DJ54
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- Joined
- Jan 20, 2009
- Messages
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- Location
- Carroll, Ohio
- Tractor
- IH Farmall 656 gas/ IH 240 Utility/ 2, Super C Farmalls/ 2, Farmall A's/ Farmall BN/McCormick-Deering OS-6/McCormick-Deering O-4/ '36 Farmall F-12/ 480 Case hoe. '65 Ford 2000 3 cyl., 4 spd. w/3 spd Aux. Trans
if it has the original holley carb.. they are pretty darn economical on gas.. though replacement zenith carbs maydrink fuel pretty good...
soundguy
Mine has the original Holley.
ODOT bought new Ford 4000 gassers in '74. My mowing partner at the time got one. We'd usually average 6 hrs. a day mowing. The IH 544 I ran would mow easily on 15 gallons of gas, in that 6 hrs. Herb needed to have 20, to get through the day, and put in an extra 5 at lunchtime, or you could count on it running out of gas about 2:30 in the afternoon.
Both had 5' belly mowers. The only difference mine had a Danco, his, a Sun Master.