Can I get better fuel mileage

[Fergie]

(09-01-2017 )Waterloo Wrote:  

(08-30-2017 )Hammerhead Wrote:  Rawze beat me to it...
I fail to see the logic, if you can't teach the driver to drive a 13 speed, the driver is not worth having in the unit, after all there are far more complicated things to learn than a 13.

Many student drivers are coming out of these schools with a license that only allows them to drive an automatic. Kind of says it all. Pretty sad in my book. And it shows out here on the road...

Amen to that Waterloo. I cut my teeth on a 13 speed. Bought the truck before I had a CDL. Got my learners permit and paid my neighbor $10 an hour to teach me. An old school trucker tgat taught me many of things. Here in Nebraska at harvest time farmers do not need a CDL it scary seeing the crap out there. Wide open lot for them to get truck straight and still can't back a semi up over a 15 foot wide hopper. I'm video taping this year to show my senator in hopes the law gets changed.

Harvest starts in a month and I'm swamped now so the converting it to 13 will wait until after harvest and I'll do an overhead then to.

Little update, filled up yesterday gauge read 7/8 full. Did 3 loads of the 80 mile round-trip and two loads of a haul that is 184 miles round-trip that consists of 70 miles of 4 lane and interstate so some easy going. Dash says 8.5 mpg. The 80 mile trip had to sit in line for a bit and dropped mileage to 8.1 compared to the 8.5 been getting. Rough calculation the 184 trip I got 9.1. I'll have to fill probably Wednesday so I'll know better then, but I'm still sitting over half a tank with 630 miles on trip meter and I know when I have a half a tank I've got 500 miles left.(dual 100 gallon tanks). So as of now I know I'm getting at least 8. Got the 184 mile trip all next week.

Big thank you too Unilever, thank you! An even bigger thank you to Rawze for this great site and info he shares for free. 5 months ago after continually dealing with no money and really one big breakdown from disaster I about called it quits after 16 years. This site and this truck has put a spark back into me. I'm enjoying driving like I did years ago. No longer considering it a job more like a hobby that I get paid for! I back to loving driving again.