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DougK

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How many hours do you get on a tank for normal light road and trail use? I know use and terrain will impact hours.</P>


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A lot...

I haven't checked lately but last I checked, I was getting about 2.2 hours per gallon of fuel.
That equates to about 14-15 hours/tank.
 
Seems like forever ~~~~</P>


At first, I thought my fuel guage was not working until I opened up the top of the tank and took a look with a flashlight >>>> Couldn't believe my eyes, there was alot of fuel in he tank left. I have not checked my hours per gallon yet. But I do know it will go & go & go & go on a tank of fuel >>>>>></P>


Being it gets great hours per gallon, and may be awhile in times between fueling up, I keep Sta-bil fuel stabilizer in my tank.( Like I do on alot of my equipment )Figured it may help keep the fuel quality up between fill-ups ~~~~ Sure can't hurt it !!!!!![:)]</P>
 
I am at 15 and still show a quarter tank, but I noticed the gague appears to move at quarter tank intervals.</P>


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I would imagine that my fuel comsuption will rise this winter when I start really using my front end more and pulling in the swamps in the mud and rutts ........ But then, I don't believe it will be enough to even talk about !!!! These RTV's darn near runs on air !!!!
 
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A month ago I was running with a polaris 500 ,polaris ranger 700 and my rtv 900.Avg speed was 15 to 22 mph.The distance was 73 miles .The polaris 500 and my rtv took about the same 2 1/2 gallons.The ranger 4 gallons. </P>


Two weeks ago I was by myself ,checking out logging roads for moose.I drove for 5hrs between 5 to 15 mph, again she took only 2 1/2 gallons. For a 2000lb machine I think this is excellent!!!!!!!!!!!!!.</P>


I think if you avg it out ,the rtv is getting about 29 mpg on good roads and some large hills.I think this will improve as she's gets broken in.</P>


P.S :this is imperial gallons</P>
 
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I think if you avg it out ,the rtv is getting about 29 mpg on good roads and some large hills.I think this will improve as she's gets broken in.</P>


P.S :this is imperial gallons</P>


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Farmer, Im in Texas and Texas gallons are bigger. [*-)][:#][:D][:S][:)]</P>


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Seriously, great analysis. Anything over 25 MPG is fantastic in my book.</P>


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I think if you avg it out ,the rtv is getting about 29 mpg on good roads and some large hills.I think this will improve as she's gets broken in.</p>


P.S :this is imperial gallons</p>


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Farmer, Im in Texas and Texas gallons are bigger. [*-)][:#][:D][:S][:)]</p>





Seriously, great analysis. Anything over 25 MPG is fantastic in my book.[/quote]</p>

If I may propose, on ATV's, UTV's, tractors...sticking with the measurement of gallons-per-<u>hour</u> are much more accurate than measuring in gallons-per-<u>mile</u>.</p>

Whether you're driving 25 MPH in high gear or 7 MPH in low gear, the fuel consumption will be about the same. This seems to be true for many off-road and farming vehicles.</p>

It does seem that others are getting a similar result of approx. 2.2 gallons per hour.</p>That is funny about the Imperial and Texas gallons...



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We almost invariably get 22 hours per tank. We'll fill it almost to the brim then run it until the gauge just shows MT.It will usually take6 <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">US</st1:place></st1:country-region> gallons. That's over 3.5 hr/gal. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></P>


<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT face=Arial>Our use ismainly slow light hauling in M or H with an occasional period of running hooked up or in L4WD in the slop. This thing really does sip the fuel. </FONT></SPAN></P>


<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT face=Arial>Hey, Two Guns,obviously you haven't had any problems with Sta-Bil but most of their retail products are for gas only. Theywere in an alcohol carrier which is not a good idea for diesel.Maybe they changed their formula. Most of the diesel stabilizers/bacteriacidesare in very light mineral oil or refined kerosene (AVJET) . It's a good practice to follow especially in your neck of the woods. </FONT></SPAN></P>
 
Sorry, but it's was my<FONT face=Arial size=2>termiology ~~~~ I seem to call all fuel stabilizers " Sta-bil " >>>> Should be more correct & call it by the true names . My fault !!! I use a Diesel Fuel Stabilizer I purchase by the gallons at the Farm / Co-op ..... Don't remember the true name right now, but it is manufactured for Diesel Fuel >>>> </FONT></P>


Know some folks pour Marvel Mystery Oil in thier equipment fuel tanks, some swear by it . </P>


You are right about the real " STA-BIL", it is for gas engines >>>>>>></P>
 
Sta-Bil does make a product for diesels. I personally believe Power Service is a better product.

Doggman - The RTV holds about 7.5 gallons of fuel (if I recall correctly). If you're only using 6 gallons, you still have a few hours of run-time left.
 
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Where do you purchase your Power Service additives >>>>>></P>


Also, don't know about others, but when my fuel needle goes into the red on the fuel guage, I go to fill it up and it will only hold 6 gallons exactly ~~~~ </P>
 
[quote user="TWO GUNS"]Where do you purchase your Power Service additives[/quote]

The Power Service product is available most anywhere. Car parts stores (e.g. Napa), most tractor supply stores and although I never shop there, I believe WalMart has it as well. Since I live/drive in a relatively cold environment (between Buffalo NY and Pittsburgh PA), I use their "Diesel Fuel Supplement +Cetane Boost" product. For southern conditions (or during warm conditions), they say "Diesel Kleen +Cetane Boost" is a better choice.
</p>[quote user="TWO GUNS"]Also, don't know about others, but when my fuel needle goes into
the red on the fuel guage, I go to fill it up and it will only hold 6
gallons exactly ~~~~[/quote]
I don't wait until my fuel level gets low. I get down to about 1/4 tank then throw in about 5 gallons. I just referenced the spec sheet for the 7.5 gallon capacity.




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Yes, it seems like there is about 1.5 gallons left with needle just touching MT. I don't know how much of that is usuable, though. </P>


I'm kind of shy about letting it run dry even though it's supposed tohave aself-bleeding fuel system.If somebodyin this group has ever run one dry (due to a bad gauge, of course) I'd be interested to know 1.)Howwell it fired back up, and 2.) How much fuel they put back in to fill it up. I guess a dealer could tell us since they're shipped dry. </P>


My experience with little diesels is that they start to run slower and slower when they start running out of fuel. Not at all like a gas burner. The same thing seems to happen when the fuel gels. At least there's a little warning once you figure outwhat's happening. </P>
 
It just so, that I was at my dealer a few months back, getting my windshield installed. I seen the shopmen putsome of the RTV's together, they pouredmaybe, if even that much, two gallons into the that tank, and as soon as the engine seemed to spin, BAM, she fired up. So I take that one does not have to pump or prime the engine that much. I was impressed for the thought has went threw my mind if one runs out of fuel, he will have to go threw the primingprocess as they do big diesels ~~~~~~~
 
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