Posted by Fixerupper on May 12, 2012 at 19:49:01 from (100.42.82.164):
In Reply to: Re: acres per gallon posted by GordoSD on May 12, 2012 at 19:17:18:
Come to think of it, way back in the early 70's I started farming with a 1070 Case. It just loafed along pulling a 6 row cultivator and used a very small amount of fuel. When it was pulling hard I thought it might have used a little more fuel than it should have for it's size. I kept track of gallons and hours at that time. I traded the 1070 for a new 1086. The 1086 used more fuel loafing along on the same cultivator but less fuel pulling the same plow, disk, etc the 1070 used to pull. The 1070 was rated at 108 non-turboed horses and the 1086 was rated at 135? turboed horses, 1070 had a German Bosch inline pump, the 1086 had an American Bosch distributor type pump so I was not comparing apples to apples. Jim
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