STEVE B. - I remember the one night I plowed for the BTO neighbor I worked for. He was getting short of tractors, I used a 4020 gas on 5-14's in a half mile long 80 acre field. Started about 8 PM, was supposed to cloud up and rain but didn't, about 10 PM the clouds blew over and there was a really bright moon that night. With the moon out I'd turn the lights off and could still see the plow well enough in the moon light, and see beyond what the headlights would light up. The exhaust manifold on that old 4020 was glowing red/orange all night! 16 rounds per 34 gal tank of gas, not enough left to make a 17th round, so gassed up at Midnight, went back out, made another 16 rounds, was at the gas barrel gassing up again @ 4 AM when the neighbor came out to start chores.
I was planning on going back out to plow but a car pulled into his driveway. Turned out it was Dad, he'd just got off work from drivng a fuel transport for FS, got home and Mom was up, scared that something happened to me. Geesh Mom, I was turning on the north headland only 5/8ths of a mile from the house! You could have seen me from any south facing window! But my night of plowing was over. Went home, slept for 2-3 hours, and went back to work hauling manure, my 4020 gas was off doing something else. If I'd have had the 4020 diesel or 4320 I sure could have gotten a lot more plowed that night! I could have run in 5th gear instead of 4th, and run from 8 PM to 4 AM straight.
I was planning on going back out to plow but a car pulled into his driveway. Turned out it was Dad, he'd just got off work from drivng a fuel transport for FS, got home and Mom was up, scared that something happened to me. Geesh Mom, I was turning on the north headland only 5/8ths of a mile from the house! You could have seen me from any south facing window! But my night of plowing was over. Went home, slept for 2-3 hours, and went back to work hauling manure, my 4020 gas was off doing something else. If I'd have had the 4020 diesel or 4320 I sure could have gotten a lot more plowed that night! I could have run in 5th gear instead of 4th, and run from 8 PM to 4 AM straight.