M7040 HDC fuel consumption??
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gwdixon
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My 7040 uses about a gallon an hour for typical light usage. When plowing, discing, or other heavily ground engaging work it uses at least double of that. Bushhogging with a 8' cutter is somewhere in between. But you'd have to expect that more stressful use will require more energy (fuel).
A pasture renovator in hard soil would be similar to pulling box blade shanks. That requires a lot of HP and low gears in my experience.
I have not seen a fuel usage chart for any tractor. There are just too many variables.
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Tx Jim
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University of Nebraska tractor test show GPH under different load situations plus HP hrs per gallon. But Kubota doesn't elect to have their tractors tested at Nebraska.
I often wondered what they're scared of?
SanDucerro
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Wow! What a timely thread. I've been sitting here in my office trying to decide what type of fuel transfer station to buy to refuel both the new M7040 and our L3130 - mostly trying to figure out how big a tank I need. To separate my "wants" from my "needs" I've been trying to estimate the fuel I've used in the 10 years I've owned my L3130. My best guess stood at a gallon for every hour of usage. I think I read somewhere that the M7040 gets better than average mileage (but I don't recall where I read that). At any rate, I figured using the same "gallon per hour" number was probably safe. This - of course - led to the realization that the 500 gallon tank on tandem axles that looked so cool was probably a bit of overkill...
But they sure are pretty! :laughing:
Of course if I were to fill it up I'd have enough fuel to last a lifetime - not to mention one heck of a fuel bill!
But they sure are pretty! :laughing:
Of course if I were to fill it up I'd have enough fuel to last a lifetime - not to mention one heck of a fuel bill!
art
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The state of Nebraska is the only state that the tests are required for the sale in that state. The tests are quite expensive for what the market is there for a small number of sales meaning the people from other states would have to pay for it.
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Tx Jim
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What you state is true but for ""many years many brands"" of tractors have been tested at the University of Nebraska. So I guess many people from many countries have been paying for the INFORMATION.
SDT
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Agreed.
The Nebraska tractor tests have been the gospel of tractor performance data for decades. I am astonished to learn that Kubota chooses not to submit their tractors for testing.
If they plan to play in the big sand box they will need to do so.
SDT
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It all depends on what they feel they will gain. My Kubota literature has fine print "not for sale in Nebraska". Does Kubota feel they are losing only the Nebraska market? Have they surveyed customers from other states and determined the rest of USA market lost by not testing is insignificant? I know in he old days we would not buy without first checking the NE results published every year in the Implement & Tractor Red Tractor Book that was sitting on all dealer's desks. We're very leery of buying a Kubota ag tractor due to lack of comparable results and as a result our ag tractors are NE tested and only the CUT is a non-tested Kubota.
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Tx Jim
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I talked to a Kubota Inc. representative this AM and he stated that the reason Kubota didn't have their tractors tested at Univ. of Nebraska was because JD & the Univ. of Neb. were "in bed together" IE JD gave money to Univ. of Nebraska indicating the results were tainted towards JD.
