My '09 carbureted Trailblazer 302 averages 1.5 gals per hour or so. Speaking of efficiency, I'd be interested to know the real-world fuel consumption of the newer EFI and diesel TB's.

 

My Ranger 305G gets the same. I'm pretty satisfied with that.

 

My SA200 drinks like a fish. My Commander 500 with a Deutz sips fuel.
From the owners manual -
Low idle - .37 gph
High idle - .66 gph
DC CC welding at 500A - 1.94 gph
12KW generator full output - 1.31 gph

 

06 ranger 250 is about gallon and a half while hammering away.

 

My BB350 uses about 0.5 gallons of Diesel per hour if I'm running small rods and power tools. Under heavy load with flux cored wires, the fuel consumption runs close to 1.0 gallons per hour of diesel.

 

My 2010 gas , 302 TRAILBLAZER burns a little over a gallon a hour.Only has 212 hours. :blob3: Big old ,old,LINCOLN at work burns gas just looking at it. Even worse when you work it. :blob4:

 

I can't say exactly but my TB302EFI definitely doesn't use anywhere near as much fuel as my old Legend. What I do know is that I've run 22 hours of mixed welding and idling with it on one tank of fuel. A little bit of the welding was heavy high amp but mostly low amp with a fair amount of idling thrown into the mix.

 

I had a guy I used to work with, should give him a call and tell him I'm out on my own, was talking to me about my Ranger 10,000. He said the Kohler (which I had) was a lot louder than the Honda they offered, and cold blooded, but was way better on gas. I've never been able to compare them to verify this though. I've never checked it, never really cared, I have it, it works, so it takes how ever much fuel it needs. But my guesstimate would be between 1 - 1.5 gals per hour. Welding a feedlot this summer I was working welding for about 9 hours a day and I'd use about 8 gallons, I figure I had at least a hour of downtime moving the pickup, taking drinks of water, eating my sandwich, and taking leaks.

I'll have to remember to check the hour meter next time I fill up.