how many units of diesel/hour for CUT's

[deere755]

I asked my son how much fuel he was using in the 755 (20 hp) doing different jobs last spring and summer. Pulling a planter about .5 gallons per hour. Bush hogging about .75 gallons an hour and pulling a 6 ft. disk about a gallon an hour. In a hundred engine hours last year the 755 burned about 83 gallon of fuel.

 

[RadarTech]

On my L3400-- I would say between .5 to 1 gallon per hour..

scraping, box blading .5 to.75 (I have some big hills that really burns the fuel when I drag a full box up them!)

Loader work-- Heavy work is a full gallon per hour..
light stuff- .75..

On some of my 10 hour days on the weekend I have gone thru a full tank and then a little bit more!

Later,
J

 

[PILOON]

Aviation tought us that a rough guide when detailed specs were not available was 5 US gals per hr per 100 hp. using avgas.

 

[dmccarty]

Best I can tell my JD4700, 48 engine HP, gets uses about 1/2 gallon per hour doing FEL work, splitting wood, box blading. Hook up the mower and run at PTO speed its about 1 gallon an hour.

Even when the price of fuel was getting close to $5 a gallon when you looked at the work done per hour it was a deal.

Later,
Dan

 

[newbury]

Well I was just surfing and found that John Deere posts some fuel consumption figure and they list the JD 110 TLB as using 2 gal/hr at 75% load.
Product Specification for 110 TLB

That's a 43Hp unit.

 

[Diamondpilot]

I have a 28HP Jinma 3 Cylinder Diesel 4x4 Tractor and its mainly used for Logging (30 hrs per year), mowing pastures (60 hrs per year), and other chores with the PHD Grader Blade and Box Blade (30 hrs per year), and it has averaged .75 gallons per hour. My tractor has 575 hours since 2004 and I know the 150 gallons the Co-Op delivers last a good 1.5 years.

Seems like all the 25-30 HP tractors do about the same.

Chris

 

[3RRL]

Chris,
I've noticed that Loretta's 28hp 284 Jinma (new 2008 with 150 hours on it) uses just as you said ... about 3/4 gallon per hour.
What's even more amazing to me is that my 2005 Kama 554 (55hp with 650 hrs on it) uses about the same ... 3/4 gal/hour. For as much power as it has and as much as the 4x4 unit weighs, it is very frugal in the fuel department.
Rob-

 

[RadarTech]

Chris,
I've noticed that Loretta's 28hp 284 Jinma (new 2008 with 150 hours on it) uses just as you said ... about 3/4 gallon per hour.
What's even more amazing to me is that my 2005 Kama 554 (55hp with 650 hrs on it) uses about the same ... 3/4 gal/hour. For as much power as it has and as much as the 4x4 unit weighs, it is very frugal in the fuel department.
Rob-

I would wonder why the Kama is so gentle on the fuel for sure..
Of course there is always maybe the Jinma is just being a guzzler-- But I know better than say that about Loretta's pride...



Later,
J

 

[dmccarty]

My JD4700 48 HP 40.5 PTO HP gets about .5-.75 GPH running non PTO speeds doing wood splitting, FEL work and box blading. Put on the mower and got to PTO speed its around 1 GPH best I can tell.

Later,
Dan

 

[Mighty Dodge]

My 4200 (26hp) is getting around .25 gal/hr. Not doing any pto work just loader work.

M.D.

 

[JMynes]

Why don't we all just get on Fuelly.com and track this?
It's not set up for tractors, but if there are enough of "us" on there, maybe they'll add a category.
Click on that thing below.

 

[Opti-Mist]

The design criteria used by at least some diesel engine manufacturers calls for a target for fuel consumption of 0.5 lb/hp hour. Bear in mind that a 100 hp engine is not putting out 100 hp at all engine speeds and loads except at, for example, rated speed and loaded to the peak of the hp curve. That said, each of us is going to see a variety of rates of fuel consumption based on the varied loads imposed on our tractors.

 

[gordyy]

tossing in my .02 cents worth
my new ccyanmar 2400 24 hp
have 38 hours on it now the first 15 mostly screwing around the other a split between the Boxblade ( got it thrown in on the deal by the dealer never thought Id use it what a fantastic tool) and tiller getting about 1/2 gallon per hour running it usually a little less than 3000 rpm gets twice the hour per gallon then my 16 hp cub ever did
and does 3 times the work

 

[Soundguy]

ford 5000 or NH 7610s.. ( 70hp / 95 hp ).. both are using about 1.67 gph while pulling mowers 10'/15'

soundguy

 

[intel]

My 2003 Kioti DK 45, best i ever got was 1 gallon an hour usually 1.3 to 1.5 gallons an hour.

 

[phyxer]

My 2008 Kubota B2620 with 26HP used 1.5 gallons in 3 hours @ 1800 rpm last night. I was doing box blading and FEL work for exactly 3 hours straight. That works out to 1/2 gallon per hour at that 1800 rpms. I can live with that!


Troy

 

[newbury]

I fully agree -
Half a gallon per hour, or about $1.25 is well worth the 4 wheelin', dirt moving, hauling fun.

 

[gordyy]

I figure I can spend $20 taking the wife to a movie (as long as she says she isnt hungry and just eats my popcorn) or
spend the afternoon playin in the dirt

 

[Duffster]

I figure I can spend $20 taking the wife to a movie (as long as she says she isnt hungry and just eats my popcorn) or
spend the afternoon playin in the dirt

But are you going to sleep in your bed or in the garage with the tractor?

 

[greenmule]

Kinda hard to measure exactly ain't it? But I think,my ck30 kioti uses about 1 gal to one hour of pto work,bought it last fall,bet the newer epa approved motors don't do as well as the older ones,[don't seem like it to me],that would just about be par for course,would think the newer motors came about as to pollution,right?Wondering what kinda test that would be?I mean if it burns more fuel than old ones,how could that be less polluting??