5 mpg. Good heavy load 45000 ton

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  1. Roman78

    Roman78 Light Load Member

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    Whats your fuel mileage at same weight
     
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  3. God prefers Diesels

    God prefers Diesels Road Train Member

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    I get 5.5 at 80,000 pounds. I can't imagine hauling 45,000 tons!
     
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  4. DUNE-T

    DUNE-T Road Train Member

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    ND-MI 44k dry van, 70mph 6.7mpg every week, unless weather is bad.
     
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  5. Savor the Flavor

    Savor the Flavor Medium Load Member

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    Ask @Frank Speak -- he keeps draggin Big Maude Tyler around.
     
  6. Magoo1968

    Magoo1968 Road Train Member

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    5 mpg for a 90 million pound load seems unbelievable
     
  7. Kyle G.

    Kyle G. Road Train Member

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    I get about 5.5 mmpg
     
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  8. Brettj3876

    Brettj3876 Road Train Member

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    Kind of an open ended question. But at 90k I'd say that's satisfactory
     
  9. Frank Speak

    Frank Speak Road Train Member

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    You need to compare gross weight (not load weight) and even that doesn’t mean anything. I bet there aren’t 3 of us in this thread that have the same spec trucks.

    That said, I’m close to @God prefers Diesels. All my loads are maxed out at 79,500 to 80,000 pounds (bulk tank). I average 5.9 mpg in an ungoverned truck (cruise usually set at 72-75).
     
  10. Frank Speak

    Frank Speak Road Train Member

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    I want to see the engine that’s pulling that down the road! Lol
     
  11. mjd4277

    mjd4277 Road Train Member

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    It varies. I pull dry van and reefer-most of my loads can be between 35 to 46K gross(not including tractor fuel,DEF and reefer fuel). Lately I’ve been averaging 8.5 mpg with Walmart dedicated reefer loads(about 37K gross) and 8.3 with dry van (41 to 43K). But that’s on summer blend fuel. In the winter it will drop into the low to mid 7s(typically 7.3 mpg).
     
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