Oil & Fuel Grand L fuel consumption.

[lawn_king]

I had my new 3540 HSDC working in the feild today. I was shocked at how much fuel she used, granted theres only 9 hours, so shes not broken in. Perhaps i was spoiled by years of my B series machines sipping fuel?

 

[johnk]

I'd probably estimate about a gallon an hour if being worked hard... Should get a little better as she breaks in.

 

[groundcover]

I feal your pain ! I was telling my salesman that I went from 6 gallons in six months in my 185DT to six gallons in six days in my L3010 to six gallons in six hours in my L5240. He has the same tractor and was a little worried at first but said it got much better as it broke in , I hope so !

 

[lawn_king]

I filled my new duramax thursday and my dumptruck friday, (both diesels) $243.00 This has to stop! People wonder why the economy is heading into a bad place, its fuel costs!

 

[Bill Barrett]

L3130 with 200 some hours, little over 1 gal an hour

 

[hayden]

My 5740 "appears" to us a lot of fuel, but I think much of it is appearance. I find that the fuel gauge barely reads full when I fill up. Part of that is the automatic shutoff on my nozzle which prevents really topping off the tank, but I think the calibration is off a bit on the gauge. It then drops off very fast and will read 1/2 after only an hour or two.

I just put a fuel meter on my pump so I'll be able to check more carefully how much I'm actually using. That said, I don't think I've used more than 30 gal out of my 55 gal drum and my clock reads about 55 hrs.

 

[texbaylea]

L3130 with 200 some hours, little over 1 gal an hour

Most of my operations are at 1750-1850 rpm, mid range. I get almost 6 hrs on 4.5 gallons. 350 hours on the machine. Except mowing with the flail mower it is just a little less than 1 gallon per hour since I am running at PTO speed (~2650 rpm)

Vernon

 

[N80]

I have an L4400 and 'mileage' varies widely depending on what I'm doing. I've never actually measured it but when all I ever did was low speed loader work and mowing with a 6' rotary cutter the mileage was so good I was amazed. But, pulling a 2 bottom plow or a 7' disk really drinks it down. Very noticeable difference.

My fuel gauge is terrible. It stays at full even when I can look in there and see that its at maybe 2/3. And when it finally starts dropping it goes down fast. Seems silly.

 

[RalphVa]

If you're at about 35 hp, I'd say 0.9 to 1 gallon/hr will be about it. I've used 0.46 gallon/hr average over 310 hours on my 18.5 hp machine.

I've written to my senator and representatives about doing SOMETHING to give some tax relief to private owners on diesel prices. Continue to "screw" the big truckers, if they must, but provide either a tax incentive or tax relief to the private, non-commercial, owner. Otherwise, no one will be too interested in the new diesel cars that will be coming out this summer and next fall.

The biggest saver of crude and reducer of pollution is to reduce consumption. Diesels and hybrids are the way to go in the short range.

Ralph

 

[SCDolphin]

I burn 1 - 1.5 gph on my 5240