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Hourly Fuel ConsumptionTables ● Motor Graders 8

Owning & Operating Costs

Motor Graders Typical Application Description (relative to work application) Low

Light road maintenance. Finish grading. Plant and road mix work. Extended idle. Medium Haul road maintenance. Average road maintenance, road mix work, scarifying. Road con- struction, ditching, loose fill spreading. Land forming, land leveling and elevating grader use. Light to medium snow removal. Lower speed travel on slight grades. High Heavy maintenance of hard packed roads with embedded rock. Heavy fill spreading, base material spreading and ditching. Ripping/scarifying of asphalt or concrete. Continuous high load factor. High impact. Heavy snow plowing. High speed travel on grades. Load Factor Guide (average engine load factor based on Product Status Report for description for each range) Low 20%-30% Medium 30%-50% High 50%-80%

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