There is money to be made with 9+ mpg trucks

I saw an mvt truck doing 52 mph had the kites and that thing on back of trailer..it was a newer truck.it had to be getting 8.5 +..i know he was doing 52 because I passed him doing 55..

 

Fighting mpg's is the worst. since i got my own truck thats all i do all day long is watch my fuel mileage. constantly adjusting my driving habits for the greater good, (that being my paycheck). i can get over 7 but it depends on the load or the terrain of the area im in. but mostly average 6.5.

 

Amazing isn't it??? When we were company guys, all we did was watch the speedo and the clock. Now that WE pay for the fuel, all we watch is the tach and fuel gauge (and I keep a good eye on my boost gauge too)

I spoke with a Landstar driver running a 2006 Volvo w/525 Cummins today. He pulls a flatbed as well and runs at 63-65mph and gets 8.5mpg pump to pump but he also does a lot of deadheading. But still, at 2,500 miles a week he is saving $500 in fuel over me !!!!

 

Rob, keep me up to date on your experience with your PDI stuff. I'm looking at having Kurt do some work on the C-13s.

 

Will do Jordan.

 

Beware of truckdriver facts. Some weeks I deadhead 150mi per day and others I don't at all (unload and reload without moving the truck). I could tell you whatever fuel mileage number I want depending on the week. However I don't check my individual fuel mileage so you don't have to worry about me lying to you.

My dad driving his W9 daycab W/C12 pulling our coil trailer with 80k net got 5mpg, same truck pulling a grain hopper with 80k gross gets 7mpg. Now if I wanted I could tell you his truck is a 7mpg truck which is partially true.

 

Well this driver pulled out his laptop and had a Excel spreadsheet that showed mileage, weight and type of load. It gave a 2 yr avg of 8.5mpg. Sure some weeks were more and some less, but the annual avg is what I'm after.

So far with this brick I'm driving an it's horrible MBN cat motor I've managed to keep a 6mpg avg since coming over to Landstar. When I'm loaded I see 5.2 mpg up to 6.5mpg and when I'm empty I get closer to 7.5 mpg.

 

Your motor is what it is. I have the exact same one and yeah it kinda sucks that we get all excited with anything over 6mpg. I don't ever have problems with the motor itself though. To me that's the value in it and the small, to my way of thinking, tradeoff of more fuel consumption than most - that reliability- makes it worthwhile

 

I agree 100%. This motor now has 765k miles on it and runs like a dream. The oil samples come back perfect, its quiet, and when I had the overhead done a few weeks ago the mechanic said that everything was clean and looked really good. He couldn't believe it had over 700k on it.

 

met this guy the other day! says he averages 7.6 Mpg but has gotten over 9Mpg.
His truck has the new paccar engine... Anyone no any thing about them? Have one or drove one?