Stepping Out With My Own Numbers

It doesn’t look like I’ll be getting the rest of the skirt panels. I ordered a trailer kit from FlowBelow for the trailer. I’ll have it next week. I also ordered some AeroFlaps for the trailer and some Air Tabs for the truck and trailing edge of the skirt.
I use Coretex ELD and Dashcam. I really like their system.
When I post my mpg fills it is hand calculations, total miles and total actual gallons. The ECM is all over the place.
It’s creeping up. So far I’m at 8.73 mpg since I bought it. I’ve noticed .2-.3 mpg increase since getting the new trailer. I wasn’t expecting that.
I noticed the fuel mileage improve around the 60k mark and again after the first valve adjustment.
Idle is 8-9%
Eventually when the tires that came with the truck wear out, I’ll put on the XOne XDN2s and I’ll think that will also increase mpg. A higher traction tire will improve mpg in a 6x2.

 

I’ll be leaving out tomorrow finally. Had a bunch of stuff to do. I discovered a big chunk of rubber missing out of my passenger side steer tire, so I’ll be replacing that tomorrow. You can’t see steel, but it’s all the way down to the base of the tread. It still has 16/32nd of rubber, basically a new tire ruined thanks to our lovely interstate highway system. The FlowBelow is on the trailer and AirTabs are on. This oil change I switched to the Schaeffer 10w30 Ultra Performance to see how it does with the bypass. Even though it’s a 10w30 like I’ve been running, the viscosity is thicker than the FA4 I’ve been running. My oil pressure is 7-10 psi higher with it.

 

I’ve read a lot of good things. I’ve read some people here on TTR using it, with oil samples, and have had great results.

 

Maybe slightly. They’re both 10w30. The FA4 is capable of up to a 2% increase in fuel economy. I’m interested in this Ultra Performance to see how good it really handles oxidation. If it’s really good, I’ll gladly take the small hit in fuel economy. If it’s not much of a difference, I’ll go back to FA4. Schaeffer has a 10w30 FA4 as well.

 

Fuel mileage since May 1, if I go back farther it will say something crazy, like 200 mpg. Something is up with their portal. I get .17 less than what this says, or 9.29 mpg for the period.

 

I’d like to get to 100k intervals. I’m interested to see how the Schaeffer’s does. It supposed to have the best soot handling and TBN retention.