HAHAHA.... it gets better and better.. fuel mileage woes

[Dejanh]

I just got through Wyoming Sunday and gotten 4.49 on 39,000 due to head f***** wind that followed me all the way to Ontario.... :evil:

[CaliTrucker]

lol...They do have an occaisional breeze in Wyo don't they I should know, I lived there for the better part of the first 18 years of my life. 8)

Hey Floored, maybe he was pushin' through a strong headwind that week :twisted: .....(being slightly sarcastic) :wink:

[GMAN]

The first thing I would do is check the truck's computer. It will tell you how fast the truck has been driven along with other information. Any engine or truck dealer can do this for you. I think he is selling your fuel. I have been through this myself. When fuel mileage drops 30-50% on a truck and the only difference is the driver, then either the driver is doing something or more likely selling your fuel. And since everyone else has chimed in on the coasting, you need to keep the truck in gear at all times. Coasting won't save you much, if anything. I leave my Jake's on at all times and just checked my fuel mileage in the truck I am now driving and am getting 6.39 mpg with a CAT. I had a driver in this same truck and it dropped to around 3-4 mpg. He was selling my fuel. I checked the computer on his last run and he averaged over 7 mpg. It would be cheaper to let the truck sit rather than have a dishonest driver in it.

[floored]

To answer some questions/comments:

Truck is filled up at a cardlock station, so there isn't anyone on duty there and usually traffic is quiet. I know prices have jumped up like crazy, but that wasn't the gripe on the fuel bill, it was the mpg end of it.

I don't recall if I said this or not, but the truck isa 9 speed with a 330 Cummings engine, it is an extremely light truck compaired to most transfers out here. I never thought about checking the computer, but I can't really do that right now so I'll have to watch the mpg as close as I can at least for another week or two.

This driver is my brother, and I'd hate to think he is selling my fuel, but he was on my ass really bad about his paycheck over the past 2 weeks (he gets paid on the 1st of each month per our agreement) so I ended up giving him his check 2 days ago to stop him from bugging me about it, so I suppose there is a chance he could be selling it. He took the truck out yesterday, told me he was laying off teh throttle and asking to be loaded a little lighter to "save fuel", so as I said before he knows I am unhappy where we sit right now and seems to be "trying" to get it to improve. Now in the event it jumps back up to my old average, well, I won't know what to think.

I agree. I wonder if he was purposely driving like an idiot the day he was watched by your buddy. And then he made that comment about every truck getting poor fuel mileage when he drove it......who says something like that?

He told the other guys in the yard that he was doing 75 mph in the melton truck with the diff lock on and in the snow.

Just out of curiosity, what kind work do you do? I've thought about trying to get on with and o/o as a transfer driver, but right now am fairly content only driving maybe 5 minutes to work 8) and the owners have benn keeping me fairly busy.

BTW...nice looking truck 8) and good luck with the baby.

Thanks My truck tends to haul sand, 3/4 AB, 3/4 AC, 3/4 Crush and sometime 1/2 crush. It also breaks down to a 10 wheeler quite often to haul away fill dirt from job sites. Mostly we are out at the developments for new homes, but we also are on job sites for commercial projects and road improvments. I'm not sure if this answered your question, but if it didn't or you have more let me know.