Oil & Fuel Grand L fuel consumption.

[wkpoor]

I don't have any hard facts here but I would say my 5400 (60HP PTO Approx70HP engine ) doesn't use anymore than what has been quoted on 30 something HP tractors. I know I can run it all day splittin would at 1500RPM and the gauge hardly moves. Maybe I'm all washed up here but that size motor may just be large enough to loaf at alot of jobs therefore sipping fuel where as my other tractors would have been labored at the same task and really eatin it up. I've totally amazed at how miserly the 5400 is especially comparing my old gas tractors to it.

 

[jas67]

Both my B7100 and G1800 sip fuel.

I used only 1.8 Gal for about 5 hours of front end loader work, and 2 hours of post-hole digging.

As for my Gas vs. Diese comparison, my G1800 (16 HP Diesel) uses about 3/4 gal /hour mowing with a 48" deck, while my Simplicity Javelin ZTR, 20 HP B&S V-twinn, gas, uses about 1 1/2 gal/hour cutting with a 44" deck.

 

[lawn_king]

I now have close to 100 hrs on my 3540, my fuel consumption has dropped of a little. I can remember 1 big (15 acre) core aeration job last season where i was shocked at the consumption of my B3030. I was pulling a woods pl60, 1000 lbs with the weight tray full.

 

[Builder]

I filled my new duramax thursday and my dumptruck friday, (both diesels) $243.00 This has to stop! People wonder why the economy is heading into a bad place, its fuel costs!

$243??? that won't even fill the tank on my 4800. I'm spending that per week on fuel and then some.

 

[Dargo]

I wonder why Kubota hasn't copied John Deere's "e-PTO"? My JD tractor puts out about 95 engine hp and can drink about 4 1/2 gallons per hour under a heavy load. If I'm just turning my 6' tiller, even at it's full depth, I can switch to the "e-PTO" setting and only use just over 2 gallons per hour. (my own observations by using the hour meter on my tractor and the fuel meter on my fuel tank when refilling) My guess is that Kubota and other manufacturers will soon have this option available. Since it makes a difference of about $9 per hour in fuel usage in my situation, I think quite a few guys would like to have the option available. If you're out working all day and this option can save you anywhere from $75 to $100 a day in fuel, I'd say it's a valuable option.

 

[Builder]

I wonder why Kubota hasn't copied John Deere's "e-PTO"? My JD tractor puts out about 95 engine hp and can drink about 4 1/2 gallons per hour under a heavy load. If I'm just turning my 6' tiller, even at it's full depth, I can switch to the "e-PTO" setting and only use just over 2 gallons per hour. (my own observations by using the hour meter on my tractor and the fuel meter on my fuel tank when refilling) My guess is that Kubota and other manufacturers will soon have this option available. Since it makes a difference of about $9 per hour in fuel usage in my situation, I think quite a few guys would like to have the option available. If you're out working all day and this option can save you anywhere from $75 to $100 a day in fuel, I'd say it's a valuable option.

What JD do you have that uses 4+ gallons/hour?

Man, my 95HP CASE doesn't use more than 2-3 g/hr.

 

[Dargo]

I've had 4 different Case backhoes over the years. I don't recall ever running any of them at heavy loads for extended periods of time. Even in heavy digging I only ran them at what is basically a high idle. Take the hoe off pull some heavy ground engaging equipment or put on a PTO and turn a 15' batwing rotary cutter to cut areas that haven't been touched in 6 or 8 years. There is no close comparison between a backhoe and a tractor in fuel consumption. Maybe with a similar hp dozer, like the 955 Cat I had, but not with a backhoe.

 

[Builder]

What JD tractor do you have?

 

[Dargo]

I make it a policy to not list the equipment I own here on TBN as opposed to some. It is not particularly something I wish to do and is viewed by many as being similar to guys wanting to compare their W2's or bragging about all of their possessions in a "keeping up with the Jones'" type of thing. However, the JD tractor I own that I'm referring to is shown here in a Nebraska test http://tractortestlab.unl.edu/Deere/Deere_5525.pdf When mine went out of warranty I had to injection pump turned up a bit, so I don't actually know how much more hp it puts out.

 

[Builder]

I had no idea a 5525 was 95 HP.