Fuel mileage update

[layoutshooter]

The good fuel mileage continues for us. It does look like the Eco-Flaps are making a very big difference. Below are the results of the run we just finished. It was a TVAL load so the reefer ran on the continuas setting. It went from Louisville KY to Binghampton NY.

Speeds: 55-63
Load weight: 850lbs
Miles on fuel run: 622.4
Fuel used: 57.15 gallons
MPG: 10.89

Layoutshooter

 

[OntarioVanMan]

The good fuel mileage continues for us. It does look like the Eco-Flaps are making a very big difference. Below are the results of the run we just finished. It was a TVAL load so the reefer ran on the continuas setting. It went from Louisville KY to Binghampton NY.

Speeds: 55-63
Load weight: 850lbs
Miles on fuel run: 622.4
Fuel used: 57.15 gallons
MPG: 10.89

Layoutshooter

oh sure you were westbound...prolly had a tail wind...

 

[layoutshooter]

NO OVM, EAST bound!!! GEEZ, have problems with map reading?? LOL!! Not much wind on this one and mainly a bit of a head wind. Layoutshooter

 

[OntarioVanMan]

NO OVM, EAST bound!!! GEEZ, have problems with map reading?? LOL!! Not much wind on this one and mainly a bit of a head wind. Layoutshooter

Opps....and I AM a professional???*LOL*

Over the years I have noticed a small detail...not a biggie...but my air tabs seem to be more effective depending on the direction of the wind itself.....I think its the way they interact with the head winds and the turbulence behind the van...

One day the mileage is there and then its not....

 

[layoutshooter]

Wind direction and speed can REALLY make a big difference for sure. Layoutshooter

 

[OntarioVanMan]

Wind direction and speed can REALLY make a big difference for sure. Layoutshooter

Got 24.7 the other day...bout 65 mph average 600 lbs...

 

[nobb4u]

Just curious am I the only one out here who never catches a tail wind. I swear I can be bucking a 40 mph headwind going to p/u load and turn going right back the way I came and have a 40 mph headwind again.

Maybe it is just my bad Karma.