Was just having a conversation the other day with my neighbor about the diesel “emissions” bullshit.
Nice conversation about how you can have the best diesel engine in the world, but those emissions systems will cripple it, breakdown more frequently than the engine itself, and kill power/efficiency.
Regularly haul excavators and track loaders in enclosed goosenecks across state lines, just have to know your rights and lie your ass off. Definitely can't go anywhere near CA or NE though, luckily I don't do business there
12 MPG is gracious. My FIL is a retired truck driver. He said his Pete 379 averaged 5-6 depending on the load.. that also included idling at stops though.
DEF and DPF absolutely destroyed pick mileage for diesels.
My 1st generation Duramax came from the factory with no Cat, No DPF or any of that shit, runs like a bat out of hell and gets 20mpg on the hwy. And it's a full size 4wd crew cab with a lift
I'm simply going by my last company that had brand new 2019 equipment and expected the drivers to average 12 MPG. Just going off my own experience with the latest and greatest equipment. They knew that wouldn't happen but they did expect 9 MPG. Now if you spend a lot of time in mountainous areas which we didn't I'm sure that would have changed but the I-10 Corridor made it achievable.
$7 a gallon gasoline equates to $9 a gallon diesel. If a tractor-trailer gets 12 miles to the gallon expect your bag of potato chips to run about $10
Dare to dream. Cut that number in half and you'll be about right.
He's from Texas.
laughs from behind steering wheel of fully deleted 2021 L5P
Averaging 22 MPG currently with light loads
Was just having a conversation the other day with my neighbor about the diesel “emissions” bullshit.
Nice conversation about how you can have the best diesel engine in the world, but those emissions systems will cripple it, breakdown more frequently than the engine itself, and kill power/efficiency.
Thanks, Obama. Cunt.
That was Bush, not Obama. All the insane air quality targets rolled out under Bush, implemented and enforced by Hussein.
You are also not transporting 80k pounds of cargo in that across country.
But good on you for deleting that shit DEF. Biggest hoax ever.
Regularly haul excavators and track loaders in enclosed goosenecks across state lines, just have to know your rights and lie your ass off. Definitely can't go anywhere near CA or NE though, luckily I don't do business there
Better fuel economy than I'd expect for something that large and heavy.
My Ram 2500 does about 16 on the highway.
Does your 2500 haul 80k pounds? He wasn't talking about your Ram. Now delete that system and get better mileage.
12 MPG is gracious. My FIL is a retired truck driver. He said his Pete 379 averaged 5-6 depending on the load.. that also included idling at stops though.
That 12 mile a gallon is the EPA standards as of Obama error. Yes I said error and not era because that's what he was
Then maybe they should stop regulating all the emissions junk on those engines that makes them less efficient and less reliable.
DEF and DPF absolutely destroyed pick mileage for diesels.
My 1st generation Duramax came from the factory with no Cat, No DPF or any of that shit, runs like a bat out of hell and gets 20mpg on the hwy. And it's a full size 4wd crew cab with a lift
Maybe. The Paris climate Accord had much to do with it. Working. But at the moment the president's plate is quite full.
This all sounds like a prologue to Atlas Shrugged.
Yep
I think average is 5-7 MPG full load.
Source: worked in transportation for 6+ years.
I'm simply going by my last company that had brand new 2019 equipment and expected the drivers to average 12 MPG. Just going off my own experience with the latest and greatest equipment. They knew that wouldn't happen but they did expect 9 MPG. Now if you spend a lot of time in mountainous areas which we didn't I'm sure that would have changed but the I-10 Corridor made it achievable.
Yeah, my data is from 2012. Under the regulations, they should be able to get to 12 average across the fleet by 2035(?) if I remember correctly.
Which is a good thing but only if we can keep these idiots from messing with our oil Independence.