Is 10 MPG Possible with a Fully Loaded (80K gross) 5 Axle Truck?

Now is fuel like liquid gold

 

i notice that operators from NL and other western eu countrys love to keep their older trucks

how they stay with fuel

since those old trucks are not good as today ones

 

The old Scania 113 is quite amazing on fuel. Practiced in one of those, got an average empty of 17,8l/100km with a loft of town driving (16,5m).

From R series the old 420 euro 3 is amazing on fuel economy. The newer 420 with that crap opticruise gearbox want's nearly 3l more.

Volvos FH 440 6x2 16,5m with I-shift and about 17tone load for the last two weaks I got 27.7l/100km and 12% outroll according to Dynafleet. Quite bad but there was a lot of caravans out and many new places to go to.

 

I don't know maybe they like a old streamliner to much.

 

this one was 112

as you say new r420 do you think on euro 4?

egr takes too much

serie 2 have 0.665 air drag

streamline 0.5 which is almost at level of today trucks

 

Yes euro 4, euro 5 is r440 right? never driven one of those, just the r500 but that didn't impress me.

 

there is

142 420 v8
143 420

124 420 euro 2
124 420 euro 3
124 420 euro3+hpi

p/g/r/t series

420 e3
420 e4 egr
420 e5 scr
420 eev scr
and japan version NST 420

r440 is 12.7L engine

here 420 is much more popular because it is cheaper 1000€ and it can run on bad fuel and dont need sintetic oil

 

You had 10 mpg truck in US markets already in the 80s but no one wanted to buy it, so stop whining about bad fuel mileage and buy more chrome..