Kubota Gas vs Kubota Diesel engine option

[buckeyefarmer]

The cutoff $ is card specific. Some are less. Just restart the pump. I like the limit.

 

[johara1]

You can also submit a tax exempt for at the time of fuel purchase for farm use ATVs.
May an All Terrain Vehicle (ATV) that will be used in farming be purchased exempt from sales tax?


Heck, there's all kinds of stuff you can get for farm use and not pay taxes.... like udder wipers.

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That is pretty good , the tractors use the roads more than my lawn mower and I can't get tax exemption..... no justice. lol... jim

 

[Ford850]

The cutoff $ is card specific. Some are less. Just restart the pump. I like the limit.

That's what I thought too. Your CC company is cutting you off at $100, not the gas station.

 

[Industrial Toys]

If I am going to stop to get fuel, I want it full up to the brim. And, I always try and make the liters even for ease of record entry but like the dollar amount uneven. It makes it easier to detect errors (and fraud) on your account.

 

[MossRoad]

The cutoff $ is card specific. Some are less. Just restart the pump. I like the limit.

To restart the pump, that requires returning the nozzle to the pump and doing another complete transaction. I dislike the limit.

 

[MossRoad]

If I am going to stop to get fuel, I want it full up to the brim. And, I always try and make the liters even for ease of record entry but like the dollar amount uneven. It makes it easier to detect errors (and fraud) on your account.

I like to stop it at even dollar amounts or 50 cent increments.... math was my weakest subject! :laughing:

 

[plowhog]

The cutoff $ is card specific. Some are less. Just restart the pump. I like the limit.

Not exactly true. The limit is usually set at the maximum reimbursement rate the card issuer will apply toward the merchant if the charge is disputed. In my opinion, the limit sucks and here is why:

I pull in for fuel in my motor home. At 45 ft plus 21 feet for a tow vehicle I am using 66 feet in the fuel station. So I am blocking at least one other pump and likely two others. I have 20 gallons left in the tank, so I need to add 130 more gallons to fill up. Recent price was $3.15/gallon.

I swipe my card, and add fuel until it stops at $100. At this point I've put about 32 gals in, taking 8 minutes at a flow rate of 4 gallons per minute. I still need 98 more gallons.

I re-swipe my card, taking another minute, then repeat the process. When it clicks off this time, I've been impeding other traffic now for about 17 minutes. I have 64 gallons added so far, about half way.

I try to swipe the card a third time and it is declined. Only two consecutive fuel purchases are allowed. Now I need to either: a) go into the station, standing in line to work things out, or b) use my wife's card and start all over with two more consecutive fillings. Either way I am still blocking at least three fuel pumps. If I do it using her card, with two more transactions, I'm pushing 45 minutes of tying up the fuel station until I finish.

Needless to say, I try to fuel at truck stops. But that seems to work out only about 1 time in 3 or 4.

 

[johara1]

BTW. getting back to the subject the fuel consumption for the 4500P 31 hp. fuel injected gas is 1.2 gals per hour, The 4500 with the diesel 25 hp is 1.1 per hour. .1 less for the diesel and 6 hp. the gas Kobota is way more per hour than the 4500P..... jim

 

[prs]

The gallons per hour thing is dependent upon work load. Using the Kubota gasser and tough cut at moderate throttle opening uses very little fuel, pushing the contour on steep terrain and dense turf type tall fescue takes a lot of fuel. Running the broom at moderate RPM through powder snow takes hardly and fuel.

Buying off road fuel here has NOTHING to do with farming. Mostly excavation companies, loggers, mining, and regular folks with off road vehicles, generators, and lawn/garden equipment. The tax being avoided is the highway excise tax, not sales tax. Sales tax is still in there.

prs

 

[johara1]

The gallons per hour thing is dependent upon work load. Using the Kubota gasser and tough cut at moderate throttle opening uses very little fuel, pushing the contour on steep terrain and dense turf type tall fescue takes a lot of fuel. Running the broom at moderate RPM through powder snow takes hardly and fuel.

Buying off road fuel here has NOTHING to do with farming. Mostly excavation companies, loggers, mining, and regular folks with off road vehicles, generators, and lawn/garden equipment. The tax being avoided is the highway excise tax, not sales tax. Sales tax is still in there.

prs

I wish that was the case here, you can not buy off road gas any where and there is no way to get the tax you paid for on road fuel or gas.
The 4500P only turn 3200 wide open and I mostly run around 3000and I have some very steep hills but nowhere some claim to be 45 degrees that is 50% or a 1 to 1... and the 4500P is rated at 30 degrees..... better have tracks on it to be that steep....jim