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12.27.2006
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 10 most common lies 1.) That lot lizard really likes me but I ain't interested 2.) I like being a company driver 3.) I really like this Freightshaker, I don't even want a 379 4.) I'm good at driving in NYC 5.) Mountains don't scare me 6.) I'm a gonna give up french fries and lose some weight after Jan. 1 7.) Truck stop showers are as clean as back home and don't give me warts 8.) I don't yak on the cell phone while driving in the hammer lane 9.) My wife is trim and fit 10.) I get over 7 mile in my rig.
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10.08.2007
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| deadhead, 6.5 20k in the box 5.9 40k in the box 5.3 2006 379 governed at 70mph wind will bring me down to a 4.8 |
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11.16.2007
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| My MPG It seems to me the biggest factor is the truck itself. The 2 I owned got about about 5.5mpg and there wasn't anything I tried that changed it much. One was a Wal-mart COE with a 11.1L Det and the other was a '98 Western Star with the old style cab, 24.5 tires, raised suspension, no fairing, and a 12.7L 470hp Det. The way the engine gets broken in has a huge amount to do with it. Two identical trucks can vary a lot in mpg. When a truck sits high up so that a lot of air can come in under the bumper it hurts mpg too. The biggest factors I ever found that affected my mpg other than me or the truck itself were headwinds and road conditions. I could get better mpg hauling a heavy load across I-40 and I81 in TN and VA up and down mountains than I could hauling a light load across I-40 in AR (before they fixed it) and I-55 in MO and AR. Uneven concrete roads murder fuel economy. |
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12.31.2007
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| I delivered a couple of freightliner condos last winter/spring... bobtail the one got 14mpg next trip I hammered down... and still got 11mpg. so wheel and air friction must account for quite a bit. |
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01.01.2008
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| I have friend who does Tankers for Kenan with Freightliner Columbia day cab with a 370 cat and gets around 5-6mpg. If he was pulling Vans for a local carrier, I am sure he would be able to get 7mpg out of her. Hunter |
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