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[PaPaGus]

Is it just me or do these Kioti's great great fuel milage. Seems like I never put fuel in this thing.

 

[IslandTractor]

Small diesels are generally efficient. I don't think Kioti has any advantages over other diesels in that regard.

I go through about half a gallon an hour at 2300-2500 rpm doing general work with my CK20.

 

[ToadHill]

On my DK45 I use about .75 gal per hour at 2400 rpm's.

 

[malk315]

I'm going to need to track how my CK-20 is doing.

It seems to burn a lot of fuel doing mowing -- which I do @ full RPMs to get high blade velocity.

It's a mid-mount 60" deck (DMM-60). It takes about 1/2 hour to 45 mins to mow and I do so in low range and usually go at full speed except when going up inclines -- I need to back off the pedal as RPMs will start to drop and I don't want to induce a bogg. (I usually watch the tach and when it hits the 540 PTO rpm line just below 3000 or so I back off the pedal until it creeps past that line again).

I could be off, but I think I only cut 2 or 3 times and need to fill up again. It could be just me wanting to keep the tank topped off. This mowing season I'll track my performance and see how it does.

The machine is in for it's 50 hour service (w/ about 65 hours on it -- most of those from mowing). The hour meter does run faster than realtime at full rpms... kinda stinks for me as I'll be putting many more hours on than others since I mow at full RPMs and have to mow every week from April to september and still cut every 10 days til november usually.

I bought the machine in July last year new, so this july it will be a year old w/ probably 75+ hours on it w/ the mowing I'll do between now and then. I'll probably end up averaging 75-100 hours per year on my machine... not sure how that compares to others. I'll try to get a better estimate on fuel consumption as I'm curious how it compares to others.

 

[Gatorboy]

Is it just me or do these Kioti's great great fuel milage.

It's just you.

Not sure what the MPG is on a Kioti, but it's probably not that great. Your car or pickup truck I'm sure is much better -- so don't start driving your tractor to work and to run errands around town.

 

[IslandTractor]

Well, I wouldn't want to compare MPG of tractor vs a car on a highway but in general diesel engines are more efficient than gas engines with regard to the amount of work per gallon. Certainly diesel tractors use less fuel to mow than gas tractors and diesel cars generally get better mileage than gas powered vehicles.

 

[Highbeam]

I find that the tractor drinks a good amount of fuel, not really a problem if Kioti had sized the fuel tank accordingly. With the big CK's 7 gallon tank I must return to port and refuel part way through a work day if I am out mowing or doing some other power intensive use. In fact, when I trailer the tractor somewhere to mow a field or subsoil, I have to pack two 5-gallon cans of diesel in addition to the full fuel tank if I want to avoid bringing it home with a low onboard tank.

I always refuel after each use to prevent condensation in the tank and to minimize the chance of running dry.

I have been going through so much fuel that I began using a barrel of off-road diesel which has really cut the costs as well as wated time buying road diesel at service stations.

 

[jeffva]

I haven't really measured, but I seem to fill it more than I'd expect. I'm doing alot of loader work - have a grapple bucket, and man can you find stuff to do with that.

I will say that have a sweet ole ford 801 diesel - 45 hp, and I compare that to my dk55 now and again. The 801 is used mainly for bushhogging and I fill it about twice a year, and rarely pay attention to fuel. On the kioti, I've run out a few times and seem to always be putting in fuel. It is turbo charged and a few hp bigger, and of course it is really a sweet tractor, so I use quite often.

I'll fill it up and take a look at the hour meter. I'll let you know the hrs/gal in a few weeks...

 

[Steverino]

CK-30HST, TLB work on average I would guess .75 gal./Hr. When running the backhoe I keep the rpm around 1700 otherwise its on the red arrow.

 

[dn58]

I'm going to need to track how my CK-20 is doing.

It seems to burn a lot of fuel doing mowing -- which I do @ full RPMs to get high blade velocity.

It's a mid-mount 60" deck (DMM-60). It takes about 1/2 hour to 45 mins to mow and I do so in low range and usually go at full speed except when going up inclines -- I need to back off the pedal as RPMs will start to drop and I don't want to induce a bogg. (I usually watch the tach and when it hits the 540 PTO rpm line just below 3000 or so I back off the pedal until it creeps past that line again).

I could be off, but I think I only cut 2 or 3 times and need to fill up again. It could be just me wanting to keep the tank topped off. This mowing season I'll track my performance and see how it does.

The machine is in for it's 50 hour service (w/ about 65 hours on it -- most of those from mowing). The hour meter does run faster than realtime at full rpms... kinda stinks for me as I'll be putting many more hours on than others since I mow at full RPMs and have to mow every week from April to september and still cut every 10 days til november usually.

I bought the machine in July last year new, so this july it will be a year old w/ probably 75+ hours on it w/ the mowing I'll do between now and then. I'll probably end up averaging 75-100 hours per year on my machine... not sure how that compares to others. I'll try to get a better estimate on fuel consumption as I'm curious how it compares to others.

If you don't already, try taking the loader off when you mow. Much easier to turn and I found that I was able to cut in high range part of the time without bogging down when hitting heavy wet grass. I just needed to back off the peddle a bit and slow down. Seems to help the fuel consumption also