Over The Road Versus Local

[Waterloo]

(05-31-2018 )flonly Wrote:  We just gota little increase in our fuel sucharge so I am up to 1.76 a hub mile .The cheapest I can get fuel right now on my route is 2.99 a gallon .I am only getting right at 7 miles per gallon but I think it will get a little better cause I only have about 90000 on inframe and I need to check air filter.Basicly .43 cents per mile for fuel right now about 25 percent of gross.At some point I need to look into different rear gears The truck came new with 336, 10 speed over and 24.5 low pros.65 mph is 1300 ish .Mabey go with 355 or 370 to run slower and get that better milage after she is good and broke in.

I would go 3:70 or higher, that is my next adventure, swapping out the gears. I owned a little Volvo years ago, it had that little M-11 Cummins 360 hp, a 9 speed and 3:90 gears. That little truck, on paper was consistently over 8 mpg. I drove her at around 60-64 mph, always loaded pulling a 53' step deck van.