Oil & Fuel Diesel Gal/Hr

gordon · May 9, 2000

Now Mark who are you trying to fool you change tractors pretty darn often thats for sure. But if you do consider a change in the near future I would appreciate a call or e-mail if you think about it. Guess I would have to keep running the fake stuff in it though. I'am curious about how many hours it would take running amsoil before a teardown my tractor is barely broken in and has a small amount of blow by using regular oil. Heck we could trade bet you miss a glide-shift don't you. /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

MChalkley · May 9, 2000

Ok, you'll be among the first to know.

But, I don't think I'll take you up on your offer to trade.

Mark "No HST, no interest" Chalkley /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

Snelson · May 10, 2000

M9000 -loader work and rotary cutting uses about 1 1/2 gph

W5FL · May 10, 2000

Yes, Tanks are normally sized to ensure that you can go out and work all day and not run out of diesel.

Where this is not done, you have a very unhappy operator as he must now carry additional fuel.

Many tractors can run about 16 hours at pto speed on a tank of diesel, where the older tractors could not get over 10 - 12 hours. Cleaner diesels can be more efficient! /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

W5FL · May 10, 2000

Yep the M9000 is a big tractor with a 23.8 gallon tank. It will run a couple of 8 hour days on a tank of diesel also.

MChalkley · Jun 5, 2000

Ok, two more fuel consumption figures to report.

The first, 12.0 meter hours (actually 3 days worth) of backhoe work, tree and brush clearing, used 7.0 gallons of fuel, for an average consumption rate of .58 gal/hr.

The second, 19.6 meter hours (actually about 5 days work) of loader, box scraper, and auger work, used 12.4 gallons of fuel, for an average consumption rate of .63 gal/hr.

Mark

W5FL · Jun 6, 2000

Mark, that is great! Industry standard would be above 1 g/h diesel for that sized tractor. Kubota squeezes every drop out of the diesel. /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif I thought my Massey did really well and with a 3cylinder it averaged 1 g/h. /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

MChalkley · Jun 6, 2000

I'm pleased with the numbers. But just think how much better it would be doing if I didn't have HST, which, as everybody knows, is very inefficient! /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

Those last numbers of .58 and .63 gph, which represent much smaller samples than the previous average of .60 I reported, actually validate the earlier number, because if you average the two of them, you come back to about the same thing. So, for typical use, I'd say .60 is a good number for mine - and I not going to complain about that.

Mark

W5FL · Jun 6, 2000

You have to be pretty good just to read this topic as it goes into la-la land on page 2.

The Kubota engines seem to be very efficient performers. I was scared to death when I researched some of the results of the Nebraska Tractor Tests. Some of these tractors don't do very well. Since the Massey had a good Cummings 3 cyl that got good mileage, I had become spoiled.

A really good rule of thumb is that tractors hold enough for 1 day of hard work because no one is willing to come back from a job to fill up. Since many tractors run at light loads, then this provides enough fuel for 2 days! /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

MChalkley · Jun 6, 2000

In my case, I filled up on the way to the job site Tuesday morning, put 6 gallons from a can in on Saturday afternoon, then another 6.4 gallons at the pump Sunday evening.

I know one thing: If I ever manage to burn all of the 9.6 gallons (I think) that my L4310HST holds in one day, I'm not going to want to ride that tractor again for a while!

Mark