microBlue Front wheel bearings

Yea but, at .2 mpg increase on a truck that does 7 mpg you will save about $1.00 dollar a day on fuel, if you burn 100 gallons or drive 700 miles a day, so if you run 700 miles a day almost everyday or no less than 4 days a week every single week of the year you'll get even in about 2 and a half years, just on the microblueing along, so if you get lucky you will have to replace the bearings about a year before you get even in the investment.

Hey that doesn't sound like a bad deal................................for the company doing the microblue.

I know people that in the venture of getting the most out of a gallon of gas or diesel they go to the extreme, to the point of not even watching if they ever get a return on their investment, as long as they get that extra 1/10 of a mpg.

is like buying a loaded Prius for around $40K to get 50 or 60 mpg when you can do the same with a Jetta diesel, or even 30 year old a Chevette diesel or diesel Isuzu p'up.

 

I don't have a dog in this fight but your math is flawed 700 miles divided by 7mpg is 100 gallons per day... Pick up .2 and 700 divided by 7.2 is 97. 23 gallons per day... So 2.7 gallons saved per day at 4/gallon fuel is $10.80 per day saved ....so even at $1000 it pays for itself in less than 100 days of driving using your .2 increase in 700 miles per day.... Check my math.... Never said truckers were good at math but it never ceases to amaze me when I hear folks say they can't afford to do something... The fact is if your a 80k miles per year driver.... You CANT AFFORD NOT TO DO THESE THINGS..... It's simple math....I'm not pushing a product just pushing thinking through and double checking math

 

Remember every 1/10th mpg gained running 150,000 miles per year @ $4 per gallon diesel fuel cost is around $1,500 in fuel cost per year saved and 4/10ths could save you around $6,000 in fuel annually that are many times the $500 MicroBlue upgrade to your wheel bearings just for your tractor.

Even if you want to consider the entire cost of MicroBlue Bearings and Installation Labor with seals and lubricant that a company in Oklahoma that will do it for a total of around $1,650 for all 3 axles. That is a less than 3 1/2 month ROI with 4/10ths mpg gain.

If fuel spikes over $4, over $5 and may get crazy like in Europe at $9 per gallon, you should ask the question "Can you afford to not Microblue?"

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100 days nOn stop driving. Not acceptable. It interesting. The company is out of NC and so are thelocation of the 2 previouse posters. MakeS you think.

 

Best part is you don't gain nothing with micro blueing or similar. You should understand that bearings roll on a thin film of oil, they have no metal to metal contact. So what does polishing metal surfaces help? Nothing, except in situations when oil film breaks.

 

So is 99% of the NASCAR racing teams and the majority of this country' racing technology development that happens to be where I live and have been heavily involved in racing most of my life.

 

Not true or most top level racing teams when not have REM polishing equipment in thier shops and Timken would not over a high fuel mileage wheel bearings for automobiles that have been micro-polished with the REM process for a higher quality and more expensive bearing.

 

Let's clarify coue if things : trucking is not racing. Trucking is not as concerned about the single digit weights, like racing. In the racing, the rpm is higher then in the trucking. Where the only option to
Achieve higher rpm in the racing is to look at small/micro changes in order to win. Not by a mile or the mm - but, to win. Any small improvement may count greatly - win or loose. In the trucking: rpm is lower, weights are greater, and the micro changes are just worthless vs racing division. And ROI. Like I've stated previously : price of the microblue is not worth the expense, $450-$600, the same money can be used for other worth while improvements.

 

And you have racing experience from where?

Do you have experience with Microblue bearings that can qualify your opinion?

 

Would it make a
Difference? How? How would me telling you about my experience with/in racing make any difference to the main point of the ROI and the proper product to fit the industry that it is being used?

Qualify or clarify?
Qualify?- no,
Clarify? Yes.

I never used microblue, unless I used it without knowing about it.
Now, if the company can not provide the gain in writing, above .1-.2 mpg after using their product, I have no need to spend the money for the product that is not proven nor guaranteed in the industry or the way that I intend to use it.

Let me give you an example of my definition of the ROI: synthetic oil.
I pay the premium price for the premium oil, which is used 3 times longer then conventional oil. My ROI is 2 months. - life of the product - 65k-75k mi. Vs 15k-25k mi.