Can't win

[JimT]

(12-16-2019 )Lonestar10 Wrote:  Thought today would be awesome for milage.

80 West from Lincoln ne to Denver CO.

Doing 60mph
0 wind maybe 0-5mph
42000lbs - 2 counter weights 17.5 each and 1 40ft section of boom bout 13ft high.
Boost ruining 15-20 psi
Egts after turbo 600-650

Ugh things driving me up a wall other driver with 18 cascadia and same load doin 67mph getting 8 with dd15 and dt12 with 3.2 something gears

Last time I ran 80 west out to SLC I had horrible fuel mileage through NE too. I was just under 79k gross, had a mixed load of 3 LTL's: 6' high crated transformers at the nose, tarped, 4' high cubes of brick in the center, also tarped cus i'm paranoid about brick coming loose, and 2 nissan forklifts side by side on the tail, 8' masts, no tarps. Though what didn't help was an air dryer that went bad. kept running the compressor for long periods most of the way. finally pulled in to the TA in WY right before the scales, paid TA to pick up the part from a freightliner dealer ($150 cheaper then the Pete dealer who said he could get me one overnighted by tuesday...) in town since they didn't deliver on saturdays, especially at 6pm. changed it out in the parking lot and they let me discard the old one in their dumpster. Fuel mileage was better, but the drag from the load was horrible.

   

I love flatbed, but odd shaped loads and anything that sits above 6'6" high on my trailer just kills my fuel economy. That and my dpf...