Answer:
I suck.
I help engines spin and pants stay up
I am the thing that is used to make your weight. What am I?
What's orange and sounds like a parrot?
I am a shimmering field that reaches far. Yet I have no tracks and am crossed without paths.
Though not a plant, has leaves. Though not a beast, has spine. Though many wouldn't need this thing, It's more valuable than wine.