I just suggest plugging it in well before you need to use it, using ether, and possibly using a sunflower heater under the oil pan to make sure the oil is good and warm. The only tractors we have that start hard are a 6060 Allis (needs ether in anything colder than 60 degrees) and a 4440 with...
Well, considering the only diesel you're used to driving is a Chevy Duramax, that would logically explain why you don't think its possible for a diesel to attain more than 20 mpg. There's a couple neighbors around here that have Duramaxes and they are all around disgusted with them, especially...
It is my personal belief that Dodge has by far the best diesel trucks ever made. There's a reason big rigs use inline 6's and so does Dodge, the only problem I can see is the pollution control crap, there's a guy I know up here that hauls livestock for a living and had been hard core Ford/Chevy...
Well, we fall calve in mid september through october, so there's really no pasture grass to speak of other than grass hay bales. I figured that creep feeding was necessary to grow a good calf. Also, most of our calves are fairly big framed and bred to a gelbvieh bull.