Propane for fuel mileage

Discussion in 'Trucks [ Eighteen Wheelers ]' started by roadking1474, Jan 29, 2007.

  1. boudreau

    boudreau Bobtail Member

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    Final 10,000 miles of test.
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    The test is done below is the results for the entire 30,000 mile test.
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    Started using propane at 878011 to the end of the test period 908347 for total miles of 30,336 cost of diesel $13,566.46 total gallons used 3,383.
    Diesel average cost for test period $4.01. Average MPG for test period 8.97.

    If this was diesel only at the baseline of 8.16 mpg I could of only went 27,605.28 miles that means I still had 2730.72
    miles to drive to equal the miles I drove with propane at an additional cost of $1341.93 for the additional diesel I would
    need plus the $13,566.46 for what I spent for the diesel already totals $14,908.39

    I spent $867.40 on propane plus the diesel cost of $13,566.46 totals $14,433.86

    This is a total savings of $474.53 this breaks down to a savings of .015 cpm

     
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  3. latitude500

    latitude500 Bobtail Member

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    What are the parts that go into building / purchasing a kit for your rig. Does anyone know of any websites to look into that.
     
  4. boudreau

    boudreau Bobtail Member

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    just type propane injection into your search engine.
     
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