Yet, Nebraska's full load economy test came out to be almost exactly what our 4020 uses to plow. Plowing requires nearly full load. I ran a real test on two acres, and it came to within .03 gallons of what Nebraska said a 4020 would use under full load. Why should I believe the results would be different for any other tractor?
The 4040 uses 6.7 gallons an hour at full load. With diesel currently at $3.00 a gallon, this costs $20.10 an hour.
The D uses 3.97 gallons an hour at a full load. With gasoline currently at $2.30 a gallon, this costs $9.13 an hour. That's less than half spent in an hour for fuel.
Don't you see that the 4040 costs over twice as much to run an hour but is not doing twice as much work? (5 vs 3 bottoms) and the D costs less than half as much and is doing more than half as much work? Unless Nebraska had it all wrong--and my verification showed them to be right for one tractor--the D can plow an acre cheaper than the 4040.
I mean no disrespect, but I really don't see why this is so hard for modern tractor owners to accept. This isn't even considering the cost of the 4040, which would be 5X the D.
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