P1000 Fuel Mileage of A Pioneer 1000??

[HBarlow]

Has anyone ever calculated the fuel mileage of a Pioneer 1000 when driven on paved or graded dirt road at a steady speed?

Last Sunday afternoon I took my buggy out into the local unincorporated town to fill the gas tank. My wife was with me and we stopped at a local Dairy Queen for Blizzards. An exciting outing for us old folks!

While we were sitting in the Honda eating ice cream two elderly blue-hair widows exited the store and entered a car parked beside us. As one of the old ladies passed she asked about the fuel mileage of my Honda.

I didn't know the answer so I guessed 30 - 40 mpg.

Does anyone know the correct answer?

 

[Hondasxs]

Riding as said above. You can expect over 100 miles.
If you are not scared to run it dry, 130+ miles easy.
Most people start to panic when it flashes, You still have a gallon to go.

 

[Hondasxs]

Does anyone know the correct answer?

No "correct" answer. My foot is heavier than yours.
But we can get 100 miles around the TN mountains, mixed trail/dirt roads, easy.

@JACKAL can give more info.

 

[HBarlow]

What about mpg?

 

[Hondasxs]

Disregard my statements above. ...
Sounds like you are driving all dirt road trails.
I bet you could push 200 miles a tank.

What about mpg?

There is no answer for this.

 

[Remington]

Depends on if its stock or not Tires, exhaust, tune as well. Its all over the map. With 30’s and a snuff tune on mine sandy trails, paved and dirt roads Im lucky to get 8-10 when I figured it

 

[CID]

I get 17 ish in the Talon when I'm just cruising on easy trails.

 

[toddvdh]

I would guess 15-20mpg average for me. A mix of sand trails, mud, and gravel roads.

I get about 120 miles out of a tank. So, 120 miles divided by 7 gallons is how I came up with that.

 

[bumperm]

As hinted, not great mileage in terms of miles per gallon. But take heart, 10 Pioneers, lumped together, no doubt get far better mileage than Al Gore's jet.

 

[JACKAL]

What about mpg?

About 21 mpg on average from my 12k riding experience. When my light would flash empty still had 1.5-2gal in tank. Have gone 45 miles with it flashing empty took 7 gal to fill up (7.9 gal capacity) that was a 148 mile ride that day, farthest I've pushed a tank of fuel in East TN.

Out West I'm guessing 175 miles is doable but I'd carry 5 gal until I repeated the results 5x for an average.

I doubt, you will ever see much over 25 mpg

 

[JenElio]

Has anyone ever calculated the fuel mileage of a Pioneer 1000 when driven on paved or graded dirt road at a steady speed?

Last Sunday afternoon I took my buggy out into the local unincorporated town to fill the gas tank. My wife was with me and we stopped at a local Dairy Queen for Blizzards. An exciting outing for us old folks!

While we were sitting in the Honda eating ice cream two elderly blue-hair widows exited the store and entered a car parked beside us. As one of the old ladies passed she asked about the fuel mileage of my Honda.

I didn't know the answer so I guessed 30 - 40 mpg.

Does anyone know the correct answer?

Turf mode all black top/gravel I bet you could get around 200 miles to a tank.........probly somewhere between 25/30 mpg

 

[HBarlow]

Disregard my statements above. ...
Sounds like you are driving all dirt road trails.
I bet you could push 200 miles a tank.


There is no answer for this.

Actually although I'm a little embarrassed to admit it, my Pioneer has never been on a trail. It's purely a black top queen.

 

[HBarlow]

Turf mode all black top/gravel I bet you could get around 200 miles to a tank.........probly somewhere between 25/30 mpg

That's probably about right for mine.

 

[PJon]

I’ve kept track of all fuel used. Average at 20 mpg. 4,717 miles, 303 hours. 20 mile rides mostly in low range will drop the mileage to around 15 mpg.

 

[HBarlow]

Someone might winder - why doesn't he simply read the odometer when I fill tank and again when I fill it next time and divide the difference by gallons added.

I can't read the fuel gauge or odometer.

 

[Bighat]

I had a Gator and it seemed like I was always putting fuel it. I have a Honda and seems like I'm always putting fuel in it. Nature of the beast. A lot of low range operation.

 

[Bighat]

I don't know why they don't make them all diesels. Many people have diesel in large storage tanks on the farm. Plus diesels in those small engines get over double the fuel mileage. My diesel mower would mow my grass 2 1/2 on the same amount of fuel as my gas mower.

 

[JenElio]

I don't know why they don't make them all diesels. Many people have diesel in large storage tanks on the farm. Plus diesels in those small engines get over double the fuel mileage. My diesel mower would mow my grass 2 1/2 on the same amount of fuel as my gas mower.

My guess is weight......among other factors

 

[HBarlow]

I'm a huge fan of diesel engines in cars, trucks, and tractors but as stated by @JenEllo diesels are heavy, also more expensive to build, and if they're not turbocharged, diesel engines are generally low rpm, high torque, work engines.

Think Kubota. Kubota offers a diesel-powered UTV. Friends owned one a few years ago. They were dead slow.

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[russknight]

I'm not sure, but I pulled the safety tube (or whatever that thing is called) out of the fill neck and that did two things. It allows me to see the fuel level as I'm filling and allows me to fill the tank almost completely full now. I see no downside to it.