Stepping Out With My Own Numbers

I’ve heard some good things about it. If your truck is out of warranty I’d do it. If you add components on to the motor any manufacturer is going to try and pin a failure on you, even though the Dorothy is completely safe.

 

The new A26 stays between 190 and a hair over 200 90% of the time. The only tome it goes up to 225 or 230 is on the really long grades and even then, that’s only if I’m driving those during the day. If it’s at night, even those grades might only get it to 220. The fan rarely kicks on as the motor keeps cool on its own. This is a good thing until winter time. I didn’t get my winter cover until the end of December and during that month without in such cold weather my mileage was only 7.3 that month. Once I got the winter cover on there it went back to normal. If the temp is 28 or lower I say it’s a necessity to have one on the A26.

 

Final number for the month was 12,800 miles, most I’ve run so far, and 9.1 mpg. It didn’t feel like I ran that much. I had to double check my spreadsheet and make sure I didn’t enter a load in twice but it was correct.

 

I’d say average weight of allloads, 72k. I am loaded over 70k most of the time with some 65-68 in there. I pull mainly for two brokers right now. The bulk of what I do is Tyson frozen product. They do a pretty good job of packing it on to get the most out of me for their money.