Truck turned 30K today.
Just finished a heavy (79-79,600 lbs gross depending on fuel) load from West Virginia to Brownsville, TX with a stop in Laredo. Lots of short-choppy rolling hills on this route plus a fair amount of 2-lane in Texas. Oh, and a total of 15 hours idling at night due to the heat.
6.6 MPG. I planned for 6.5 but hoped for 7. I saw as high as 7.4 from mid-TN to Dallas.
2011 cascadia dd15 fuel mileage
Discussion in 'Freightliner Forum' started by 01blackz28, Nov 13, 2011.
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Makes one wonder: that sounds like reading off of the display for mpg. Wonder how close that was to actual calculated pump to pump fuel mileage. The display on the truck I just traded in was off by about a .5 compared to actual. If it said 8 mpg, I was really around 7.5. Will be interesting to see how my new FL Columbia glider I pick up tomorrow will compare.
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I noticed with my Century, once the computer got set correctly for tire rotations, diameter and transmission stuff, I am off on my fuel economy by about 0.1 mpg computer vs tank to tank.
I attribute that to the APU running when I am sitting cooling the truck. -
Got a 2012 Cascadia with the DD15 with the 10spd Auto.
Tank to Tank 6.98 since 6/3
Run Reefer mostly 40 to 45k.
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Steve how is the fuel mileage now?
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i have a dd15 in a 2011 cascadia. at 67mph my rpm's are at 1500!! any advice of where my rpm's should be running at 67mph? im thinking more like 1350-1400. taking it to freightliner to have it rest in hopes of getting a better fuel mileage
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