Fuel Tips

I'm in iowa... I'll follow for 6 more weeks... after that I'm on my own til next winter.. hehe

 

How many drivers,(O/O) have ever checked a trls air pressure to make sure it was right when you picked it up?? I did it everytime I picked one up...And took the pressure to 105 psi to boot. Most recomend 100 psi..You may be thinking why do that for them? When in fact your really doing it for yourself in order to reduce trl. lag. The more your tires are under inflated, the more your unit works as though your dragging an anchor...Once tires are where their supposed to be(including truck) Do your best also to distribute the weight evenly across the truck and trl tandems..Note** Keep trl lenght in mind so you dont get overlenght fines..Some states like Ga. and Ca. Love to see you hit a scale like that..Ga. was 1000.00 fine if not more by now...**Some Co. trls dont see their home terminal or branch terminal if any, for months...Ive seen tires get down to as low as 60 and 70 psi ...Fuel mileage then is hard to achieve.. So when you do this, dont think so much its for them, even though it helps them on that part. But for you mainly, because its your fuel going to be used to pull the next load on it..

 

Way back, when I worked for a national company, we had fleet trucks that were spec'ed identical. Same for the trailers .....
A few loads would be going from one location to another and the drivers would naturally see who had the best truck, fastest, etc.

We hauled automotive freight and oftentimes the loads and rigs were identical. Drafting became a natural ocurrance for us. But I'm not talking about drafting like the NASCAR drivers. We were able to draft a 1/4 mile back with no problem.

One way to prove out the theory was to try to catch the truck ahead of you. Everyone had speed limiters set at 68 mph, but the rear truck could easily catch the lead truck. Just to prove that the guy doing the catch-up didn't all of a sudden have some sort of super-truck, I would invite any of them to pass me. Once the back of their cab got even with my front bumper, that was all she wrote ...... the trucks would then see-saw back and forth ..... so I would usually back out of the throttle and let them take the lead for a while .... I would stay back a reasonable distance and enjoy the reduced fuel & oil consumption.

 

I don't know what you guys are paying for gasoline.... but here in California we are also paying higher, up to $3.50 per gallon. But my line of work is in petroleum for about 31 years now, so here are some tricks to get more of your money's worth for every gallon..
Here at the Kinder Morgan Pipeline where I work in San Jose , CA we deliver about 4 million gallons in a 24-hour period thru the pipeline. One day
is diesel the next day is jet fuel, and gasoline, regular and premium
grades. We have 34-storage tanks here with a total capacity of 16,800,000
gallons.
Only buy or fill up your car or truck in the early morning when the ground temperature is still cold. Remember that all service stations have their storage tanks buried below ground. The colder the ground the more dense the gasoline, when it gets warmer gasoline expands, so buying in the afternoon or in the evening....your gallon is not exactly a gallon. In the petroleum business, the specific gravity and the temperature of the gasoline, diesel and jet fuel, ethanol and other petroleum products plays
an important role.
A 1-degree rise in temperature is a big deal for this business. But the service stations do not have temperature compensation at the pumps.


When you're filling up do not squeeze the trigger of the nozzle to a fast mode. If you look you will see that the trigger has three (3)stages:
low, middle, and high. In slow mode you should be pumping on low speed, thereby minimizing the vapors that are created while you are pumping. All hoses at the pump have a vapor return.
If you are pumping on the fast rate,
some of the liquid that goes to your tank becomes vapor. Those vapors are being sucked up and back into the underground storage tank so you're getting less worth for your money.

One of the most important tips is to fill up when your gas tank is HALF FULL or HALF EMPTY. The reason for this is, the more gas you have in your tank the less air occupying its empty space. Gasoline evaporates faster than you can imagine. Gasoline storage tanks have an internal floating roof. This roof serves as zero clearance between the gas and the atmosphere, so it minimizes the evaporation. Unlike service stations, here where I work, every truck that we load is temperature compensated so that every gallon is actually the exact amount.
Another reminder, if there is a gasoline truck pumping into the storage tanks when you stop to buy gas, DO NOT fill up--most likely the gasoline is being stirred up as the gas is being delivered, and you might pick up some of the
dirt that normally settles on the bottom. Hope this will help you get the most value for your money.

 

Those are some great tips, I did not know some of those!

 

Those tips are super usefull for me!! appreciate the info

 

Time is money to me so I will just fill it up as always. You might get a teaspoon more doing any of those.

 

Engine Starts - Acceleration's - Air2Fuel Ratio - Alignment- Tire pressure - Aerodynamics- - - Emission Sensors - Load - RPMs - Gear Ratio - Terrain - Conditions - Season - A/C - Speed- New Shoes- and more

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All the above Effect Gas - All of which are variables and range - also some in Which will still cost you something in some form or fashion. Like alignments - etc.. I say take what you can get while in the moment.. Like Drafting


Every road trip is different no matter how the same..

My top would be- in no particular order

• Easy Throttle
• Drafting
• Maintenance
• EngineStarts

 

how many miles per gallon can you gain by having a wind jammer on top of your truck I ve been thinking about having one installed some tell me as much as a mile per gallon some say it isnt worth the money.