How many hrs do you get till you have to refuel
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inveresk
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I only began to monitor fuel use at hour 56 but in the 39.5 hours I've run since, I've put in 31 gallons and still have something around a third of a tank left.
my brother has a l4330 gst and a m9000 . we call the 4330 the hog because he can only get 5 to 6 hours out of a full tank. where as the m9000 will run for days. now i know that the big bota has dual tanks and holds more fuel. so he conducted a little test where he ran them both out of fuel, and refilled them with 5 gallons of fuel using the same jug and sure enough the big bota ran almost twice as long on the same amount of fuel. after reading about the fuel economy of the tractors here, maybe his needs a service call
jdavis3099
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I have a 4630 and average 1gph including start up and travel time. When bushogging at rated pto it would be between 1.25 and 1.5 gph.
I've been pleasantly surprised that I also tend to get about one hour to the gallon with my L3130, and even better running slower than pto rpms. It is vastly superior to my gas lawn tractor.
My fuel gauge has also been more accurate than any car that I've owned. It drops at the same steady rate from full to empty, unlike most cars that seem to show full tanks the first 200 miles, then suddenly drop to Empty over over the last 100 or so.
My fuel gauge has also been more accurate than any car that I've owned. It drops at the same steady rate from full to empty, unlike most cars that seem to show full tanks the first 200 miles, then suddenly drop to Empty over over the last 100 or so.
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kingoflawns
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If you engage the mid pto and throttle up for a few hours (snowblowing,sweeping,etc) you will see a big time increase in fuel use. B3030hsdc/403fel
InlineDieselFan
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as mentioned it depneds on the task at hand but about 1 GPH is a good guestament.
But now that winter is here and the Kubota sleeps outside as we sleep in the shop, as the house is being built. I try to keep the tank almost full all the time. There is so much humidity and temperature changes I don't want to get water in the tank and start to grow microbes.
steve
But now that winter is here and the Kubota sleeps outside as we sleep in the shop, as the house is being built. I try to keep the tank almost full all the time. There is so much humidity and temperature changes I don't want to get water in the tank and start to grow microbes.
steve
Egon
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Think the answere may lie blowing on the load! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
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