So...given you "experience" the guys in the PNW a getting -25 mpg>>>Great theory you have!
How much does aditional weight affect MPG
Discussion in 'Trucks [ Eighteen Wheelers ]' started by Richter, Feb 13, 2012.
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Weight, incline, route, weather have ZERO impact on mileage, is what they were taught in their college. And they tell their drivers that too. -
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But, anyone who believes that the afore mentioned scenarios have zero impact on fuel economy.....isn't educated at all.
Engineers to often try to apply the math to meet the company projections/expectations.
Just look at the climate scandal. Fools inserted flawed data, to protect their jobs/grants. The data was false, pure and simple. But they knowingly pounded us over the head with it, in the daily news. -
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Originally Posted by Frenzy
My rule of thumb is that adding 1000 lbs will drop the mpg by .1.
You missed my decimal point.
I will rewrite the statement for better clarity.
My rule of thumb is that adding 1000 lbs will cause a 0.1 drop in mpg.
I do mostly light (10K) loads with the expectation that I can get 10 mpg pulling an empty trailer. So with a 10k load I expect to get around 9, 20k around 8. -
So, useing your theory, if you load 45,000 lbs it costs you 0.35 mpg vs hauling a 10,000 lb load. -
So by using my rule of thumb, I would use (10 - 4.5) 5.5 mpg as a planning number for a 45K load. That would be my worst case mpg, I would very disappointed if I actually got that low of a mpg.
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