What fuel mileage are you seeing on the 600 Pros? I’m asking because once a year we do a 1,000 mile trip somewhere in northern Alaska and we must haul all of the fuel. I’ve been using a 600 Etec Summit which gets about 15.5 mpg, breaking trail and pulling a 700 pound sled. I’m thinking about buying an ’13 600 pro to replace the XP.
Real World Fuel Milage on '11 or '12 600 Pro
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Skeld
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Any talk of fuel mileage usually gets shot down around here, as, unless you are WFO all the time climbing a hill what you are doing doesn't matter.
That being said the type of riding I do sounds like what you are doing, and I can say my 800 is doing well to get 10.5 to 11 and that isn't pulling a sled. I ride with a 2012 600 as well and I don't have any good numbers to give you, but I will say he does better than me...but he usually doesn't break trail as much as me nor is he as hard on the throttle.
That being said the type of riding I do sounds like what you are doing, and I can say my 800 is doing well to get 10.5 to 11 and that isn't pulling a sled. I ride with a 2012 600 as well and I don't have any good numbers to give you, but I will say he does better than me...but he usually doesn't break trail as much as me nor is he as hard on the throttle.
Where in Alaska are you riding a mountain sled for 1,000 miles where you need to haul all of your fuel? Trek Over The Top is 400 miles.
Yukon River over the Brooks and back via different route = 1,000 miles +/_. I was hoping that the 600 would get at least 15 mpg.
I talk with an expedition (600 etec) guy and he has seen it run 16 empty on a packed trail, light on the throttle. He said pulling a 500-1000 pound sled more like 12.
Most of the guys with the 600 ace are reporting 16-22.
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The Polaris wont do that, but I doubt the summit would either.
This smells more like a fred or snowmobiler fishing trip to me.
Flame on!
You get 10.5-11 mpg on an 800?
I've kept pretty good track of my fuel/mileage and over a 10 trip period, I've avged 6.6 MPG. A couple 7.5s, but most under 7, a couple just at 6.
I pulled off 20mpg with a 2000 136" 700 RMK on the Trek (400 miles round trip). Normally would run 8-10 in the powder, but riding on hardpack and taking it easy on throttle made a huge difference.
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Skeld
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I do yes, but I am a flatlander and I'm not in deep snow all the time. And when I am I'm not trying to climb a mountain so I am not required to go WOT very often. I cruise breaking trail at 6800 RPM or so, 25 to 30 MPH. If I had to break trail all day I would estimate it would get worse than 10 to 11, but overall for my riding, that is what I have seen. I ride lakes, rivers, swamps, logging roads, and skidder trails. This is rough estimate since I am usually fueling from a non-metered hand crank pump.
Im just gonna say, I got a 600 155 and I ALWAYS went through about .5-1gallon less fuel than a 700 136 that was riding with us(.5gallons when we went through a quarter tank, 1gallon if we used a half a tank). That said, we were riding powdery conditions but still I think the 600s do get pretty good gas mileage compared to bigger cc sleds.
