fuel consumption 5000 series tractors

deere5105 · Aug 13, 2012

stravis said:
Wow. I don't think I could burn through $150 of diesel in a day if I tried and we have the same engine just tuned differently.

I average 1.4 gallons per hour under an average load. At $4 per gallon, thats $60 in a ten hour day. Obviously more when pulling my 12' harrow in mfwd, but normal rotary mowing it's 1.4 gph. I'm not sure how that compares to other machines, but I always thought it was pretty impressive.

According to tractor data, the 5093E consumes 4.9 gallons per hour @ $4 per gallon wouldn't take but eight hours to burn that much. If your getting by with a similar size tractor for 1.4 gallons per hour you are doing great.

michellesc7 · Aug 13, 2012

ok did not know about the 5003 series. thought they were 2wd only. looks like predecessor for the new 5005 E series. made in india. so how much fuel do you burn with that souped up 3 cyl 179 cu in engine under which conditions? specs are impressive., i need to plow dirt.

deere5105 · Aug 13, 2012

Not sure I can give you anything more accurate than the 3.6 gallons per hour stated on tractor data site. The consumption on my 5303 compared to either my previous 5105 or a 5205 is noticeable. If all I did was mow with a 6' cutter I would say I made a foolish move, but since this is a multi purpose tractor I have no regrets over the increase in fuel consumption. I recommend visiting the tractordata.com website for comparing fuel consumption. I would think they use consistent testing so you see "apples to apples".

stravis · Aug 13, 2012

deere5105 said:
According to tractor data, the 5093E consumes 4.9 gallons per hour @ $4 per gallon wouldn't take but eight hours to burn that much. If your getting by with a similar size tractor for 1.4 gallons per hour you are doing great.

That's at full loaded PTO rpm. I have never started my tractor at 6:00 am, throttled up to full power and left it there for eight hours. During my real world use of both driving and using the PTO at varying speeds, I calculated 1.4 gph several times and mine is the 5101 which is the same engine tuned to 101 hp versus his 93 hp.

ddivinia · Aug 14, 2012

5x03 are nice tractors but they are no comparison to the 5x25.

D.

MattLynch · Aug 14, 2012

I have no idea how you are burning so little fuel! With my 3m MoCo running 12kph I burn about 18l/hr at $1.40/l that is about $25 per hour in fuel alone. I usually go through 10-14l/hr doing very light work (paddock topping, loader work etc)

michellesc7 · Aug 15, 2012

this makes me want to keep my big mahindra only for the bigger jobs and go even smaller than my 4120 like a 4005. keep the bigger tractor only for big work keep the smaller tractors for medium duty and lighter work 6 ft attachments and 18 inch harrows versus 20 inch harrows as i intended and in the process to pursue.

michellesc7 · Aug 15, 2012

mahindra burns about 2 gallons under wide open 7 shank heavy duty chisel plow conditions. otherwise it purrs at between 1 and 2 gallons and it is 65 hp with a 215 cu in engine.

deere5105 · Aug 15, 2012

michellesc7 said:
mahindra burns about 2 gallons under wide open 7 shank heavy duty chisel plow conditions. otherwise it purrs at between 1 and 2 gallons and it is 65 hp with a 215 cu in engine.

Sounds very fuel efficient and your previous post sounds wise to me. Based on my experience so far, if I kept my current tractor and purchased a second I would likely go smaller since I can handle all expected big tasks with the current tractor.

jdphan · Aug 15, 2012

$150 a day is quite a bit of fuel for a 5093. Like around 38-40 gallons. In an 8 hour run time thats 4.5-5 gallons per hour or one gallon + every 15 minutes. Even in a 12 hour day thats over 3 gallons per hour. You would have to load that engine very hard for a long time to burn that much fuel. I'm not saying it's not possible but, it would be tough.