I've never had a full tank of gas in my H. And it's never run long enough to burn what little I have in there. I was thinking about hay rides and making ice cream and such, and I realized I have no idea how long an H will run on a full tank of gas? I realize it's a subjective question, given the workload, but let's say I'm pulling a parade float. What can I expect out of it before I need fuel?
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Hugh MacKay
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Mike: I'm thinking better part of 8-10 hours. It's been awhile since I've been around an H, however back two months ago I was running my 140 hard in 2nd gear 8-10 hours every day, and it was running 5-7 US gallons. I always had a 5 gal and 2.5 gal jerry can, and never emptied both. My average on 6 days was 2.8L per hour.
An H won't be much higher than that, they were quite fuel efficient. I can remember one heck of a difference back when added a 300 along with the H. 300 is a fuel hog alongside an H.
An H won't be much higher than that, they were quite fuel efficient. I can remember one heck of a difference back when added a 300 along with the H. 300 is a fuel hog alongside an H.
rustyfarmall
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A full tank used to last nearly all day when either mowing or raking hay. Going on hay rides would be about the same.
Ed Hotaling
Member
Nebraska tractor test came up with a rating of 12 horsepower-
hours per gallon for the H. That means if you have it properly tuned
and working at full load, it should burn about 2 gallons per hour.
That said, I don't think I have ever worked mine that hard. Just
puttering around with a hay ride or icecream churn, it will use
considerably less.
hours per gallon for the H. That means if you have it properly tuned
and working at full load, it should burn about 2 gallons per hour.
That said, I don't think I have ever worked mine that hard. Just
puttering around with a hay ride or icecream churn, it will use
considerably less.
Anonymous-0
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Dad's old H would run about 5 hrs. plowing, give or take a few minutes depending on the ground he was plowing. He converted the small tank (originally kerosene burner) to a reserve tank, so he always made it home to refuel if he ran out.
Bob M
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Mike - My Super H pulls one of the hayrides at a friend's choose 'n cut Christmas tree farm each December. Starting with a full tank it'll go all weekend (10 - 12 hours of running) and still have gas left on Sunday night.
The work of course is easy - 1/4 throttle in 4th gear with with LOTS of idle time.
The work of course is easy - 1/4 throttle in 4th gear with with LOTS of idle time.
I drive my Super H to our club plow day with a full tank of gas. I pull a 2x-14 Little Genius, most of the time in 3rd gear. (It's nice river bottom ground.) We start plowing at 8:00 am, break for lunch, plow until it's done (about 3:00 pm) and I still have a little over 1/3 tank of gas left, more than enough to drive the 9 miles back home.
As noted by Ed below they burn two gallons an hour under "full load" - meaning under hard pull with governor giving it all she can handle - essentialy how you'd run while hooked to a plow.
Under light load - like what you are using it for it probably burn half or less that much fuel. The fuel tanks holds 17 gallons and we could easily run our H (with indifferant tune) for 12-14 hours a day while putting up hay with a 9'sickle bar mower or a 5 bar rake with only morning fill ups.
Under light load - like what you are using it for it probably burn half or less that much fuel. The fuel tanks holds 17 gallons and we could easily run our H (with indifferant tune) for 12-14 hours a day while putting up hay with a 9'sickle bar mower or a 5 bar rake with only morning fill ups.
HENRY E NC
Member
I think an H under those circumstance would go all day and the next. I drive my M to town 4 times a year pulling a trailer with the A on it (30 miles RT) and do some hayride pulling at the shows and I use less Than 20 gallons a year. The last two trips I didnt refuel and I still have better than 10 gals. An H will go a lot further. Henry
Andy Motteberg
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If you are not working the tractor, it will seem like it never runs out.
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