The old way of thinking was enough fuel for a ten hour day. Maybe Deere did not have enough room in front for a bigger tank without a major design change. I think that small tank was the main reason for the rumor about Deeres being so thirsty. My red blooded brother in law used to use his 1086 and 5-16 plow to help out his uncle plow. His uncle had a 4440 pulling a 5-16 Deere plow. To this day my brother in law claims the 4440 used so much more fuel than the 1086 because his uncle was running home for fuel more often. The 1086 held 80 gallons where the 4440 held 60 something. I told him to look it up on the Nebraska tractor test site and compare the two in a scientific calculated test environment. The 4440 was 1/4 of one horsepower hour per gallon more thirsty than the 1086. That is within the margin of error. His response to that data was; WELL DEERE PAID THEM OFF TO MAKE THE 4440 LOOK BETTER!!! Sometimes we just have to change the subject. According to Nebraska my 4650 is more fuel efficient than his 1086 but I am not going to bring up the subject again.
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