Oil & Fuel Diesel Gal/Hr

[MChalkley]

Just to keep the info accurate, since a few folks were surprised at the miserly consumption rate of my L4310HST, the most recent check came in at .68 GPH, my worst yet. I was pulling up trees and rough grading.

Mark

 

[W5FL]

Mark, do you remember if JimBinMI ever posted his fuel consumption? Seemed to remember that it was pretty close to yours, but can't find it listed in this thread.

 

[MChalkley]

Wen, I don't remember. I think he should, though, don't you? /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

Mark

 

[JimBinMI]

MarkC & Wen,

No, I never have. I have thought about doing it but haven't gotten around to it yet. I have all of the receipts from my fuel purchases and it was full when it was delivered. I have about 80 hours on it now so that should give a pretty good average if I can get all of the receipts together.

MarkC, how do you get so accurate with your gal/hr, do you fill up while it's on your trailer at the station? If you have any shortcuts for calculating this please let me know.

JimBinMI

We boys and our toys!

 

[MChalkley]

JimBinMI - You obviously should be able to get a very good average, since you have all your receipts for fuel.

You guessed it - I record all the fuel I put in from cans, then calculate the average the next time I fill up at a station. It's the only way to be very accurate over the short run, that I know of.

I then load the hours and gallons into a simple spreadsheet that calculates the current GPH and overall GPH to date.

MarkC

 

[JimBinMI]

MarkC,

Thanks, and I thought that I was detail oriented! /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

JimBinMI

We boys and our toys!

 

[W5FL]

And I thought you were <font color=blue>BLUE </font color=blue> oriented. /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

 

[JimBinMI]

Wen,

I would have to agree with that since my orientation towards quality, capability and dependability steered me that way! /w3tcompact/icons/cool.gif

JimBinMI

We boys and our toys!

 

[MChalkley]

But, not, apparently, fuel consumption. /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif/w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif/w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif

Mark

 

[PaulB]

Just in case anybody cares, I have kept fairly accurate records lately on my B1700, and my original guesstimate of 5 gallons per 10 hours of use turns out to be accurate - I log a consistant .5 gallons per hour. Not bad, but considering that Marks tractor does a lot more work than mine, his numbers are really impressive.