Reuben
Senior Member
I have always been told that a machine running hard will burn one tank of fuel on that particular machine.(based on ten hour day).I have never found this to be true. Sometimes I can almost make it two 8 hr days.
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Fuel Consumption
- Thread starter Reuben
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Construct'O
Senior Member
On a the D6C older Cat dozer the tank held 72 or 76 gallons an after 9 1/2 hours you better get to looking for the fuel hauler.As said depending on what you was doing plowing mud,hard dozing or just finishing.
If finishing you could fudge another 1/2 hour out of a tank of fuel.
The D6R has a bigger tank 100plus gallon and i can run 10 hours plus fairly easy before needing fuel:usa
If finishing you could fudge another 1/2 hour out of a tank of fuel.
The D6R has a bigger tank 100plus gallon and i can run 10 hours plus fairly easy before needing fuel:usa
camara
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You notice I put "Semi Hard" digging. Full crank I don't know what she uses per hour but I can only imagine it is more than that. Dig, dig, dig, set pipe, wait for inspector / engineer, dig, dig, dig, set manhole wait for engineer, that's how it goes with me. So no it is not running full tilt all day but not at idle either.....although it does have a first generation auto idler so that helps too!
Old Man River
New Member
Excavator fuel usage
I'm looking at buying a Deere 200lc and a 490e. I'm trying to get a grasp on how much fuel I think they will use. :Banghead I know there is a range depending on operating conditions. Can anyone help me with narrowing it down?
Thanks :usa
I'm looking at buying a Deere 200lc and a 490e. I'm trying to get a grasp on how much fuel I think they will use. :Banghead I know there is a range depending on operating conditions. Can anyone help me with narrowing it down?
Thanks :usa
Bob Horrell
Charter Member
Rented a D6R to R&R 6 feet of soil for a large apartment building. In a weeks work it averaged 50 gal a day (about 6 gal/hr). It wasn't pushed real hard. Half the work was pushing the soil out of the 6 foot deep pit and the other half was pushing it back in. The soil was pretty nice. Not muddy and no clay.