Anther thing too. As I have gotten older I want/need more features on the equipment I use. I hardly ever drive anything that does not have power steering anymore. I want to be able to get on and off it easy. I want it to start and function like it should without me having to work on it first.
So while I have a shed full of two banger and other old tractors, the one that gets used the most often is my JD 5210. I gave $8500 at a bank auction. I have just change the filters and oil in the 15 years I have owned it. I will start faster/easier than any other tractor I own. The reason it gets sued so much is you just have one easy step to get up onto a flat floor operator station. You can reach the PTO lever from the ground. So on load out augers you can start it and operate the PTO form the ground without straining. It is smaller and very nimble. My sons swipe it to put the majority of the equipment in the sheds with it.
As for the diesel and gas debate. I think that the gas must be different blends in different areas of the country. Many guys on here talking about how they do not have the issues we do around this area makes me think this. Any gas more than a few months old around here will hardly burn let along run correctly in an older engine. I even have to watch blending it in my pickup. I put about ten gallons in at one time once and the truck would barely run for a week after. ( I put the old gas in my pickup to get rid of the old gas. Blending it about 10-20% with the new gas that is in it.) Also some brands/models are worse than others. The older Waterloo designed gas motors just have issues on the reformulated gas. 3020-4020 being the worse offenders. My brother has a IH 560 gas that runs fine on the gas. He never has the stumble issues that I commonly have on the JD gassers.
Reasonable diesel fumes do not bother me. So running one for a few minutes in the shop does not usually bother me. Outside it never is an issue. I think in general the diesels are more dependable. The market must think so too. Gas powered tractors stopped being built over 40 years ago. A few MF could still be bought with gas motors into the 1980s but not many brands/models.
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