12 mpg loaded......I’m not believing it

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  1. G13Tomcat

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  3. D.Tibbitt

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    Go out west and cut that mileage in half lol obviously hes running bobtail on flatland. I can get 10.5 bobtail in my 16 cascadia . im lucky to get 6.5 pulling flatbed
     
  4. Cattleman84

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    A bobtail 4×2 daycab... Maaaaybe???

    Lol... God I think I would have look them up myself... Calculating them is a cake walk, but remembering which is which is the trick!
     
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  5. G13Tomcat

    G13Tomcat Road Train Member

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    mean is average
    median is middle
    mode is value that happens most often.

    Off to bed, knew you'd get it, bro!
     
  6. gentleroger

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    I am a company driver, so I don't file IFTA. I do track my fuel stops and economy to compare against my company's bonus numbers.

    Fron July 1 to July 29 I drove 10,039 miles on the hub. I fueled 12 times for a total of 1155.2 gallons for 8.68 mpg.

    I'm not saying the guy is tellingly the whole story, but if it was only interstate driving, running 60 mph, I can believe hitting 12 mpg in 1,100 miles. Increase the miles by an order if magnitude and I would expect between 8 and 9.

    If you drive for fuel economy like Nussbaum does, they report a fleet average of over 9 mpg.
     
  7. Cat sdp

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    I get 6 in the summer and mid 4’s in the Arctic winter ...... still doesn’t add up in my mind to buy a new truck just for fuel mileage......
     
  8. gentleroger

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    If faced with HAVING to replace your truck then having a "warranty " and at least $10,000 in annual fuel savings can make an awful lot of sense. Particularly because anyone selling old iron now is doing it for a reason.
     
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  9. Lepton1

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    I also noticed he showed an average speed of 47 mph for that 1000 mile leg. Perhaps it can be done, if you are willing to drive that slow.
     
  10. gentleroger

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    That number is way off. Mine shows 50 mph for today, but I actually did 55ish (back roads).

    But yeah, I'm betting he had the cruise set at 58
     
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  11. snowwy

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    That's what I averaged in the 16FL i drove also. Pulling flat. In the western region.
    It was also the best economy truck I ever drove. Everything else I drove before that was 6 to 5.
     
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