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<blockquote data-quote="upfrombottom" data-source="post: 740798" data-attributes="member: 13088"><p>Tractor fuel was what is now known as kerosene. It was a byproduct of making gasoline. It was real cheap, as was kerosene, compared to gas. People used to use coal oil, named that because it came from processing coal, for lamp oil and heat. As demand for coal oil went up, kerosene was cleaned up so it could be used in place of the coal oil, and the use of aviation fuel, which drove the prices up. The price of tractor fuel got to be to expensive for farm use and was abandoned for diesel which was another byproduct of gasoline. I still hear old timers call kerosene"coal oil" , and diesel "tractor fuel". I have a 1939 RC Case tractor that my grandfather bought new, it starts on gasoline and when it is warmed up you switch it over to tractor fuel. It starts with spark plugs and when it is switched over to tractor fuel (kerosene) it fires on compression like a diesel.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="upfrombottom, post: 740798, member: 13088"] Tractor fuel was what is now known as kerosene. It was a byproduct of making gasoline. It was real cheap, as was kerosene, compared to gas. People used to use coal oil, named that because it came from processing coal, for lamp oil and heat. As demand for coal oil went up, kerosene was cleaned up so it could be used in place of the coal oil, and the use of aviation fuel, which drove the prices up. The price of tractor fuel got to be to expensive for farm use and was abandoned for diesel which was another byproduct of gasoline. I still hear old timers call kerosene"coal oil" , and diesel "tractor fuel". I have a 1939 RC Case tractor that my grandfather bought new, it starts on gasoline and when it is warmed up you switch it over to tractor fuel. It starts with spark plugs and when it is switched over to tractor fuel (kerosene) it fires on compression like a diesel. [/QUOTE]
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