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Fuel usage; How much fuel do you burn per hour
Topic Started: Sep 16 2012, 10:41 PM (1,957 Views)
redsqwrl
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I have a new to me 89' Tucker 2000 (formerly cruisergeeks)

It has two tanks (one slightly bigger than the other) I thought one was Hyd and one was fuel. They are both fuel!

Any Midwest Groomer folks care to weigh in on fuel burn, We have a 30 mile Loop that is an out and back kind of route (not a circle) We have fuel in both corners that are accessible to the Groomer.

What do you carry for fuel, Is more fuel weight better than stopping for coffee?

Yes I am a realitive newby.

Mike
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Our '95 Tucker pulls an 8' Arrowhead drag and burns on average 4-5gals./hr. It has an 80gal. tank which allows us to groom at least 12+ hrs.[approx. 60+ mi.] with no worries.
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Sep 17 2012, 02:45 PM
Our '95 Tucker pulls an 8' Arrowhead drag and burns on average 4-5gals./hr. It has an 80gal. tank which allows us to groom at least 12+ hrs.[approx. 60+ mi.] with no worries.
Does a 95' have two tanks?
Cummins diesel?

Mike
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The past 3 Tuckers we have had, all 173hp QSB motors, (two tier II and one Tier III configuration) netted about 3.5gph on the Tier II and 4.3 on the Tier III.

Pulling a Mogul Master 18-08 at 1900-2100 rpm which gives about 9mph in 3rd gear. If it's a easy run or night will go to 4th and pull about 11 mph at the very most.
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Sep 18 2012, 01:06 PM
The past 3 Tuckers we have had, all 173hp QSB motors, (two tier II and one Tier III configuration) netted about 3.5gph on the Tier II and 4.3 on the Tier III.

Pulling a Mogul Master 18-08 at 1900-2100 rpm which gives about 9mph in 3rd gear. If it's a easy run or night will go to 4th and pull about 11 mph at the very most.
Safe to say fuel burn is effected minimally between your day and night running.

I would think the 6.17 gear ratio and 2 mph difference puts you at the same RPM. 1900-2100.

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Day or night I don't think would net much of a difference unless it's considerably different temperatures and snow composition.

Our cats were the 4:88 70HD1 set up.
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redsqwrl
Sep 17 2012, 04:05 PM
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Sep 17 2012, 02:45 PM
Our '95 Tucker pulls an 8' Arrowhead drag and burns on average 4-5gals./hr. It has an 80gal. tank which allows us to groom at least 12+ hrs.[approx. 60+ mi.] with no worries.
Does a 95' have two tanks?
Cummins diesel?

Mike
Ours has a single tank. Cummins 152h.p.
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Edited by winterwoods, Dec 3 2012, 10:58 AM.
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I am not sure, I intended to fill up on the way home but that is when I noticed that both tanks are fuel. One of the tanks looks to be blown up (like a ballon) I am going to rearrange the fuel return so this can't happen again.

I think I was told that it holds 110 now where it was 100 before the tank expanded. I think that seems a little high.
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Sep 23 2012, 08:50 PM
We had a 92 tucker with the 360 gas engine and 8 foot drag.=3-4 gph.
I think you forgot to add a "1" in front of both of those numbers. There isn't a gas engine of any sort installed in a Tucker that achieved such good numbers. Our older (1992) 360 gas units pulling a whimpy Arrowhead lite was in the 10-11gph range, simply going to the diesel cut our numbers by 2/3rds.

Most guys with a 80 gallon tank on a gas engine would get at max 8-10 hours and that was pushing it to the fumes.
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We had a Tucker with the V6 non turbo Cummins diesel in it (yes a V6 for those that think it should read I6) rated at 145HP. We groomed in third gear (allison automatic) and we would average 30 gallons in 9 -10 hours of grooming. That is on an already established trail cutting moguls. If we were grooming fresh wet/heavy snow (10"+) we could ALMOST double the fuel useage. Most of the neighboring clubs average the same 3-4 Gallons per hour with any diesel, Tucker, LMC, or farm tractor. One club had a gas in their Tucker they got 12 gallons per hour until they replaced it with a 5.9 Cummins, now they are at 3-4 as well. Hope this helped!
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Sep 25 2012, 01:26 PM
winterwoods
Sep 23 2012, 08:50 PM
We had a 92 tucker with the 360 gas engine and 8 foot drag.=3-4 gph.
I think you forgot to add a "1" in front of both of those numbers. There isn't a gas engine of any sort installed in a Tucker that achieved such good numbers. Our older (1992) 360 gas units pulling a whimpy Arrowhead lite was in the 10-11gph range, simply going to the diesel cut our numbers by 2/3rds.

Most guys with a 80 gallon tank on a gas engine would get at max 8-10 hours and that was pushing it to the fumes.
Our old '87 1342 w/318 gas & 4-sp. manual pulling 8' Arrowhead would use at least 10-12 gph! [ I kinda liked that old girl though!]
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Edited by winterwoods, Dec 3 2012, 10:58 AM.
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For what its worth, we went out with our Cat Challenger 45 tractor grooming our snowmobile trails with about 12-16" of wet heavy snow. I was out for 13 hours and when I refueled when I was done I put in 50 gallons of diesel fuel. This is pulling a 8x20 aarowhead drag and 32" wide tracks, at 7.2 MPH at 1580 RPM
formulates out to 3.8 gallons per hour.
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That doesn't sound too bad. what power plant does that have.

Are you hilly?

I assume a lot of pan ?

We just went out and packed it down.(no drag) we have slush under the snow. Hoping the cold will freeze it down.

Mike
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