What do you get for fuel mileage
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2000 W900 6nz cat 550hp. 13 speed 3.77 rears lo pro 24.5 rubber. Pull double hoppers PNW. 105500 lbs. 4.25 mpg. Run 70 75 mph. 1600 - 1700 rpm.
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That's great most of you get better fuel mileage than me i got a 07 Columbia c15 get average 4.5 but most of it is city.
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379 midroof 550cat/13
3.70s and 24.5 pulling mountain flatbed at 80k left lane. 5 to 5.5 -
1999 Volvo vnl, 3406e, 475 hp, 13speed fulton... Between 5.5-6.2 miles /gallon with 40k-43k heavy load .
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any 500 horse engine pre emission and 335 gallon useable tanks of fuel (345 volume capacity) I expect at best 2150 miles range loaded at 65 as a team OR 1650 solo with a limit of 1950 at 72 mph loaded.
Once I was very careful due to Fleet Orders from Operations not to fuel in California while coming south from WA to AZ that turned into about 2200 miles with a couple of gallons left when we finally found fuel on site in AZ. I was very conservative in applying horsepower most of the way. For me that was about the best you can do in those days.
Once in a while in season, about this time of year to Summer, storms in Eastern Colorado Western Kansas eastbound pushing on trailer like a sail will create close to 20 miles per gallon for hundreds of miles if managed carefully. Thats a bonus.
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2017 w900l isx15 475/1650 3:36 pulling a train Rockies at 117 in nv and ut 5.1 mpg at 75mph
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Matt1924 Thanks this.
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2013 Volvo D13. Averaged 7.3 mpg yesterday overall on about 500 miles. 41k load in an ungoverned truck but I kept it at about 62 to see what I could do fuel wise.
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2005 Freightliner BSX C15 ACERT.
Rockwell 46,000, 4.11 gears.
18 speed.
Previously, 475 hp, 1,850tq
Average 3.5 cnd mpg with a loaded B-train, end dump, live bottom and low boys.
Now 575 hp, 2,050tq
Ave 5-5.5 cnd mpg with a loaded b-train.
1998 Ford Louisville. 6TS 3406 E
Rockwell 46,000, 4.11 gears
18 speed
475hp, 1,750 tq
Ave 4.5 cnd mpg.
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