Diesel smell

[Overtaxed]

This is a "for fun" post that I thought might resonate with some. My first tractor on my new farm was a Kioti NX (2016 model) that has a DPF/regen. It smells like a tractor, I'd been away from the land for a long time and when I first started it up, I thought "man, I love that smell". But a week ago, I bought another tractor, a 2012 JD 2070 and I realized what I was missing. Started her up the other day, the little puff of black smoke and the overwhelming smell of "work" was everywhere. See, that tractor doesn't have all the new emissions stuff and it smells like the tractors I grew up on, where the Kioti, although it smells like diesel, is nothing like the machines I used to use.

I missed it. They've made the new engines so clean that they don't smell right anymore. Love that little puff of black when I start the machine, it reminds me of my childhood and all the good memories that went along with riding around our B7100 for hours on end (mowing 14 acres with a 42 in cutter, no, I'm not kidding).

The smell of diesel is second to only one thing for me, 2 stroke. God I love that smell. I have the really hot small Stihl chainsaw and when I start that thing, the smell and the "anger" of a 2 stroke engine is just wonderful. It sounds so ready to work, so "on edge", like it's tuned to just a hair below "blow up in 10 minutes".

The smells of my childhood. I'm sure a lot of people think that diesel and 2 stroke are awful smells. To me they remind me of where I came from, those smells where there in some of the best times of my life. Others feel the same?

 

[thepumpguysc]

OH GOD, I love a 2 stroke.. I could sit in my boat for days just idling/trolling around..

 

[farmeratheart]

Not diesel or 2 stroke, but smells of our early years ...

When I was 19 I had a motorcycle accident that put me in the hospital for 6 weeks. The day that I was brought home I asked to go to the dairy barn 1st. I ‘walked’ inside with my crutches, took a deep breath through my nose, and said “Now I’m alive!”

Frank

 

[searcyfarms]

I personally would much rather smell and old school diesel tractor with old school fuel than the 2stroke gassy smell mixed with oil - it permeates your clothes and you carry it with you long after the engine is shut off - not so much with diesel - and we troll for hours with the OLD two strokes and if the wind is blowing into the boat from the back of the engine/exhaust sucking in that stink for 10 to 12 hours will give you a headache and burn your eyes for sure. you can have your 2 stroke in that instance lol - I like it behind me on my old dirt bike and go cart when I was a kid - yes I had a 2 stroke go cart that I rigged up with a homelite engine!!!!

 

[PILOON]

One smell that that I always will remember is boat races where all the 2 stokes burned castor oil in the fuel mix.

 

[finn1]

I worked for a Diesel engine manufacturer back in the 70s. I much prefer my DPF equipped Kioti, and so do my lungs.

My 4 stroke Mercury outboard is great, too. The 2 stroke Stihl weed walker will ultimately go down the road in favor of a battery unit.

No resolution in sight for the stinky chainsaws, though.

 

[Wood_Butcher_Dav]

What about some Nitro-methane, get 4-6 RC cars running at same time may even burn your eyes a little. Or go with the big boy Drag car smell.

 

[thepumpguysc]

FINN> believe it or not.. everybodys RAVING about the Harbor Freight LYNXX battery powered 40v line..
They say the weedeater is fantastic.. & battery life is superb.. Some folks even went so far as to buy a 2nd battery while they were there.. you know how it is.. you don't wanna get stuck in the middle of a job & have to stop to charge a battery..
Well, they say, its still in the wrapper.. The 1st one never got past 1/2 charge & they were done w/ their project.!!!
Check it out.. I think they even have a polesaw attachment??

 

[bigtiller]

Not diesel or 2 stroke, but smells of our early years ...

When I was 19 I had a motorcycle accident that put me in the hospital for 6 weeks. The day that I was brought home I asked to go to the dairy barn 1st. I ‘walked’ inside with my crutches, took a deep breath through my nose, and said “Now I’m alive!”

Frank

Yep...

It's hard to convince city people that cow poo smells sweet.

 

[oosik]

Hey - my man - - out here the smell of cows and cow crap = big $$$$. They come out here from the city - their shiny car gets dusty on my gravel driveway - they don't like the smell of country or cows or cow poop. Don't let the gate hit you in the A** as you head home.