kjhauff said: Also it claims 1.57 gph do you think this is accurate in your experience?
That sounds a little low but I'm not working with a 4000, my 5111 would be around 1.8 during the normal part of the season, and get to about 2 gph during spring and fall when mulching leaves or with mulching or gator blades on I have seen it as low as 1.6 late summer. The 1600 Deere, the best I saw late summer with very little grass growth was right about 2 gph, but it usually is 2.4 gph, no mulching deck or gator blades.
Is the 1.57 in the literature? I would suspect they run it on flat treeless terrain and come up with a favorable number similar to being able to mow x number acres per hour, which I never achieve because I'm either stopping for more coffee or stopping to get rid of it. I wonder too if 1.57 is accurate? I do remember about 9 years ago we did a demo with a Jac and JD fairway mower, put my two best operators on them and sent them out, that Deere used less fuel even with the bigger engine, my mechanic thought it was because it didn't have to work as hard.
Mel