[Steel Horse Cowboy]

Originally Posted by no_worries

I hate to call BS because you never know, but the only time I ever consistently hit 9-10 mpg was as a company driver bobtailing in a Schneider pre-egr Century.

really, in 2003 when i started with SNI, I avg 12mpg bobtailing..... and my FLD got 14mpg bobtail at 60mph up I-57 for 400 miles.

[solo379]

Originally Posted by Steel Horse Cowboy

No, he is not..... we run basically empty tanks for our entire run.

I do have the same specs, the same T6 only C-15, if i ran empty, or with 4-5,000lb at 62 mph, i could get 8-8.5 mpg. Running CAT Acert at 70 mph (1500 RPM at his specs with 24.5 rubber, little over that with 22.5) it's virtually imposable to get that mileage.

[Steel Horse Cowboy]

I'm just going by what he told me. I dont think he'd have any reason to lie but who knows, maybe he Is going by the computer instead.

[solo379]

Originally Posted by Steel Horse Cowboy

I dont think he'd have any reason to lie

He is a truck driver, and truck drivers don't lie....unless their mouth opened. Ask him his printout....

[Steel Horse Cowboy]

Originally Posted by solo379

He is a truck driver, and truck drivers don't lie....unless their mouth opened. Ask him his printout....

LMAO!!!! So true.... last time I saw him was 3 weeks ago and he told me that he was getting close to 10mpg. Seeing I was knocking down almost 9mpg in my flat-top w/3.90's it sounded like it was poss to me. I know when I told people what I was getting, they didn't believe me either tho, but I did mine from the pump for 6mos and it was always between 8.5-9mpg until it got cold out and I started idling all night, then it went to 7.5-7.8

[no_worries]

Originally Posted by Steel Horse Cowboy

really, in 2003 when i started with SNI, I avg 12mpg bobtailing..... and my FLD got 14mpg bobtail at 60mph up I-57 for 400 miles.

LOL, that's when we were there; one year starting in June. As a team we would have some long bobtails and in three trucks we didn't consistently see double digits.

[Steel Horse Cowboy]

Originally Posted by no_worries

LOL, that's when we were there; one year starting in June. As a team we would have some long bobtails and in three trucks we didn't consistently see double digits.

I probabaly crossed your path a few times. I started running out of the Wal-Mart DC in Garrett, IN and I was assigned a old red Crete Century.... maybe that had something to do with it?

I held on to that old Crete truck as long as I could (only was a company driver for 9mos) because it would only go 65mph on the pedal but you could bump the cruise up to 80mph LOL

[asdfghjkl]

How's the new truck working out for you? Looks great and its got to be more comfy on the road than the FLD.

[Steel Horse Cowboy]

Originally Posted by asdfghjkl

How's the new truck working out for you? Looks great and its got to be more comfy on the road than the FLD.

It's a very nice change. Lots more room, rides a million times better, and gets good MPG.......so far so good!