Re: Re: What was the very worst gas hog, among bigtractors?

Posted by JD70Jim on February 10, 2002 at 09:37:32 from (64.197.39.168):

In Reply to: Re: What was the very worst gas hog, among bigtractors? posted by Dave 2N on February 10, 2002 at 07:05:50:

Shoot the messinger? Hardly! Where do you think I got the idea of asking this question. I saw one or two too many posts about tractors with gas engines being "thirsty" and I got to thinking---

My 70, however, is never worked hard enough to worry about how much gas it guzzles, although I have no doubt that perhaps 5 gal/hr would dissapear from it's tank if I were to really work it! Fuel consumption in tractors is measured in hp-hrs/gal. I think that a 70 gas is about 10hp-hrs/gal and @ 50 hp, that is 5 gal/hr. My example MM G1000gas is 110 hp, with about the same rating of 10-11 hp-hrs/gal so it would devour 10-11 gal/hr. ( which is much more than my 70 would burn )! I think that the 806 or a 4020 would be a little less than this---say 8-9 gal/hr but I'm not sure. I do know that our 66hp 3020gas burns 5-6 gal/hr ( 5 gal baling hay, 6 gal or more when plowing). It was the main reason for getting a 4020D! I didn't really need 95 hp, but the fuel economy is SO much better!

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