When is low on fuel really low on fuel??

You should try and plan your fuel stops at the beginning of your shift.I can't even begin to count how many times I had to get fuel at an unauthorized stop because none of my stops were in the network.I've been on hyws and interstates with lots of trk stop just not where the company fuels.A forth a tank can get you aways long as no steep hills.Sometimes I have drove on an eight of tank my boss always said you have plenty of fuel.He was always right while im sitting getting nervous watching the needle.

 

That must have been one heck of a slope if you still had 30+ gals of fuel onboard! That or one tank runs lower than the other, and that got you.

And you idiots! Does it occur to y'all that your fuel pickup point is always at or near the bottom of the tank? Please explain how fuel level changes fuel quality given that fact? SMDH

 

You don't have 150 gallon tanks, you have 120 gallons that can be used ... sort of.

Why?

Because first that tank can't really hold 150 gallons, if it did, you would have fuel spilling all over the place. You need to keep it below 95% filled. That means 142

Then you have the garbage factor involved with all of it, this where you pull garbage out of the bottom of the tank if you have low fuel, most companies do not drain and clean their tanks as they should so it accumulates and this costs you a clogged fuel system. So that is usually 5 inches of fuel left in the tank and if you have tans that are say 75 inches long, a quick calculation means that you have between 15 and 22 gallons that you can't use.

One reason why we keep the tanks filled or at least half filled. If you have weight issues than fuel at 7 pounds a gallon can add up with large tanks, one reason why I would make multiple fuel stops with heavy loads.

 

If you have 150 gallon bullet tanks,you could run out with 30 gallons still in each tank.The newer D shaped tanks will pick-up about 95% of capacity.

 

All the 150 and 200 gallon tanks I have are all center feed tanks.

that's true, but how many clean their tanks out at least every two years?

 

If I DID that I'd Never be LEGAL.....LMAO

Now the standard 150 gal saddle tank.....has approx 135 gallons usable.....Now having said that Fuel gauges in trux r historically unreliable....and some are much Worse than others(myself&all mi comladres in older Pete hoods know jus what I mean...lol)
So if you r new.....a much better safe system is to get on handle on your true overall fuel mileage....then knock 1/2 mile (or so)off that....leave yourself 50 miles or so pad&you're good to go.....except in very cold conditions..then double that....dont sweat it...youll get the hang of it

 

But...but... but... Think of all the bad fuel you burned over the years doing that way! (Below 1/4) Don't you know below a 1/4 tank all the bottom of the tank junk jumps up into the pickup tube? You're getting senile, old timer! LMAO!

 

The people in the know will get rid of a truck before it is 2 years old,or either pass it on as a fleece purchase.