What if it Snows?

Wow!! That’s some high fuel. Looks like late 70’s. Maybe early 80’s. Considering fuel was 1.00 gal. till late 90’s. When it hit $1.25, O/O’s leases on were complaining and selling their Trucks. My Truck was getting 7-7.5 mpg. Extra .08 cpm fuel surcharge, put an extra .05Cpm in my pocket.

 

That's a good mpg for today.

 

I pulled a dry van today, with a new strange truck I have to drive after the KittyKat may have blown itself up last week.

Probably been 6 months. Little residential street, when you get on the dock, your front bumper is on one edge of the street and the other curb is 20' in front of you, with the neighbor house's boulders about 6" past the curb. Throw in another 20 impatient 4 wheelers and a prick in an OD truck.

Started over on my backup 3 or 4 times. I cheated and pulled about 15' into the little alley across the street. About 15 pullups later, I was on the dock. I hate dry vans. Worst backing performance today - EVER. But, I got on the dock, it got delivered, and I got home.

I'm kinda dreading winter this year too. Maybe I'm getting kind of tired of running the ###### when most others have popped their brakes.

 

It was a 99 Classic. 12.7 13/358’s. Had 178k when I bought it. Ran a 4000# Round trips from Mi.-Wi. 62 mph, no hills. Once I started running wild mpg dropped to 6.5, sometimes less. It was a pre-nox engine. Last of the polluters. My current one, though the engine was manufactured 11/99 it must have been a Lo- nox program since new. Never had gotten over 6.2. Usually 5-5. Same Truck/ specs. Except 285wb.and 84” bunk. 99 was 265wb and 70” bunk. I’m at a loss on the fuel economy. Has to be something I can do. I need the right “tune” I guess. Just don’t want to shorten the life of the engine.

 

Tires? I had real good mileage with XDN2 michillin.

 

After today in that van, feeling old. Just 3 or 4 years ago, with a manual pallet jack, I could get 24 tons to the tail in under 20 minutes, if the forktruck guy wasn't screwing around and making me wait on him.

Then, I started slowing down and it became too much work. Told the boss, I ain't doing that stuff anymore. Boss man got an electric pallet jack, and stopped assigning those loads off on me for the most part. Still slips one in now and then, like today.

Today, with the electric jack it took me 40 minutes, but the forktruck driver was screwing off. And I was all sweaty when I got done.

 

Maybe a little of both ive found that if i tell the guys at the jobsite that i can run equipment and unload myself , they can stay busy doing what they are doing. Ill bring over the paperwork to get signed after im done. It seems to help everybody out. I get unloaded quicker and they dont have to worry about unloading a truck. Think i may be on to something here.

 

Amish log home

 

I agree. You get it done and your back to making money. Burn and turn.

 

I miss coming across x1's posts. He brought great humor to this site.