ECOTAZ =PERFORMANCE-Fuel Savings
Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by The Real BRICKMAN, Oct 20, 2011.
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As far as answering your question about performance increase,there's a couple of 1.5 to 2 mile climbs on that route,1 on the west b. side of Bluegrass PKWY that i used to hit at 70-73mph at the bottom and would drop to 45-48mph over the top,dropping to 8th about 2/3 the way up(I've got an 'ol 9 speed roadranger),i top that same hill now at 50-52 mph still in 8th,but not having to change until a tad over 3/4 the way up,and actually could do a little better but it's either lug in 9th,or rev.too high in 8th (it'd be perfect for a 12-13 split,something i'm hoping to remedy this year) .The other hard pull is on west b US150 (2 lane,55mph limit) between Springfield and Bardstown that has a rolling curve at the bottom so 50mph is where you start the climb at unless your either a better driver than me or you want to be laying on your side, i used to start that pull in 8th and go over the top at 38-42mph EVERYTIME for the last 4years, now starting in 8th i'll go over the top at 45-50mph depending on how high i want to rev the motor. Hope this helps.
Oh,and by the way,if anyone is wondering about my tank capacity and whether or not i had 200 gal. fuel sitting in the tanks on Oct.1st,well they were,but i capped off the tanks before i came in this weekend,so there full now too.
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I just did my 4th quarter IFTA. 28,694 miles, 5320 gallons of fuel, 5.39 mpg. Bear in mind, I ran my APU every night I was out, 74 nights total, my Carrier uses .33 gallons per hour by my calculations. Ten hours per night of APU time equals 244.2 gallons of APU fuel. That brings my average up to 5.65 mpg. I know it's not great mileage, but compared to what I was doing it's a big improvement. I have also been fighting a performance issue with my fuel filter system sucking air which I think we have solved. I'm anxious to see what next quarter does. Given the winter blend fuel and considering I'm loaded to gross or very close to it 90% of the time, I'm encouraged. As a point of reference, my last IFTA was 5.40 mpg with very limited APU usage. I'll post again periodically and at the end of the first quarter.
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i don't see any comments as to how long that thing lasts. and how often it needs to be changed out.
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