The cost of operation is considered a secondary factor when buying or renting heavy

equipment (https://transportation.ae/buying-renting-heavy-equipment/), this will be

directly linked to the amount of fuel consumed by the vehicle in a given period of time.
Through a simple operation, it can be established that:

The total cost in fuel per hour = [Fuel consumption per hour ] x [Fuel price]

The previous operation gives us the specific picture in relation to the cost of the total fuel
consumed by the vehicle, however sometimes the variable “Fuel consumption per hour” is
unknown and this could vary depending on the load factor received by the engine and of
the type of operation that the machine performs.

In the case of excavation vehicles, as well as other machines, the engine load factor can be
directly influenced by any of the following variables affecting the final fuel consumption:

 Parking periods in idle (keep the vehicle on without movement)

 Manipulation of the tool implemented in the excavator or vehicle

 Movement of the excavator without load

 Maniobras with partial acceleration

 Work downhill

Other variables of great importance when determining the fuel consumption per hour are
classified according to the application of the excavator that can be summarized in any of
the following 3 cases:

Table of Contents 
0.1.
 Low Consumption
0.2.
 Average Consumption
0.3.
 High Consumption
0.4.
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Low Consumption

Low power consumption tasks are those that lead the engine to a load factor of between 20
to 40%, such as Excavation and movement of material
(https://transportation.ae/construction-excavations/) to the designated station located at
ground level, digging of shallow ditches for public works or application on low-density
materials, including the movement of scrap metal.

Average Consumption

The work of average consumption leads the engine to a load factor with 40 to 60%, among
them stands out: The interrupted load of trucks, excavation of materials with low to medium
density and with the service ladle between 60 to 90% of their capacity. It includes the
loading of logs, modification of landscapes, etc. In which the team makes few trips with
distances ranging between 100 and 200 meters

High Consumption

The work of high consumption will lead the engine to a load factor of 60 to 80%, the most
common tasks include the continuous loading of trucks, excavation in rock or blast rock
floors, transport displacements exceeding 200m in length in those that the soil provides
difficult traction and great impacts.

Below is a table of fuel consumption per hour in the excavators most commonly used in the
construction industry:

Low Average High

Type of
consumption consumption consumption Tank
Excavator engine
per hour in per hour in per hour in capacity
technology
liters liters liters

321D LCR 6 to 12 12 a 18 18 to 24 TIER 3 (STD) 410 Liters

 321D LCR 6.5 to 12.5 12.5 to 18.5 18.5 to 24.5 TIER 3 (HPP) 410 Liters

320D 6 to 12 12 a 18 18 to 24 TIER 3 (STD) 410 Liters

320D 6.5 to 12.5 12.5 to 18.5 18.5 to 24.5 TIER 3 (HPP) 410 Liters

320C 10 a 14 17 to 20 20 to 23 Conventional

20 to 25.5
330D L 35 to 39 liters 45 to 49 liters TIER 3 620 Liters
liters

The consumptions established in the table consider:

 The difference of 12% that could exist between two operators

 80% load factor with intermittent periods to 100%

To carry out an approximate calculation of the fuel consumption per hour in liters for other
vehicles, the following operation can be carried out:

Fuel consumption per hour = [Engine power in hp (horsepower)] / [number of cylinders in

the vehicle.]

Remember that the result may vary depending on the technology of the engine and the
variants mentioned in the publication

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