“I-10″
hello once again everyone. it sure was nice traveling i-10 last week, i haven’t been down there for awhile. it was a no brainier, not very much stress that’s for sure and the fuel mileage was great!!! even loaded at 78000 + my fuel mileage was 6.25. i want to let everyone know that i will be in tulsa at the freightliner dealer to make an appearance there so if you are in the neighborhood please stop by and say hi. and don’t forget if you cant make it to tulsa to meet me you can comment on the blog. hope to see you tomorrow in tulsa until then be safe!!!!
January 25, 2009 at 3:22 pm
That fuel mileage doesn’t seem that good. What other fuel mileage have you achieved with this truck. I am driving a 2006 Western Star with 14L Detroit pulling flatbed trailer running 78,000 lbs. both directions Seattle Wa. to OH. and KY avg mpg 7 May to Dec and 6.18 Jan to April but I was thinking of a new truck but need better MPG than I am getting now.
January 25, 2009 at 9:19 pm
hey mel, i will answer you questions, but you have to answer mine o.k.? i know you say you are loaded with 78,000 lbs. both ways, but how much empty miles are you running? what speed are you running to get your 7 mpg.? is that figure coming off of the ecm? or are you doing it off of your fuel receipts? now for your questions, you should know that i pull a reefer so i am heavy most of the time also, mostly 72,000 lbs.and up. so we match up there, i dont have a lot of dead head maybe on average 100 miles, not to say there are times i get more but. i came out of a kw w900l into this truck and for me to test this truck i had to drive it the same way i did my kw which means about 70 to 72 mph. there for i could give an accurate assessment from one truck to another. now when i first got the truck i got 6.75 mpg not bad rite out of the box, then winter blend came in and we all know what that does to the fuel mileage. at present i have 58,000 miles on the truck and it seems to be getting better fuel mileage and the DD15 is getting stronger. i anticipate 6.75 to 7.00 mpg this summer. and one more thing i am not a sales man i am a driver just like you are. i dont and will not sell you anything, all i can give you is the facts as i know them. if your numbers are true then, i would not buy a new truck either. thanks for checking out the wedsite and hope to hear from you again. just remember be safe.