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Highway guys are lucky!

Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by bonder45, Oct 22, 2011.

  1. Oct 22, 2011 #1
    bonder45

    bonder45 Road Train Member

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    I have really never thought about doing my MPG until I was reading on this forum about people trying to get over 7mpg.

    Well the last 3 fill ups I have been writing down all my stats.


    224L - 267, 505 km - 10/15/11
    248L - 268, 026km - 10/21/11
    61L - 268, 127km - 10/22/11


    So I'm getting about 1.17 MPG.....fuuuuuuuu

    This kind of sucks:biggrin_25510:
     
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  3. Oct 22, 2011 #2
    Tazz

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    You have to be running some kind of PTO right. Or doing job site work something:biggrin_25524:
     
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  4. Oct 22, 2011 #3
    Pedigreed Bulldog

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    I don't worry much about fuel mileage....just revenue generated vs. cost of operation. As long as I'm comfortably in the black, I'm happy. Doing site work or short hauls (less than 10 miles, turn all day) you won't get as many miles per gallon, but the rate per mile will be awesome. Doing longer runs, the mpg improves, but the rate per mile plummets.

    Whatever pays the bills...
     
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  5. Oct 22, 2011 #4
    gearpusher

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    Society today is too self involved for proper representation.
     
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  7. Oct 22, 2011 #5
    CondoCruiser

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    bonder, you might get lucky one of these days! :)
     
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  8. Oct 22, 2011 #6
    STexan

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    Your calculations are wrong .. throw out the first 224 liters, as that was the first known "top-off point". According to my calculations you went 622 km (386 miles) on 309 liters (81.6 gallons) ... 4.73 MPG

    Otherwise , you need to know where your hub reading was at when you began the burning of the 224 liters that you apparently added into your original calculation
     
    STexan, Oct 22, 2011
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  9. Oct 22, 2011 #7
    bonder45

    bonder45 Road Train Member

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    Ekk... totally forgot about that first fill up.

    I'm just doing city work, stop, go, stop, go, stop, go...... Maybe next fill up I will see if it is any better.
     
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  10. Oct 22, 2011 #8
    Everett

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    naw he was a at acity dock, bumped the idle up too 1300 and went too sleep for 7 hours , hence 4 mpg.:biggrin_25523:
     
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