Welp at the first stop in CA and decided to take the southern route. Ended up running in wind most of the trip so not that impressive so far at 8.6 MPG's. I figured I would run into less wind this way but guess that is not the case. Have to drop off tomorrow night in OR and then pick up another load in OR going to TX. That load is a light one at I believe right around 9K. Hopefully will have that wind help me out on the way back since I will be going back the someway I came in.
The problem for many of us following other media is seeing stuff like this. Dude is knocking it out of the park. My T680, bobtail, doesn’t fuel mileage like this, no matter the day.
Yeah, that seems crazy. I don’t think mine would do that bobtail either. Maybe at 57mph but still. But, I bet the IFTA average for all trucks is still less then 7 mpg. Fleet wide were at 7.9 right now but only 1/3 have apu. I’m pretty happy with it.
No doubt about it when I look back at the other truck. I have been getting such great MPG's with the few changes on this truck and trailer that I might be getting a little spoiled. I have to remember in my old truck getting over 7 was a treat for me. Ha Ha Now I feel cheated when I get 8.5 or less on any given run.
So if you go and look at Joel's cost per mile in fuel in the last 90 days vs mine you will see I am .01 more then his. We both do not put our discounts on the app as well so it is cheaper then posted. He is at .39 a mile and mine is .40 a mile for the last 90 days. We both run in similar areas as well since he runs to the west coast with his multi drop loads. I have larger fuel compassity since I have both tanks and he only has one. This hurts him more then he knows on cost per mile when he runs on the coast.
I think if I remember correctly it is 6.5 MPG's nation wide. You are doing pretty good overall I think. Once you turn over the rest of the fleet and put the APU's on all of them you might get up to 8.3-8.5. What is the average right now with just the one's with the APU's vs the ones without?
Why don't you include the cost of DEF? Do you idle or you have an APU? My cost per mile is .50 so far. No DEF. The APU works hard.
I am at the last drop here in OR now. Went up I5 for the first time and enjoyed the views. From CA to OR I got 8.9 MPG's and total trip is set at 8.7 MPG's. I drove 67 most of the way here with some 70 a few hours here and there. I did drive 65 and 67 in CA so did not do the slow 55 MPH speed. I don't think many people drive that slow around here so just tried to follow most of the traffic. Sure if I would had slowed down I would had been closer to 9. Next load picks up tomorrow afternoon in OR and goes to TX @9500 LBS. I will need to run a little faster I think but will need to calculate my HOS to see what I will need to do to make it on time. It does not deliver until Tuesday so I should be ok but might need to run recap on Tuesday morning to make it on time. Always have to push these HOS to the max it seems when I come out. I am hoping to be in the 9-9.5 or better if no wind issues.
I do not idle truck unless my batteries run low on EPU. I did idle a couple days ago for an hour during the night. The way that program works it does not allow another area to add DEF unless you create another profile. So I do not add that in since it is more work then I care to do. With my discounts it is still under that amount if you add the DEF in so no reason to really track it for me. Depending on load weight and area I drive I get around 2.5 Tanks of fuel per 1 tank of DEF. I normally top it off every time I fill up.
