Comparing hours to miles on a car

[randy41]

My school bus which has a 6 cyl turbo diesel has 73,397 miles on it and 3,131.3 hours. That comes out to 23.4 MPH. But I think most tractors figure hours based on engine speed not just clock time. Not sure how its figured in the bus.

 

[MtnViewRanch]

If I could find one, I would be interested in a larger size construction backhoe with 2000-3000 hours on it. Still plenty of life in it for my use.

We bought a 1984 Case 580E extendahoe 5-6 years ago, it had 7000 hours on it. Let me tell you that it is-was like a new machine compared to the Case 580 Construction King that we had with over 13,000 hours. Even with all those hours, it still ran strong, but the hydraulic hoses were bad and the the back hoe cylinders and bushings needed to be rebuilt.

 

[Dargo]

This is somewhat interesting because the last pickup truck I bought actually shows me the hours as well as the miles. It turned over 1,800 hours right at 80k miles. I guess that works out to be an average of 44.44 mph average speed when it was running? I've never really thought about it before nor if it has any bearing on anything.

 

[Farmwithjunk]

This is somewhat interesting because the last pickup truck I bought actually shows me the hours as well as the miles. It turned over 1,800 hours right at 80k miles. I guess that works out to be an average of 44.44 mph average speed when it was running? I've never really thought about it before nor if it has any bearing on anything.

Out of curiousity, what brand of truck was that? And would you describe your "average driving" as mostly hwy miles? Mostly city driving? An even variety of each?

 

[Dargo]

It's a 2006 Ford F350. I bought it used and the previous owner had a daughter who competed in barrel racing on horses. They buy a new F350 every 2 years. I'd have to assume that most of the miles were on the highway but that would only be an assumption. With me it's probably close to an even mix with possibly more in the city. It may have been closer to an average of 50 mph and I brought it down in the last 8k miles I put on it.

Do a lot of diesel pickups now show the engine hours? I generally keep my pickups at least 10 years and obviously my last one didn't have anything on it telling me the hours. I was honestly surprised to see the "engine hours" show up when scrolling through the onboard trip and diagnostic program that came from the factory on the truck. It's highly likely I'm just behind the times and most newer diesel pickups have such. I don't know.

 

[CDsdad]

My wife's '05 Tahoe and my '06 Silverado both have hour meters and give average mpg. I've never thought to check the avg mph on either vehicle. I know it's not apples to apples with hours on a diesel, but now I am curious.

My opinion with my personal vehicles is that 200,000 miles will be equivalent to 5000 hours on my tractor as far as being in similar mechanical condition.

 

[JoelD]

Gotta agree with previous poster, I think it all comes down to maintenance. My brother and i raced motocross for years as youngsters. We were meticulous in maintenance, no time at the track for breakdowns. We regularly rebuilt the top ends, replaced clutches, brake shoes, chains / sprockets, etc. We sold them every year to buy new bikes.

I used to laugh when someone would ask, "were they ever raced?", and we'd say absolutely, why else would they be in such excellent mechanical condition? Of course, those who've never raced would say, forget it, they must be beat. I used to chuckle every time.

It is highly likely that a non-maintained tractor with 200 hours is going to be a piece of crap at 201 hours while it is highly unlikely that a well maintained tractor with 1000 hours will be a piece of junk at 1001 hours.

Joel

 

[/pine]

A big factor is the type of activity the tractor was used for... a tractor that was used for nothing but mowing grass would have less wear and tear than a tractor with the same hours that was used mostly with ground engaging activity...

 

[Farmwithjunk]

It's a 2006 Ford F350. I bought it used and the previous owner had a daughter who competed in barrel racing on horses. They buy a new F350 every 2 years. I'd have to assume that most of the miles were on the highway but that would only be an assumption. With me it's probably close to an even mix with possibly more in the city. It may have been closer to an average of 50 mph and I brought it down in the last 8k miles I put on it.

Do a lot of diesel pickups now show the engine hours? I generally keep my pickups at least 10 years and obviously my last one didn't have anything on it telling me the hours. I was honestly surprised to see the "engine hours" show up when scrolling through the onboard trip and diagnostic program that came from the factory on the truck. It's highly likely I'm just behind the times and most newer diesel pickups have such. I don't know.

'03 Dodge 2500 w/Cummins doesn't have hour meter, as with '04 Dodge 2500 gasser. As soon as I figure out if Dodge'll be here for a while longer, plan is to buy an '09 3500 cab&chassis to build a trailer-toter. I suppose I'll find out then if newer Dodges have 'em.

 

[WilliamBos]

Our 04 GM 1500 has one. 134,000 kms (83263 miles) + 1800 hours.