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Re: OT Semi Truck MPG
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Posted by earlschieb on July 15, 2003 at 16:18:05 from (12.161.110.62):
In Reply to: OT Semi Truck MPG posted by dvtw on July 15, 2003 at 14:33:46:
As someone who has driven a semi for thirty years, I can tell you that there is not a good answer to your question with out knowing what kind of a truck it is, what is in it for an engine, tranny, axle ratio, how much weight you are pulling. You can take a late model tractor, Detroit power, 9 speed overdrive, 3.55 axle ratio, pull a 48 foot step deck trailer, put 2 M Farmalls on it, and get about 8.5 miles per gallon with no trouble, maybe even closer to 10 mpg. But if you are talking an older semi tractor, such as a IH 9670, or any other cabover of that era, with probably a 400 Cummins in it you are talking about 6 miles per gallon.
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