better mpg

I should have said line 4, not line 1. My bad. But you get the point. Combine the pre-trip and fueling all into one block of time.

 

Whoever needs to drive that hard and never stop needs to find a better job.. Lease Op or not! If you have to count your min. to make a paycheck, max out your hours every week, run your butt off... Isn't worth it.

There are many other jobs where you don't work your fingers to the bone!

You know what they say about what you get when you work your fingers to the bone?? Bloody fingers!

 

The article "More Miles, Fewer Gallons" by Max Kvidera was published in the August 2010 magazine "Truckers News" on page 28. I found the following insert in the article to be of particular interest.
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The heading of the insert is entitled "Shifting and Cruise Control":
. Use restraint when accelerating from stop, advises Kenworth. In its white paper on fuel economy, the truck manufacturer says short-shifting at 1,100 to 1,200 rpm in all the low-range gears limits fuel consumption. The step to high range requires more rpm. Use 1,500 rpm as the maximum shift point. "Lug the engine to 1,150 rpm before downshifting. The upper end of the power curve --1,500 to 1,800 or 2,100 rpm -- has the most severe fuel burn rate," the company says.
. Kenworth recommends using cruise control frequently. Set the cruise as soon as you are up to speed. Choose a lane that avoids merging traffic and other slowdowns that may force you to turn off your cruise control and lose momentum. You burn more fuel every time you need to regain speed. Constant speeds save fuel, the company notes.

 

Has anyone tried using Acetone? I had heard that mixing 2oz per 10 gallons of gas or diesel will greatly increase mileage. So I did some research and there is a lot of literature out there on it. Acetone is non-corrosive to your fuel system and engine. I works as an evaporative agent only, letting your fuel atomize better for more complete burn and less consumption, 10 - 30% better milage. It states has to be 100% pure Acetone but it is dirt cheap (nail polish remover). I'll be trying it in my gas pickup in the next week or so and I'll give some follow-up as to weather or not it works.

Has anyone heard of this before or tried it?

 

What about obtaining a couple hundred gallons of french fry and fried chicken grease from the fast food joints and dumping it into your tanks? Indirectly more MPGs due to not having to buy 200 gallons of high priced diesel anyway....

 

Chicken? Did he say chicken?