NX series engine hour meters

[countrybumpkin]

I used the tractor a bit today and thought to set my stop watch on my phone when the hour meter switched a tenth. Here is the results I came up with. I started the tractor and bumped the idle up to 1200 and as soon as the meter changed I started the clock and then got off to do a couple things while I let the tractor warm up, one then led to another and before I realized it almost 18 minutes had passed before I got back in oops. Right after getting in the meter click so I hit the lap button and after 3 tenths my watch showed just shy of 18 minutes. I then bumped the throttle to just above 2000 and used the tractor for another 24 minutes when seven tenths clicked I hit the lap button again and it showed just shy of 42 min. The next 3 tenths I used the foot throttle so it was anywhere from idle to around 2000 rpm when the meter reached a full hour I did a screen shot and again it was just shy of 60 min. So long story short form idle to 2000 rpm or so a hour on the meter is a hour in time. I hope to get back to doing some bushhog work and when I do I'll be running pto speed to full throttle for hours at a time so I'll see what happens then but I figure I'll find the same findings.

 

[Threepoint]

Thanks for doing this, Country. :thumbsup: It will be interesting to see if Kioti has changed its approach with the NX series. That would surprise me a bit.

Coincidentally, there's another more generic thread on hour meters running right now, as well. http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/buying-pricing-comparisons/345750-time-what-time-how-does.html