Fuel consumption

[blucoondawg]

How are the LS tractors on fuel?

 

[JakU]

how is are fords on fuel vs hondas?

 

[dkhntr04]

Mine averaged .75 GPH the only time I ever checked which was right after I got it. That was a combination of grading, finish mowing, bushhogging, and loader work over 8 hours IIRC. Rarely was the tractor at PTO rpm, mostly 1500-2200.

Running it at 2600 and working it blowing snow sucks more fuel, didn't calculate it though.

 

[blucoondawg]

how is are fords on fuel vs hondas?

What exactly is the point of this comment? That LS are good on fuel as a honda or that LS are like a Ford?

 

[JakU]

u didnt get it, like what size tractor? u cant compare a 20hp to a 41 hp.
its like u justed asked doess honda have a good mpg ? the first reply is gong to b what model?

my r4041h gets about about the same as the prev post but mine was with roto tiller on full load with the ground being very muddy. As far as brush hogging i would say 1.5 days of 8 hr work.5 gallon tank btw

 

[blucoondawg]

u didnt get it, like what size tractor? u cant compare a 20hp to a 41 hp.
its like u justed asked doess honda have a good mpg ? the first reply is gong to b what model?

my r4041h gets about about the same as the prev post but mine was with roto tiller on full load with the ground being very muddy. As far as brush hogging i would say 1.5 days of 8 hr work.5 gallon tank btw

I am obviously not trying to compare a 50hp to a 20hp, I mean when comparing a LS to comprable HP of any of the major brands how does it compare? 30hp LS or 40hp LS compared to Mahindra, Deere, Kubota, NH, etc of comprable size while doing comprable tasks. Sort of like a Dodge truck pulling 4,000lb load at 60 mph gets 12 mpg, but a comprable Chev or Ford can pull same load at 60mph and get 15 mpg, these are made up numbers but something like that is what I'm talking about

 

[toxicjeeper]

My LS gets great fuel consumption!

compared to a D-8

 

[ahoglen]

I have a 3039 and with just aroudn the house kind of stuff (loader work, cutting and the like) I'm getting about 9-10 hrs on a tank.

 

[Sublifer]

I think this would be very difficult to compare on here. Every person operates a little different so even if you got Joe and Bob to report on their 40hp kubota and LS respectively, doing the same task, one might be in 3rd/1 at full PTO speed and the other in 2nd/2 at 1900rpm. For the most part the engines should consume about the same amount of fuel for the same work. That said, newer designed engines may get a slight lead on this. How recent are the designs on current tractor engines... beats me but you might be able to dig into it and find out if it is really important to you.

 

[Short Game]

I use too much fuel, too quickly, and it costs too much.