Typical consumption of a 13 tonne digger

patjack

Hi all, quick question for someone on here what is the typical consumption of 13 tonne machine per day say 8-10 hours typical work. I know it depends on the work being done and the particular machine but a guideline figure is what I need.
Thanks

Reggie.

patjack wrote: »

Hi all, quick question for someone on here what is the typical consumption of 13 tonne machine per day say 8-10 hours typical work. I know it depends on the work being done and the particular machine but a guideline figure is what I need.
Thanks

I think you would get on average about 3 or 4 days work from a tank but I'm open to correction

jaymla627

patjack wrote: »

Hi all, quick question for someone on here what is the typical consumption of 13 tonne machine per day say 8-10 hours typical work. I know it depends on the work being done and the particular machine but a guideline figure is what I need.
Thanks

Was reclaiming land last month was using a rented zaxis 130, was burning on average 10 litres a hour of heavy enough work

td5man

patjack wrote: »

Hi all, quick question for someone on here what is the typical consumption of 13 tonne machine per day say 8-10 hours typical work. I know it depends on the work being done and the particular machine but a guideline figure is what I need.
Thanks

100-120 l a day.

Reggie.

td5man wrote: »

100-120 l a day.

That's roughly a half tank ain't it

td5man

Reggie. wrote: »

That's roughly a half tank ain't it

Yep holds 240-50l .

lakill Farm

my little hydralic 3 ton spoon uses 20 litres max in a 8 hour day

Reggie.

lakill Farm wrote: »

my little hydralic 3 ton spoon uses 20 litres max in a 8 hour day

Is that working or ticking over

lakill Farm

Reggie. wrote: »

Is that working or ticking over

Working at 2000 RPM

Reggie.

lakill Farm wrote: »

Working at 2000 RPM

Count Mondego

How much is it to rent for the week if you mind me asking?

I have a 3cx but could do with a digger for rock breaking or wall building for a few months. Might look into buying one and selling on again. 3cx is too light for the rockbreaker

Timmaay

lakill Farm wrote: »

my little hydralic 3 ton spoon uses 20 litres max in a 8 hour day

I've drove several 3.5 ton diggers here over the years, but hired a 5ton this time. And the difference in what you can do is huge, for many outside jobs you get them done in under 1/2 the time. It's surprisingly ok on juice also, I've only put 2 tankfuls in over the 2wks I've had it.

Coonagh

Reggie. wrote: »

That's roughly a half tank ain't it

Agreed we own an ex135 and a tank will roughly do 2 8 hour days

td5man

Timmaay wrote: »

I've drove several 3.5 ton diggers here over the years, but hired a 5ton this time. And the difference in what you can do is huge, for many outside jobs you get them done in under 1/2 the time. It's surprisingly ok on juice also, I've only put 2 tankfuls in over the 2wks I've had it.

You're not working it hard enough if that's all you've used.
Local lad runs the hired digger 24hrs 2 drivers drive it in shifts.

Timmaay

td5man wrote: »

You're not working it hard enough if that's all you've used.
Local lad runs the hired digger 24hrs 2 drivers drive it in shifts.

Ha I know, I'm only driving it between doing the other farm jobs. I would have hired a driver and worked it solid for a week, but it was all odd jobs that I was doing and would have had to stand over the driver most the time. A 5ton being used part time like I did still beats the socks off trying to use a 3.5t full time, other than in the tight stuff.

Figerty

lakill Farm wrote: »

my little hydralic 3 ton spoon uses 20 litres max in a 8 hour day

Same here. Would I be right in saying that a digger fuel tank is designed to keep a digger going for about 2 days?

Bigger the digger, the bigger the tank.

td5man

Timmaay wrote: »

Ha I know, I'm only driving it between doing the other farm jobs. I would have hired a driver and worked it solid for a week, but it was all odd jobs that I was doing and would have had to stand over the driver most the time. A 5ton being used part time like I did still beats the socks off trying to use a 3.5t full time, other than in the tight stuff.

5 tonner is a nice machine to drive, spent a week driving a half tonne machine in Dublin. :-(:-(

Reggie.

td5man wrote: »

5 tonner is a nice machine to drive, spent a week driving a half tonne machine in Dublin. :-(:-(

Ya would nearly be better with a shovel

Figerty

Reggie. wrote: »

Ya would nearly be better with a shovel

As P Flynn said 'try it some time' !

Farmer

Figerty wrote: »

As P Flynn said 'try it some time' !

I think he was keeping three shovels going at the time.

Brown Podzol

Farmer wrote: »

I think he was keeping three shovels going at the time.

I suppose the handle of the third one was stuck in an orfice that helped to keep his back straight.:P

Tefral

Depends what your using it for. Tracking about uses the most fuel. Once your stationary it's just a hydraulic pump your really driving.

We have a 20 ton ex200 and 50litres of juice in a stationary enough digging would be used in about 7 hours.

I've used that in half that time tracking up and down clearing ditches.

grizzlyadams

Cleaning ditches and digging dykes with 130 Zaxis from 8 - 6 and tank would do 3 days on economy mode
Job took a month is how I know

DarByrne1980

cronin_j is rite. Tracking about the place drinks fuel. Suppose it depends on the job. No point drawin stuff up and down a site for example with the machine if you could dump into a trailer and get a tractor 2 draw it.