Oil & Fuel 2305 Fuel Consumption

   / 2305 Fuel Consumption #11  
I have found for my 2305 with 30 hours that when I am using the 62" MMM in thick grass I use almost a gallon an hour. When using the box blade or even using the 4' rotary cutter I use maybe 1/2 gallon per hour.
 
   / 2305 Fuel Consumption #12  
Do you by chance mow with the PowerFlow Material collection system?

I have a '05 2305 (160hrs on it, also have a 3720 cab) and it sips gas (They both do),
seems like I can go 1/3 of the summer on a single fill. The one exception is when I ran (I don't use it anymore) the powerflow MCS.

The reason is that the powerflow is a blower so it's using a huge amount of HP all the time, whether or not you are sucking grass. (Actually, if you clog it it uses slightly less).
I easily doubled, if not tripled my fuel consumption when running with it. It was such a pain I run the mulching kit now.

I have a Craftsman 25hp (Kohler) GT5000 gasser (My girlfriend uses it at her place, I used to use it (pre 2005) at mine) and it uses much much more fuel than my 2305 for mowing the same area.
 
   / 2305 Fuel Consumption #14  
i gets 'bout 15 hsr froms mine 2305's tanck ful whens i's jus cuttin's the gras!

joe :eek:
 
   / 2305 Fuel Consumption #15  
Using up to 1 gal. per hour while mowing thick grass sounds pretty correct to me. Mowing can end up using more fuel than anything. I would suspect your running at a slower RPM while doing the grading? Even if your not, you probably aren't meeting the resistance for the engine have to work as hard as it does when mowing the grass.


1*Makes no difference it still takes the same amount of fuel per hour.

Whether it uses the same amount of fuel per hour isn't the point. If you spread 1 tractors amount of work out over 3 than of course you won't be filling the tanks as much.
 
   / 2305 Fuel Consumption #16  
Out of curiosity, what RPM are you mowing at? Mine dorsn't "seem" too bad, but maybe I need to pay better attention, it seems comparable to my Kubota.
 
   / 2305 Fuel Consumption #17  
When I mow my grandpa's yard (which i will do today), the tractor never seemes to use much fuel no matter what RPMs I use. Most of its fuel is for grading the arenas every morning. But I usually fill it with fuel until I cant get more in there so there is actually more than a full tank which lasts quite a while. Good luck and here is a picture I drew yesterday of a 2305.
 

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   / 2305 Fuel Consumption #18  
When I mow my grandpa's yard (which i will do today), the tractor never seemes to use much fuel no matter what RPMs I use. Most of its fuel is for grading the arenas every morning. But I usually fill it with fuel until I cant get more in there so there is actually more than a full tank which lasts quite a while. Good luck and here is a picture I drew yesterday of a 2305.

Really nice picture, my 14 year old grandson uses my JD2305 a lot too. I am teaching him to use a chainsaw now too.

JD is as Japanese as the Kubota. We have three JD's and even our old JD265 gas has a Japanese engine in it. The farm tractors are American made.
 
   / 2305 Fuel Consumption #19  
I don't have any data to confirm this but I do think the fuel economy of my 2305 improved slightly once it was broken in. I started tracking fuel usage at around 50 hours and I am averaging .68 gallons per hour to this point(125 hours on the tractor now). Sometimes I mow at the 540 rpm mark on the tach and other times I mow between 2,200-2,500 rpms.
 
   / 2305 Fuel Consumption #20  
JD is as Japanese as the Kubota. We have three JD's and even our old JD265 gas has a Japanese engine in it. The farm tractors are American made.[/QUOTE]

I know Deere has a Japanese motor, but when did Kubota start assembling in America?
 

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