Fuel mileage

Doesn't make that big of a cost difference. Buying fuel for a better price will often save you more than trying to squeeze every gallon. At $2 and 5.5 you're talking .363 and 6.5 you're at .307. If a nickel a mile will make or break you the line at the top isn't big enough. I try to keep my fuel cost at or below .40(usd) per mile. It's a win some lose some kinda thing.

 

I'm seeing these low MPG numbers. These newer trucks should be being 8+ MPG

 

Get a Peterbilt 372. Peterbilt claimed 10 mpg loaded average with mechanical engines. Ugly as sin though IMO.

 

Fuel cost is a big part of our bottom line. Just be careful there is a line you cross that you start stepping over dollars to pick up dimes

 

I try and buy as cheap as I can in route when needed. I run as slow as I can depending on the pick up and delivery times. If the Reciever closes at 3 and the fastest I can get there is 3:30 I drive (55) slower. If I can be there at 2:30 and reload the same day it's 70 mph the whole time.

I bought a $300 generator and heater and ac unit so verry little idle time.

6.49 mpg running flatbed. $0.317 per mile. Gen fuel looks like $0.40 an hour.

As fuel price goes up it becomes more important! So at $4 a gal it would be .63 per gallon. Rates don't climb as fast as fuel prices, so you better be prepared when they do. If fuel goes back up to over $ 4 I will be in the granny lane.

 

If I see 6.3 running 65 I'm smiling but im rarely in a hurry .
If I had woreouts job 6.3 would be a fantasy for me lol

 

5 is good for a pott aint it? That is without a head wind

 

I'd say 5 is good for anything when you point the needle to the H

 

Well my buddy's at vander zwag think 5 is great ! Lol...i got passed by a mihm driver in Utah yesterday and talked to him for ohhhhhh about 5 minutes and decided if I tried to keep up id be in the 4s lol