Texasmark
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- Ford: '88 3910 Series II, '80 3600, '65 3000; '07 6530C Branson with FEL, 2020 LS MT225S. Case-IH 395 and 895 with cab. All Diesels
Your owner's manual should spec fuel consumption. My 6530 is spec'd at 0.046 gallons/hp/hr and that's the hp being used at the time. So at full 65 hp (2600 rated rpms) that's 2.99 gallons/hour. At 600 rpm idle it's not much.