mtomac
09-16-2002, 16:18
This past weekend I delivered a 8'x7.5'x48' enclosed GN trailer with three smaller trailers inside, total trailer weight 11,200#. Heading from Bristol, IN to Minneapolis, MN with Juice on level 3, I averaged 10.4 mpg over two tanks doing 65-75 mph. On the return trip with the Juice on level 1 I got 19.95 mpg with the cruise @ 75mph in MN,WI,IL and 70mph in IN (this included some heavy traffic & the toll booths around Chicago.) On a side note I got 496 miles out of my 26 gal tank putting 24.86 gallons in it. My low fuel light came on when I slowed down and exited off into the fuel station on 80/90. I was trying to get 500 miles off the 26 gallon tank, that's why I dropped to 70mph in IN.
Fuel Prices w/o permit: I paid $1.34 in IN, $1.49 in WI, $1.45 & $1.39 in MN. I saw fuel prices in the low to mid $1.50's in IL and some parts of WI as well. Here in MI fuel is $1.32-$1.45.
Over Labor Day I delivered a 8'x6.5'x30' GN with a 6'x6.5'x14' behind it, both trailers weighed 9500#. I averaged 12 mpg towing both trailers from Northern IN, to Madison, WI doing 65-75. Then I took the 14' tag along from Madison, WI to Sioux Falls, SD averaging 10.32 mpg doing 70-75 heading west with a good south wind. From SD I went to Kansas City, MO to visit some relatives and I got 16.53 heading into the south wind with the Juice on level 3. From KC MO to St. Louis, MO I got 18.13 mpg heading east with the same south wind with the cruise @ 80 and the Juice on level 1. Then from St. Louis to Elkhart, IN I got 20.33 mpg with the cruise @ 75 with the south wind pushing me (this also included heavy traffic around chicago and some toll booths).
Normally my trailer and tractors weigh 16,000-19,000# (depending on which tractors and how many weights I have.) I normally tow on level 2 and get 9-10mpg going to pulls around Michigan driving 65-75.
My Juice is version 3.5, I've never set any codes or slipped the tranny in the last 14,xxx miles I've driven and towed with the juice. So far I've never seen over 1300 degrees towing in MI or abroad. When I tow I run the cruise but help it along by spooling up the turbo at the bottom of hills. I also maintain whatever speed I am doing up a hill and don't let it fall off more than a couple mph. I also try to keep the Allison from shifting to 4th as much as possible
see trailer pics below signature...
[ 09-16-2002: Message edited by: Micheal Tomac ]</p>
Fuel Prices w/o permit: I paid $1.34 in IN, $1.49 in WI, $1.45 & $1.39 in MN. I saw fuel prices in the low to mid $1.50's in IL and some parts of WI as well. Here in MI fuel is $1.32-$1.45.
Over Labor Day I delivered a 8'x6.5'x30' GN with a 6'x6.5'x14' behind it, both trailers weighed 9500#. I averaged 12 mpg towing both trailers from Northern IN, to Madison, WI doing 65-75. Then I took the 14' tag along from Madison, WI to Sioux Falls, SD averaging 10.32 mpg doing 70-75 heading west with a good south wind. From SD I went to Kansas City, MO to visit some relatives and I got 16.53 heading into the south wind with the Juice on level 3. From KC MO to St. Louis, MO I got 18.13 mpg heading east with the same south wind with the cruise @ 80 and the Juice on level 1. Then from St. Louis to Elkhart, IN I got 20.33 mpg with the cruise @ 75 with the south wind pushing me (this also included heavy traffic around chicago and some toll booths).
Normally my trailer and tractors weigh 16,000-19,000# (depending on which tractors and how many weights I have.) I normally tow on level 2 and get 9-10mpg going to pulls around Michigan driving 65-75.
My Juice is version 3.5, I've never set any codes or slipped the tranny in the last 14,xxx miles I've driven and towed with the juice. So far I've never seen over 1300 degrees towing in MI or abroad. When I tow I run the cruise but help it along by spooling up the turbo at the bottom of hills. I also maintain whatever speed I am doing up a hill and don't let it fall off more than a couple mph. I also try to keep the Allison from shifting to 4th as much as possible
see trailer pics below signature...
[ 09-16-2002: Message edited by: Micheal Tomac ]</p>