What fuel mileage do semis typically get without a load?

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  1. snowwy

    snowwy Road Train Member

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    My w9 gets around 6.5 pulling a tanker. My mt weight is 38
     
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  3. D.Tibbitt

    D.Tibbitt Road Train Member

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    With my empty flatbed i can push 8 -9 mpg.. With a empty dry van or reefer i can push 10 mpg.. 10 pushing 11 bobtail.. DD 15 dt 12 automatic 16 cascadia... Im usually never empty tho maybe for a deadhead a 100 miles or less... Maybe if u run tanker or do a run where u go out loaded and come back empty it would be good info to know but its kind of pointless if ur never empty anymore then just a average deadhead
     
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  4. skellr

    skellr Road Train Member

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    Only 10 in a side or headwind. :D
     
  5. Jacoooooooo

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    Volvo D13 will do a little over 7 and it’s time to be happy than. Thirsty one.
    But I’m also not the one holding back traffic.
     
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  7. Captain Mudsocks

    Captain Mudsocks Bobtail Member

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    Nope. Dehydrated clouds.
     
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  8. homeskillet

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    There's a conversion kit you can use to convert any four stroke lawnmower engine to propane.

    We put the converted engine on a minibike when I was in mechanic school. Ran it with those little one pound cylinders. Worked pretty good!
     
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  9. rank

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    Capt mudsocks doesn’t even have a liscense. Not as of January anyway
     
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