Farm Tractors, Used Tractors - Heavy Equipment Resource

Farm tractors are costing more and more to run with the price of oil breaking $145 a barrel. So why not do something about it? Currently diesel is $1.44 Per liter or $4.67 Per gallon in the U.S. There is an interesting device manufactured by Westport Innovations, the maker of alternative fuel retrofits for diesel engine, which can convert your diesel tractor engine to run on 90 percent natural gas and 10 percent diesel. It is a High Pressure Direct Injection device DPDI for sort.

How does that affect your bottom line on your fuel bill for a farm tractor? Well currently in BC Natural gas works out to about 75 cents per liter or $2.84 per US gallon. The beauty of the Westport product is it still delivers the same engine power and torque and the same or better thermal efficiency while reducing the Nitrogen oxide emission by 40 to 50 percent and lowering particulate matter by around 80 percent.

So what does this do for the environment? Well it reduces the greenhouse gas emissions by 20 to 25 percent and with less particulate matter your lungs will rest easy.

For more information on retrofit kits for your Heavy equipment or farm vehicle visit Westport’s Web site: http://www.westport.com/