I have considered fuel--quite a bit, actually. Based on the information in Wendel's Nebraska Tractor Tests, the JD 80 (my family's most efficient tractor) burns 1.28 gallons of diesel an acre to plow and costs (at the time I did the math) $4.22 an acre. The 4040 burns 2.37 gallons and acre to plow and costs $7.82 an acre. The D, pulling four 14" bottoms would burn 1.76 gallons of gasoline an acre and cost $4.66 an acre. This means the D would cost $3.16 an acre less to run than the 4040 would.
My A burns .66 gallons an acre to mow hay. The 4040 burns 1 gallon an acre. That's not really fair though, because the 4040 is pulling a discbine, and my A is pulling a No5 mower.
So fuel cost is not bad (in theory) when compared to other tractors. I hope the math proves to be true with the D.
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