Oil & Fuel Grand L fuel consumption.

[lawn_king]

I had my new 3540 HSDC working in the feild today. I was shocked at how much fuel she used, granted theres only 9 hours, so shes not broken in. Perhaps i was spoiled by years of my B series machines sipping fuel?

 

[johnk]

I'd probably estimate about a gallon an hour if being worked hard... Should get a little better as she breaks in.

 

[groundcover]

I feal your pain ! I was telling my salesman that I went from 6 gallons in six months in my 185DT to six gallons in six days in my L3010 to six gallons in six hours in my L5240. He has the same tractor and was a little worried at first but said it got much better as it broke in , I hope so !

 

[lawn_king]

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!

 

[Bill Barrett]

L3130 with 200 some hours, little over 1 gal an hour

 

[hayden]

My 5740 "appears" to us a lot of fuel, but I think much of it is appearance. I find that the fuel gauge barely reads full when I fill up. Part of that is the automatic shutoff on my nozzle which prevents really topping off the tank, but I think the calibration is off a bit on the gauge. It then drops off very fast and will read 1/2 after only an hour or two.

I just put a fuel meter on my pump so I'll be able to check more carefully how much I'm actually using. That said, I don't think I've used more than 30 gal out of my 55 gal drum and my clock reads about 55 hrs.

 

[texbaylea]

L3130 with 200 some hours, little over 1 gal an hour

Most of my operations are at 1750-1850 rpm, mid range. I get almost 6 hrs on 4.5 gallons. 350 hours on the machine. Except mowing with the flail mower it is just a little less than 1 gallon per hour since I am running at PTO speed (~2650 rpm)

Vernon

 

[N80]

I have an L4400 and 'mileage' varies widely depending on what I'm doing. I've never actually measured it but when all I ever did was low speed loader work and mowing with a 6' rotary cutter the mileage was so good I was amazed. But, pulling a 2 bottom plow or a 7' disk really drinks it down. Very noticeable difference.

My fuel gauge is terrible. It stays at full even when I can look in there and see that its at maybe 2/3. And when it finally starts dropping it goes down fast. Seems silly.

 

[RalphVa]

If you're at about 35 hp, I'd say 0.9 to 1 gallon/hr will be about it. I've used 0.46 gallon/hr average over 310 hours on my 18.5 hp machine.

I've written to my senator and representatives about doing SOMETHING to give some tax relief to private owners on diesel prices. Continue to "screw" the big truckers, if they must, but provide either a tax incentive or tax relief to the private, non-commercial, owner. Otherwise, no one will be too interested in the new diesel cars that will be coming out this summer and next fall.

The biggest saver of crude and reducer of pollution is to reduce consumption. Diesels and hybrids are the way to go in the short range.

Ralph

 

[SCDolphin]

I burn 1 - 1.5 gph on my 5240

 

[john_bud]

I have an L4400 and 'mileage' varies widely depending on what I'm doing. I've never actually measured it but when all I ever did was low speed loader work and mowing with a 6' rotary cutter the mileage was so good I was amazed. But, pulling a 2 bottom plow or a 7' disk really drinks it down. Very noticeable difference.

My fuel gauge is terrible. It stays at full even when I can look in there and see that its at maybe 2/3. And when it finally starts dropping it goes down fast. Seems silly.

You are exactly right! When I start dragging something thru the soil the fuel gets sucked down like honesty in a political campaign!

L3410
Mowing is about 1 gal / hour
Tilling is about 1.5 gal / hour
Plowing is even higher!

Filled up my truck with diesel yesterday $106.40

Filled up 1 -5 gal of diesel for the tractor and 2 -5 gal gas for the lawn mower and it was $62.

I can tell you one thing for dilly dern sure - NO Fertizer for the lawn! It gets cut when I can't see my shoes!

I bought a tomato the other day. One stinking tomato cost $1.25!! The garden gets higher priority this year - for sure. Will be buying some canning jars too!

jb

 

[Charlesaf3]

b3030 really sips at fuel too - I end up buying diesel once a month it seems.

 

[Bigtwin]

I mowed some heavy stuff today and ran my B7100HSD/60 inch belly mower for 4 hours and didn't even empty the 3.4 gallon tank

 

[Double Orange]

Friday I ran my L5240 Cab w/ ac running, for 7.3 hrs at 2350 rrr's finish mowing one of my fields and consumed 10.9 gallons.

However, for most work I engage the Auto Throttle and burn .71 gals on average.

Tractors has just under 150 hrs.

 

[Bill Barrett]

Most of my operations are at 1750-1850 rpm, mid range. I get almost 6 hrs on 4.5 gallons. 350 hours on the machine. Except mowing with the flail mower it is just a little less than 1 gallon per hour since I am running at PTO speed (~2650 rpm)

Vernon

I would say almost all of my time is at PTO RPMs, Mowing 6' RFM , brush hog
5', tiller 5', 6" chipper. I thought it would do better than over one gph for what I've read here.
Sat I ran the chipper and would say it used well over a gph.

 

[RobJ]

I just put a fuel meter on my pump so I'll be able to check more carefully how much I'm actually using. That said, I don't think I've used more than 30 gal out of my 55 gal drum and my clock reads about 55 hrs.

I wonder if this will give you an accurate reading with some of the fuel going into the bypass.

 

[RobJ]

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!

I hate it to, don't get me wrong, but we haven't hit the "point" yet. People still buying SUV's, driving 80 on the highway, etc. The price of fuel is not going down.

 

[slowzuki]

Depends what I'm doing but its all based on how hard she is working. About 6 hours to a tank when blowing snow. Same as running the haybine. Baling uses about 1/2. L5030HSTC.

 

[number two]

Let's not forget that if we're comparing fuel consumption,are we comparing it with actual hours of operation,or the hour meter reading? It's been posted before that not all hour meters read the same. Lawn King's previous B3030HSDC read one hour per one hours use at PTO(full)RPM. I believe I remember someone posting the newer L series Kubotas with the Intelipanel dash record hours whenever the key is on. A neighbor has a Ford 4000 and the "proofmeter" reads in hours of running at one-half rated engine speed. Just food for thought.

 

[lawn_king]

I was thinking about this today # 2, the new L's record hours in real time no matter what the rpms are. My previous B models 7500 & 3030 had the hours rated on engine rpms as far as i can tell.