So if I read your last post correctly then your other statement about JD utility tractors being fuel hogs when doing light work at less than pto speeds is based on "hear say" not facts and I'll quote you.
[/quote]Ask someone with a Saran/Manheim Deere how much fuel they burn doing light work. *Hint* It's usually about the same as they burn doing heavy work. [/quote] 2nd[/quote]On the other hand I've seen this tractor chop as much silage as a 4440 in one hour on 4 gph of fuel while the 4440 took 8 gph... To be fair, I only run a half set of knives now to get that tonnage from the 7710... but otherwise... I ran both tractors and pumped the fuel into both so I know what got used. /quote]
That's fairly significant for an 86 pto hp to chop "as much silage" as a 130 pto hp tractor on 1/2(half) the fuel in the same amt of time. Maybe the 4440 had some bad injectors or needs a "BLUE" paint job.
This post was edited by Tx Jim at 10:41:15 09/21/11.
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