far as I got! It's a beautiful state...just way too cold in the winter for me

 

[Pastor Dave]

What's parked behind your tractor in the last pic? Kinda looks like an old Scout?

 

[Bruce]

Biggest problem with them in the cold, you have to have a block heater, or some type of glow plugs/ engine/oil/fuel heater or they don't start good in the cold.

Mine has glow plugs, started fine all last winter. Of course it is only a 35 HP, I imagine the bigger tractors might need more than just glow plugs. Do have to put diesel non gel stuff in it for the winter though or BIG problems.

Plus I feel like a real farmer when I’m driving that beauty around the property

A WHOLE lot more than when driving the garden "tractor" around, that is for sure!

1 million in the whole state?

Yeah, they are overpopulated, we have only 627,000. Of course they win on the population per square mile with 7/sq mi we are 67.9. Texas is WAY overpopulated 28.7M - 108.4/sq mi.

 

[MtViking]

What's parked behind your tractor in the last pic? Kinda looks like an old Scout?

It’s an old willeys jeepster 68 if I remember right. I have a 62 1/2 cab scout too but it’s a rust bucket pile of parts. The jeepster runs and drives.

 

[Mini Horses]

My little tractor is 4WD assist and has a glow plug, weighted rear tires. It's been great -- and yeah, you think you're a "real farmer" when driving. Of course, that's only in our head......because the workload and responsibility is no where near theirs. But, it's "our" time.
I am thrilled to say I have never had snow to move since buying it 4 yrs ago. However, I have a rear blade & FEL if I do.

We have DOT truck out to clear MAIN highways if/when snow is here. Since it isn't often, or huge amounts, we don't have enough in area to do more than the major roads. About 5 yrs ago we had a big storm and a foot of snow (bought my tractor after that!). Several of those in area with tractors actually got together to help clear their neighborhood roads. After a day two...we were in pretty good shape. Gotta admit, some were smaller but, getting it done. Heck, some of them were having fun. Even did some driveways for people, free, to keep things "working". Helped those who couldn't clear their own drives, too.

 

[MtViking]

As for the fuel, yes, it takes more power to run in 4wd due to all the turning gears. When in 2 wd, you are not actively running 2 sets of drive gears like in the 4wd. A pickup run in 4wd uses more fuel - gas or diesel- than when it is run in 2wd. Plus, the JD is not as fuel efficient in 2wd as our Agco and the Agco actually has a little more HP. Our older Allis-Chalmers , it is a 7040 I think, is better than the JD on fuel, and it is an elephant of a tractor compared to the JD. We use it on all the bigger hills, as it can hold back the heavier equipment - especially the bigger round baler, because it is so heavy. Yet it is fairly decent on fuel. The JD is about 100 hp, but it is newer, and has alot of fancier stuff in it, and it just drinks the fuel like it is kool-aid. Have had others say that the jd's are not as good on fuel as some of their other makes.
I raked all 20+ acres of the sorghum with the little Farmall H and didn't use 10 gallons of gas....about 4 1/2 hours. Didn't look to see how much was left but that little tractor is good on gas. Most all the bigger tractors are diesel though. Biggest problem with them in the cold, you have to have a block heater, or some type of glow plugs/ engine/oil/fuel heater or they don't start good in the cold. I imagine in Montana, there are more gas tractors just due to the ability to get them started.

There’s a lot of diesels up here too. It was about 50/50 on CL when we found the one we have. I have two diesel trucks and I’m ready to get rid of both of them. Lots of power good mileage but they are super expensive to maintain. Every little thing you need to do in a diesel costs twice as much as a gas. Parts are at least double and the labor is insane. I’m done with diesels. Cheaper to pay the extra for gas and have cheap parts to fix my rigs than deal with the diesels anymore.

 

[MtViking]

Mine has glow plugs, started fine all last winter. Of course it is only a 35 HP, I imagine the bigger tractors might need more than just glow plugs. Do have to put diesel non gel stuff in it for the winter though or BIG problems.


A WHOLE lot more than when driving the garden "tractor" around, that is for sure!

Yeah, they are overpopulated, we have only 627,000. Of course they win on the population per square mile with 7/sq mi we are 67.9. Texas is WAY overpopulated 28.7M - 108.4/sq mi.

We have 2.6 million cows which is about 3 cows per person. So that would be about 21 cows per square mile