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Posted by Rod F. on August 17, 2005 at 14:11:17 from (142.177.83.33):
In Reply to: Re: OT: Real world Diesel Mileage? posted by Mike M on August 17, 2005 at 06:47:42:
I was talking to a buddy the other night, and he's hauling gypsum for Georgia Pacific. Running from the mine in Melford, Inverness county NS, to Port Hawksbury, NS on the Straight of Canso. His cousin is on the same run, with a little 98 Volvo, and a tandem belt trailer. I think he's grossing around 44 metric tonne, with a payload of 28 tonne. The trip is about 35-40 miles round trip, taking about 45 miutes. The little truck has a 3176 Cat, 325 HP, and I believe, a 13 direct. He's burning 16 liters of fuel per trip, or roughly 4 US gallons. That's roughly 9 MPG, running hard and heavy. Bear in mind that this is exceptionally good for the trucks on this run, but he's got a plastic truck too. The same guy was hauling salt last winter with a tandem end dump on that truck, and crossing the scales empty at 12.5 tonne, and scaling a load of 31. The other guys with the tridems were scaling 19-20 empty for a payload of 33. And yes, their mileage was down in the 5-6 range. Who was making money? Not the guys with the old metal Star's and tridem belt trailers. That said, I would have to agree with you, that the large engines are getting a lot more work done on their fuel than the pick-up's. Rod
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