Rates are starting to skyrocket already

Yep......
But like my dad used to say, "it's your story, you can tell it any way you want."

 

Call bs all you want, only thing it means is you don't know anything about a 12.7 or n14 powered hood. The secret is have a driver that cares. That's impossible for a big fleet. No secret to it, just drive it with a brain instead of a guy that likes to pretend he is in nascar.

Vans are extremely easy to get good fuel mileage with. The freight is hidden from the wind, so all ya gotta do is get low rolling resistant tires, side skirts and close that tailer gap.

Open deck freight in the other hand, nothing you can do. Some loads will just suck the fuel down. If i didn't pull over sized loads i would put a Conestoga kit on just for the fuel savings.

 

Like i said before, if you like new trucks that's fine, nothing wrong with your choice. But to make up reasons that they are "better" is ridiculous.

 

Pretty sure CJ lost mpg when he got his conestoga.

 

At first but i thought it went up when he pulled the headache rack off and was able to close the trailer gap. I will have to ask him again.

 

I have a van and a flat. Hands down its easier to get better mpg with my flat.

 

No i didn't. I said my fuel went down very little switching from a columbia to this hood. You then asked about vans, so i responded with this truck gets 8 pulling a newer van specced for fuel mileage. The columbia got about .5 mpg better, which coincidentally is the same number the manufacturer engineers state is the difference between hood and aero in every article i have read.

 

Running empty and low profile freight sure, but with ugly non aero freight?

Edit to add: the best mileage i ever have gotten(besides dhing with the flat) is during ups season and i get a newer swift trailer. The worse is when i get a set of pups heading west into a strong headwind. 4 mpg here we come! I also saw 4 once with a wide load earlier this year going into nm. 50 mph headwinds suck. Double suckage is getting shut down at the port of entry for high winds.