What's your fuel consumption like?

[Orange man]

I have owned a L3200 and two L2501's and none of them had an accurate fuel gauge, all showed empty way before the tank was. I always thought that was a good way of never running out!!

 

[Chanceywd]

I have owned a L3200 and two L2501's and none of them had an accurate fuel gauge, all showed empty way before the tank was. I always thought that was a good way of never running out!!

Mine was the other way. It was half a tank and showing it was only down a quarter.
It would be about a quarter left and still showing half on the gauge.
Always shows more than actual and I worried about running it out.

Bill

 

[bbxlr8]

I have owned a L3200 and two L2501's and none of them had an accurate fuel gauge, all showed empty way before the tank was. I always thought that was a good way of never running out!!

Mine is like this also - 5G takes it from 1/3 to full. Was a bit unnerving at first

 

[mikester]

Mine was the other way. It was half a tank and showing it was only down a quarter.
It would be about a quarter left and still showing half on the gauge.
Always shows more than actual and I worried about running it out.

Bill

I pay more attention to my hour meter. When my low fuel light goes on it means stop doing what I am doing and re-fuel asap or else very soon I'm walking to get a gerry can and bleeding the fuel system.

 

[Elliott in GA]

About 3/4 a gallon per hour doing PTO RPM work (mowing with rotary or finish mower).

BTW, I top off my fuel tank at the end of my monthly visit to our north Georgia property. You want to avoid leaving a partially full tank for long periods of time. All of that air in the tank can lead to condensation equaling water in your fuel.

 

[Smokeydog]

The mid eighties M5030DT shuttle shift had the best or least fuel consumption for a 50-60hp full-size tractor. Massive inline 6 cylinder engine sipped fuel for tasks like mowing. Lugging low end torque. Compared to more modern M59 compact with turbo charged 4cylinder with lower pto Hp, HST, likes the fuel.

Did measure the B26 running house with 10kW pto generator at 0.6gallon per hour.

 

[D2Cat]

I have no idea of fuel consumption rate. I am always sure to add fuel WAY before I wash and wax it!!

 

[pigdoc]

I'd just say, check your crankcase oil level. Bosch injector pump seals do not like excessive pump pressure. When the seals blow, the injector pump can start pumping fuel into the crankcase, raising the oil level above normal.

Not sure if your tractor has a lift-pump, and if the feed to the injector pump is by gravity alone, no worries.

-Paul

 

[Mak65]

I have a L2501 HST. This past weekend I mowed for 4.25 hours w/ a 5’ mower. I do wildlife management so the fields grow all year and the grass/weeds are thick and tall (some over hood height). The 10 gallon tank was full when I started and it took exactly 5 gallons to refill. So, a bit over a gallon per hour.

My gauge is like some others here. Gauge takes for ever to begin to drop. Read about 2/3 full when I was finished. It should have been closer to half based on above . But, once it shows half a tank the gauge drops like a rock.

 

[John D 2]

While mowing with the MMM, engine at 2600 RPM's my B2601 can run 8 hrs on the 6 gallon tank or .75 gph.

My JD1025 used 1 gph mowing the same area, when I wasn't having to change the PIA inline fuel filter.

No more green for me!!

 

[chim]

Rough estimate would be around 1 gallon per hour. I went through 2 of the 3 drums (55 gallon) that I had filled in October of 2023, and put a little over 100 hours on the Kubota. The Ford wasn't used much at all over the past year, so it wasn't drinking more than a tank full or so.

 

[McMXi]

So I was just curious what your fuel consumption was like on your tractor. How long can you typically go without refueling?

A few months ago one of the salesman at the local dealer told me that Kubota sizes the fuel tank on their equipment to give close to 8 hours of use on one tank under "typical" operating conditions. I did a few jobs for money last summer and was running the MX and flail for about 3-1/2 hours at 2,600rpm with the A/C on and estimated a fuel consumption rate of about 2.8 gallons/hour. This was based on starting with a full tank and then filling up once the job was finished.

I will say that the M6060 seems to sip fuel compared to the MX which has a tendency to guzzle.

 

[ItBmine]

Well I have no scientific measure but I have a B2620 and to mow my 3 lawns I would have to refuel my gas lawn tractor after using it's 4 gallons to finish, but my B2620 can mow it 13 times on 5 gallons of fuel.

And I can snow blow my 300 foot, 12 foot wide driveway numerous times before I need to fuel. My RTV-X1100C can do the same.

 

[notnew2diy]

2004 B7610 PTO work(ruff cut, tiller, lawn) usually takes 1 gal/machine hour.
Don't usually pay attention on how much I use otherwise. Gauge is accurate enough to where I have never ran outta fuel.

YMMV...Don.

 

[Starman2112]

I have a LX2610 and a Z421 Zero turn Kubota. Both have similarish engine HP specs. Im quite shocked at how good the gas milage is on the diesel tractor, I seem to only burn half a tank of diesel after 6 hours of brush hogging on my property (~4 gallons). The Gas zero turn on the other had seems to burn like 5 gallons an hour.

 

[PaulL]

It's a governed engine. You can be running at PTO revs (2600-2800rpm on my B2601) and using almost no fuel if there's no load, and you can be using a lot if you're working it hard.

Running my chipper, it sips fuel. There's not much load in a chipper other than when you feed it big logs, most of the time it's just spinning with little load. When I mow thick grass fast (which I do quite a bit), I can bog the engine down a little. That means it's run out of throttle to add....I'm working it hard. I'll use about half a tank in 3 hours when mowing hard, that's 10L which I guess is a bit under 3 gallons.

 

[jyoutz]

A few months ago one of the salesman at the local dealer told me that Kubota sizes the fuel tank on their equipment to give close to 8 hours of use on one tank under "typical" operating conditions. I did a few jobs for money last summer and was running the MX and flail for about 3-1/2 hours at 2,600rpm with the A/C on and estimated a fuel consumption rate of about 2.8 gallons/hour. This was based on starting with a full tank and then filling up once the job was finished.

I will say that the M6060 seems to sip fuel compared to the MX which has a tendency to guzzle.

Do they have the same motor?

 

[McMXi]

Do they have the same motor?

No. The MX6000 has a four cylinder 2.4L engine and the M6060 has a four cylinder 3.3L engine.

 

[nbryan]

Average about 1/2 gallon per hour. The 5 gallon tank can get from around 8 to 16 hours depending on job.
Front mount snow blower with heavy snowfall clearing eats the most fuel/hour.
No complaints!

 

[jyoutz]

No. The MX6000 has a four cylinder 2.4L engine and the M6060 has a four cylinder 3.3L engine.

I must have gotten it confused with the L6060. I believe the MX and the L share the same engine.