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Old Jan 22, 2013 | 03:12 PM
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Engine Hours vs Miles
So, I was playing with the dash display on my 2005 yesterday and noticed that it shows 3220 engine hours for the 136,900 miles.

Does that seem high, low, or normal?

Just curious....
 
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Old Jan 22, 2013 | 03:23 PM
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That's averaging 42 miles / hour. Mine is average of 34 miles / per hour. So your doing better then me.
let's see what everyone else has.
 
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Old Jan 22, 2013 | 03:39 PM
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So you have 42.5mile/hour. From what I've read and been told, this is normal. Your truck average a little over 17K/year and that is normal also.
 
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Old Jan 22, 2013 | 03:56 PM
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It's just there as an alternative maintenance tracking system for vehicles that see lots of slow or stationary use; ambulances, PTO's, trucks with lifts, public transit, delivery, etc. There's a conversion of hours to miles, 1 hour is 25 miles according to at least one Ford publication. Averagine 42mph only means you spend more time on the highway than in traffic, and that you're probalby on the correct maintenance schedule using mileage.


https://www.fleet.ford.com/truckbbas...IDLETIMESS.pdf
 
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Old Jan 22, 2013 | 05:31 PM
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John Deere uses 30 miles per hour. The service intervals on a machine are 250 hours which equals 7500 miles

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Old Jan 22, 2013 | 06:11 PM
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Every thing depends on the useage our trucks go by engine hrs they seldom move and idle most of the day, worst thing ya can do with a 6.0
 
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for ford it is 25 miles to one hour
 
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Thanks, Guys!

Maybe I should spend even more time on the highway? Lol.
 
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Lol I got like over 6xxx hrs with 249520 miles
 
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FYI, it quits counting at 9999 hrs. Id like to get it resetted.
 
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engine hours are a bit useful when buying a used truck - you can at least get a guess if they really are all "highway miles"
 
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