4110 Uses about 1.2 gal an hour.

[coffeeman]

Does that figure with others of us that have 4110

 

[ranwin33]

I use about a gallon of fuel per hour in my 4035. More when its colder or I'm doing heavy work.

 

[CalG]

Is that on the belt, grinding feed, or plowing four bottoms?

 

[skipmarcy]

That's just a little more than mine does. I run right around 2200 rpm when cutting with either my 6' rotary or 6' finish mower and I'm consistently right at 1 gal. per hour. I run right around 1600 - 1800 rpm when doing loader work, and then a little higher with the foot pedal when transporting and I consistently get a little better - a little less than gal. per hour. I also am in 4 wheel drive all the time except for travel on pavement, but I don't think that has much to do with fuel economy with the tractor like it does in a road vehicle. I just prefer not to run my tractor at rated rpm - 2600, never seemed to need that much rpm to get the job done and it's so much quieter when running just that little bit slower.

 

[coffeeman]

That's just a little more than mine does. I run right around 2200 rpm when cutting with either my 6' rotary or 6' finish mower and I'm consistently right at 1 gal. per hour. I run right around 1600 - 1800 rpm when doing loader work, and then a little higher with the foot pedal when transporting and I consistently get a little better - a little less than gal. per hour. I also am in 4 wheel drive all the time except for travel on pavement, but I don't think that has much to do with fuel economy with the tractor like it does in a road vehicle. I just prefer not to run my tractor at rated rpm - 2600, never seemed to need that much rpm to get the job done and it's so much quieter when running just that little bit slower.

I run at 2500. Bulk of use is pulling a Woods 990 finish mower 90 inch cut. 4wheel drive about 1/2 time. I cut higher rpm in spring as grass is higher usually. Like you, I like a little less rpm, but after spring. I also like because is a little easier on me, less bounce. I don't have any water in tires or weights. I get a bouncey ride. I would get a nicerer ride, I believe, if I had about 250 lbs on nose of tractor.

Have good one. Coffeeman

 

[vtsnowedin]

How much work did you get done in that hour? Was it worth $5.00 for the fuel? The only fuel I'd worry about wasting is that used idling. No productivity and often harms the engine by gumming up the cylinder walls from too little pressure.

 

[HEC]

I will use about 1 gal. per hr. with the 5700 rotary cutting old hay fields at 1800 rpm , will go up to 2000 if really heavy load or going up incline .

 

[coffeeman]

How much work did you get done in that hour? Was it worth $5.00 for the fuel? The only fuel I'd worry about wasting is that used idling. No productivity and often harms the engine by gumming up the cylinder walls from too little pressure.

I never thought idling hurt diesel engine. As book says, I idle for warm up, for sure. If not good otherwise, why waste fuel?

Cheers. Coffeeman

 

[the old grind]

Maybe off the wall here, but for a 2.0L running above 2k rpm I'd say your gph is on par if not quite good. (My 1.7L burns that much even under 2k.) :2cents:

btw: "Idling" seems to be a broad term that could mean any rpm when not running under load, 'er depending on who uses it(?). Funny, though, that only tractors seem to be ruined by 'idling'. :confused3:

 

[vtsnowedin]

As a mechanic explained it to me. If it is at it's lowest idle setting of about 800RPM the combustion chamber pressure isn't high enough to keep the rings fully seated so they let a bit of oil pass by on the cylinder walls on the down stroke. This oil gets burnt by the exhaust gasses and glazes the cylinder wall and eventually leads to excess wear. Bump the throttle up to 1100 or 1200 RPM and the problem goes away as the pressures get right and everything turns over in balance. You can hear it run smother at that speed.
Truck engines and such get plenty of top end wide open operation to burn off any glaze before it becomes a problem. Just what I've heard but my owners manual dose caution against prolonged idling.