Diesels sure are wonderful, if I get a new car is it going to be a diesel for sure. Either a W124, VW, or dodge ram 4x4 (one just turned a million miles not very long ago).
Anyway, last winter I had my 83 in front of the pole barn, 6" of snow on the ground and it was iced. So I put the benz in neutral and tried to push it out with my dad's 35hp (gasser) Massey Ferguson, amazingly something broke in the drivetrain (we theorize it was missing a cotter key and put a bad moment on it while pushing and snapped the collar clean off, I could push the benz by hand if need be). So next in the list was the john deere 25hp (gasser) with snow blower, the motor wouldn't turn. :-? So we let that one be, what was last? Case 580C Backhoe (diesel), fired right up with a little ether (sigh, no GPs) and ran like it was a nice summer day.
I've probably ran that thing almost a thousand hours, it had 5400hrs on it when the gauge quit who knows how long ago. Gotta love diesels....