Fuel Consumption

[ctgoldwing]

Yesterday I had my L3400 trucked to a small commercial building I own about 12 miles from here.

Although I have a commercial service do the snow plowing for me the building is in an urban setting and the parking lot 'shrinks' as the plow could only push the snow so high, so far from the retaining walls. The effective # of parking spots was cut in half and my tenants, although understanding, weren't real happy. The only alternative I have had in the past was bringing in a payloader & trucking the snow out. Now I have the fel and 5' Normand blower.

So not knowing what to expect for fuel economy running the blower for extended time I filled the tractor and brought 10 extra gallons with me. Well I worked for 2-1/2 hours straight cleaning up. The blower was used mostly to move the snow over the 3' retaining wall or onto an adjoining hill. I ended up using less than 3 gallons of fuel. It sure seemed like a small amount to me.

Is this typical fuel use?

 

[johnrex62]

No idea on the snow thrower aspect. My L3700SU tends to use under a gallon per hour brush hogging with a 5 foot shredder.

 

[RadarTech]

Yesterday I had my L3400 trucked to a small commercial building I own about 12 miles from here.

Although I have a commercial service do the snow plowing for me the building is in an urban setting and the parking lot 'shrinks' as the plow could only push the snow so high, so far from the retaining walls. The effective # of parking spots was cut in half and my tenants, although understanding, weren't real happy. The only alternative I have had in the past was bringing in a payloader & trucking the snow out. Now I have the fel and 5' Normand blower.

So not knowing what to expect for fuel economy running the blower for extended time I filled the tractor and brought 10 extra gallons with me. Well I worked for 2-1/2 hours straight cleaning up. The blower was used mostly to move the snow over the 3' retaining wall or onto an adjoining hill. I ended up using less than 3 gallons of fuel. It sure seemed like a small amount to me.

Is this typical fuel use?

I would say yes...
If I run mine hard for 6 hours doing loader work moving dirt it uses about 7 gallons.

Add in pto at load, then I would say that is right...

 

[George2615]

My tractor is 26HP. Over the years I found that on average it also uses a little less than 1 GPH. The 8 gallon tank is good for a days work.

 

[k0ua]

Sounds about right, loader work, less than a gallon/hr. mowing at 540 PTO, maybe a bit more. Even at the price of diesel, you get a lot of work out of one of these CUTS for a small amount of money spent in fuel.
James K0UA

 

[JJT]

I find snow blowing and brush hogging to be about the same in fuel consumption/hr, right about 1g/hr for my L3710. I'm running a 6' brush hog and a 6.5' rear mounted blower.

 

[crazyal]

I figure I burn a little over a gallon an hour with my 4240 while blowing snow. I'm almost never at full PTO speed , not sure if I would burn more if I was but I would guess that Kubota sets the size of the tank to give you 8 hours of work out of your tractor.

 

[flyingcow]

i do aprox a gallon an hour(or a little less) bush hogging(7ft) or snowblowing(7 1/2ft).

 

[Chilly807]

Sounds about right to me, it'll vary depending on the weight of the snow.

Sean

 

[RadarTech]

Sounds about right to me, it'll vary depending on the weight of the snow.

Sean

And how you hold your mouth can affect it too... at least that is what dad always said about alot of things!