Oil & Fuel Diesel Gal/Hr

[W5FL]

Paul, I think that puts you right in the top of the fuel consumption. Somewhere in this thread, I summed the data and it looked like 0.5 to 1.0 hours/gallon diesel. Course those that burned 3 gal/ hour didn't report that and there are many tractors that burn that much fuel. That is why they have those 30 gallon tanks on some of them.

 

[JimBinMI]

MarkC,

Careful, you're making a big assumption and I haven't even played with the numbers yet! Do you know something that I don't know about NH fuel consumption? /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

JimBinMI

We boys and our toys!

 

[W5FL]

Aw come on....give us the numbers before you play with them. /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif Remember Jim, tablespoons per hour!

 

[MChalkley]

That's right, Wen, give him the business! With all the harassment I took taking a week or two to post my numbers, I think turnabout is fair play. That's what I was worried about: the numbers getting "played with" before we got 'em. /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif

Mark

 

[MChalkley]

I care, PaulB. I thought you knew that already. /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

Now, if only we had some evidence that JimBinMI cares. /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

Mark

 

[JimBinMI]

MarkC, Wen and others,

I pulled out the receipts, and much to my dismay, they do not show accurate gallons purchased, only price paid, discount for off-road and no price per gallon. Actually one receipt shows that I bought 8.99 gallons but I only have a 6 gallon container and I have never bought deisel in any other containers. I guess I'll have to start over.

I thought about and typed a guesstimate but I didn't think that most of you would find it entertaining so I deleted it.

JimBinMI

We boys and our toys!

 

[MChalkley]

JimBinMI - You're a teacher, right? Are you sure your dog didn't eat them? /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif/w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif/w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif

Mark

 

[JimBinMI]

MarkC,

Can't use that excuse, had a wonderful dog but had to have him put down a few months ago. /w3tcompact/icons/frown.gif

I'm really bummed because I thought I had all of the info AND I believe that I get a really good gal/hr...I guess I should, it's only 18.5 hp. I think you're the guy to beat with the bigger engines though, your's does a great job on diesel!

JimBinMI

We boys and our toys!

 

[MChalkley]

JimBinMI - I'm very sorry to hear about your dog. I've been through that so many times that I made my wife wait 10 years to get one. Now we've got a little Pomeranian that run's everything. But he's 9 years old now and beginning to show the usual signs /w3tcompact/icons/frown.gif.

What kind of dog did you have and for how long? Have you gotten another one yet? I'm now convinced that's the only answer. A new dog doesn't replace the old one, but it does lessen the pain a little.

As for the tractor gph - I'm very happy with it.

Mark

 

[JimBinMI]

MarkC,

We had a buff colored Cocker Spaniel named "Dudley" got him when my daughter was about 2 1/2 and son was 6 months. He was about 12 yrs old and was a really good dog for the most part. I was there with him for his last breath, didn't want to be but glad I was! Son wanted to get another dog right away but we also have a cat, she's about 17 and showing age, wife wants her to go before we think about another dog. Funny thing, we rarely saw rabbits in the back yard when we had the Dudley, now we see them all of the time.

Dudley even had a really scraggely fox backed up against the house one time, I could see every tooth in the fox's mouth, had to scream at the dog to get him to look away from the fox and then the fox dissappeared. Two days ago, had a beautiful gray fox practically fly across the road in front of my daughter and I in the car, it was really cool looking.

JimBinMI

We boys and our toys!