View Poll Results: What kind of mileage do you get?
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3-5 with Gas
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2.97% |
5-7 with Gas
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40 |
9.15% |
7-10 with Gas
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46 |
10.53% |
10+ with Gas
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18 |
4.12% |
3-5 with Diesel
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2 |
0.46% |
5-7 with Diesel
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27 |
6.18% |
7-10 with Diesel
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160 |
36.61% |
10+ with Diesel
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29.98% |
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06-10-2010, 12:17 AM
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#61
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Lethbridge, AB, Canada
Posts: 637
Year: 1981
Coachwork: Bluebird
Chassis: Ford B-600
Engine: Ford 370 Propane
Rated Cap: 48
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Re: What kind of milleage do you get?
Last trip out I got a whopping 4.76 mpg. Then I went to do a tuneup and found some issues in the distributor, as well as a base timing of 6 degrees advance (definately not right for a propane fueled engine). I will see what happens next time out, I am hoping for 7-8 mpg, but that might be wishful thinking.
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06-19-2010, 09:32 PM
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#62
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Almost There
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Columbus, Indiana
Posts: 79
Year: 1991
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: International
Engine: DTA 360, Fuller 6-speed
Rated Cap: 53
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Re: What kind of milleage do you get?
My last trip from southern Indiana to northern Iowa we made 13.1 mpg. When we went south to Hunting Island, SC the mountains knocked us down to 11.8mpg. Early this month we went from here to Gettysburg and though I didn't calculate mileage the mountains in the northern Appalachians and Allegheneys kicked our butts a little more. Still above 10 though because I didn't buy enough fuel to have gotten worse than 10. Looking forward to another flat trip to Iowa next month though!
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08-02-2010, 10:11 PM
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#63
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Skoolie
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 212
Year: 1978
Coachwork: thomas
Chassis: ford
Engine: 406 Ford
Rated Cap: 25
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Re: What kind of milleage do you get?
Hey All-
I'm contemplating buying a diesel bus with the 7.8L Brazilian. It's mated to a 5 spd. with a split axle.
Anyone out there have an idea of what kind of mileage it would get? Gracias.
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08-18-2010, 07:55 PM
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#64
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Jun 2010
Posts: 21
Year: 1991
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Ford B-700
Engine: 5.9 liter turbo Cummins
Rated Cap: 28
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Re:
Quote:
Originally Posted by the_experience03
My worst mileage was across North Dakota which happens to be as flat as any state I've ever seen. It doesn't matter which direction you're traveling in across North Dakota....you will ALWAYS have a 25 mph headwind.
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My Dad says that North Dakota is the state where you can see the farthest and see the least of any state in the nation!
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08-19-2010, 11:16 AM
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#65
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Apr 2010
Posts: 1,485
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Re: What kind of milleage do you get?
the joke for ND and SASK is that its so flat you can see either your dog running away or your wife leaving you for 6 days
but yeah. always seem to get a head wind in ND
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12-10-2010, 11:27 AM
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#66
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: North of Detroit, MI
Posts: 56
Year: 1986
Coachwork: Bluebird
Engine: 8.2 Detroit Deisel
Rated Cap: 6 carbon units 1 drag car
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Re: What kind of milleage do you get?
I have a 86 flatnose blue bird. Bought it in Alabama in March. Got 10.5mpg rolling about 65mph. I use it to haul my drag car around and it is getting about 9.5 but that is because 70% of my trip to the local track is city driving...
I think it has a 5:13ish gear in it. I would like at some point to go to a 4:10 or 4:30 gear, a little more speed and better milage, I hope.
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04-10-2011, 09:01 PM
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#67
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: from: Prescott, AZ currently: Denver, CO
Posts: 469
Year: 1992
Coachwork: BlueBird
Chassis: All American RE
Engine: 8.3 Cummins
Rated Cap: 72
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Re: What kind of milleage do you get?
We just bought a 92 Blue Bird All American RE 8.3 cummins / allison 643 with 4.78 gears.
Picked it up in Northern Oregon, drove 95% secondary highways back to Northern Arizona.
Average 55 mph and 11 mpg, bus was empty.
I'm hoping 9-10 mpg once the conversion is done.
Maybe changing the gearing to 4.11 would help a bit.
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05-03-2011, 04:30 AM
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#68
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New Member
Join Date: May 2011
Posts: 1
Year: 1950
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Re: What kind of milleage do you get?
Average 55 mph and 11 mpg
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05-28-2011, 11:14 PM
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#69
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Skoolie
Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 105
Year: 92
Coachwork: ward flat nose
Chassis: international
Engine: dt466 mt643 air ride
Rated Cap: 84
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Re: What kind of milleage do you get?
Just bought myself a second bus, its an '82 International 71 passenger BB with air brakes. Picked it up in Denver and drove it 720 miles home. It has a Dt466 engine with a Mt643 Allison and 4.78 rear axle ratio. The engine, transmission and rear axle were all rebuilt five years ago and has less than 50k miles since the rebuild. Cruised home between 60 and 65 mph and got 9.5 miles per gallon.
I bought it because it has a eddy current drive shaft retarder on it that was installed new 14k miles ago. I've always wanted one of those. Just the retarder cost between 7k and $10k itself, and I got the the whole bus for 2300. Love it.
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01-17-2012, 08:37 AM
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#70
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Central Tennessee
Posts: 1,093
Year: 1973
Coachwork: Blue Bird
Chassis: All American
Engine: CAT 1160 V-8 Diesel
Rated Cap: 72
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Re: What kind of milleage do you get?
I have a flat nose front engine Blue Bird. It has the 1160 CAT diesel (precursor to the 320 . The tag on my dashboard says 6.8 rear end. I think that the rear end may have been changed before I bought it, because I drove it pedal to the metal on my trip from Nashville to Springfield Mo. and the bus went 67 MPH.
I think there must be a governor on the motor. I use a GPS to tell me the speed. On my trip from Nashville I got 8 MPG. My bus weighs 22,000 lbs.
Recently I went on a 130 mile trip, and it was weird that I was able to go 69 to 72 MPH on that trip. I figure that I am still getting 8 MPG.
I do not have a tachometer.
Can anyone tell me why I can go so fast without blowing up the motor? If indeed the rear end is 6.8, I would think that the governed motor would not let the bus go that fast.
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03-19-2012, 09:37 PM
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#71
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Almost There
Join Date: Mar 2012
Posts: 98
Year: 1995
Coachwork: Thomas MVP
Chassis: Saf-T-Liner ER
Engine: 5.9 Cummins
Rated Cap: 72
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Re: What kind of milleage do you get?
Hello... I'm a new guy here. My folks just bought a 1995 Thomas Rear Engine 5.9 Cummins Diesel. We're going to work on it together and I'll buy it from them in June.
I'm an ole Cummins Diesel Engine guy and I LOVE the B Series Cummins Engine. Here's what I haven't seen on this Website... Cummins Engine Mods that are Cheap!!! If you have a Grinder I can get you up to around 12% additional mileage AND much more power. In Gassers HP = fuel... in the B Series Cummins there is a long way to the sweet spot before you start losing mileage. That being said Google search "Grinding Cummins Fuel Plate to # 100" and Gain 50hp on Avg with additional Torque and no damaging changes to the Engines life.
Here are a couple of good links!
http://www.dieselbombers.com/5-9l-12v-b ... nding.html
http://www.dieselbombers.com/12-valve-2 ... f=esp-link
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07-02-2012, 02:45 PM
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#72
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Farmington Hills, Mi (Detroit area)
Posts: 1,968
Year: 2000
Coachwork: Eldorado Aerotech 24'
Chassis: Ford E-450 Cutaway Bus
Engine: 7.3L Powerstroke
Rated Cap: 19
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Re: What kind of milleage do you get?
My bus is a 24' fiberglass body shuttle bus with a 7.3l Powerstroke, 4 speed overdrive automatic trans and 4.11 rear end gears. I get right around 13 MPG at highway speeds.
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11-28-2012, 12:21 AM
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#73
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Nov 2012
Posts: 24
Year: 1997
Coachwork: Corbeil
Chassis: International 3800
Engine: T444E
Rated Cap: 72
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Re: What kind of milleage do you get?
I don't really know what a mile or a gallon is, but I want to get 5Km/Litre of diesel out of my 72 passenger 444E - it looks to be about 12Miles per Gallon.
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12-10-2012, 07:37 PM
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#74
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Mcminnville, TN
Posts: 39
Year: 90
Coachwork: Ward
Chassis: GMC
Engine: 8.2 Detroit
Rated Cap: 70
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Re: What kind of milleage do you get?
8-10 Diesel fuel
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01-02-2013, 02:17 AM
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#75
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Bouse, Arizona
Posts: 55
Year: 1991
Coachwork: Ward Volunteer
Chassis: GMC 6000
Engine: 366 V8 (6.0 L)
Rated Cap: 71
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Re: What kind of milleage do you get?
Recently drove 1,100 miles in our 366 gasser and averaged between 5-7 MPH between fill-ups.
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01-02-2013, 03:06 AM
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#76
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Skoolie
Join Date: Jan 2009
Posts: 143
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Re: What kind of milleage do you get?
When you consider diesel costs roughly 20% more than gas, and if you lose your turbo or pump, plus the additional maintenance costs with diesel, keeping in mind a lot of skoolies stay parked, sometimes I wonder if a gasser, tweeked with fuel injection and computer aided economy, coupled with a manual transmission, while savoring the lowered vibration and noise, might be a viable alternative to diesel. How cool would a Ford v10 be in a 40' flat front bus?
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01-02-2013, 04:43 PM
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#77
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Moderator
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: NUNYA
Posts: 4,236
Year: 1995
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: 3800
Engine: DT408, AT545
Rated Cap: 23 500 gvw
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Re: What kind of milleage do you get?
Quote:
Originally Posted by Henukaw
Recently drove 1,100 miles in our 366 gasser and averaged between 5-7 MPH between fill-ups.
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Ouch.
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01-02-2013, 07:38 PM
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#78
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Skoolie
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 238
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Re: What kind of milleage do you get?
Quote:
Originally Posted by mightybus
When you consider diesel costs roughly 20% more than gas, and if you lose your turbo or pump, plus the additional maintenance costs with diesel, keeping in mind a lot of skoolies stay parked, sometimes I wonder if a gasser, tweeked with fuel injection and computer aided economy, coupled with a manual transmission, while savoring the lowered vibration and noise, might be a viable alternative to diesel. How cool would a Ford v10 be in a 40' flat front bus?
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I have a V10 in my 2000 Excursion. Sadly, my bus gets about the same fuel mileage.
I averaged about 11 with Farold. - 18,000 pounds
I average about 12 with the Excursion - 7,300 pounds
I have no idea what the ratio for fuel mileage to weight might be but let's say I got 7 mpg with a V10 in Farold, which I bet is an extremely high guess.
Last trip we drove 4248 miles divided by 11 mpg = 368 gallons * (actual) average fuel cost $3.88 per gallon for Diesel = $1427.84
Now with a V10 @ 7mpg - 4248 miles divided by 7 mpg = 607 gallons * average fuel cost $3.29 (this was the lowest price I saw the entire trip) per gallon for gas = $1997.03
The V10 moves the Excursion pretty good but I think it would be pretty doggy in a bus. Anyway, just my 2 cents.
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01-03-2013, 05:41 PM
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#79
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Central Tennessee
Posts: 1,093
Year: 1973
Coachwork: Blue Bird
Chassis: All American
Engine: CAT 1160 V-8 Diesel
Rated Cap: 72
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Re: What kind of milleage do you get?
Diesel used to be much less expensive than gasoline. Now it is more expensive. What's up with that?
My bus gets a whopping 8 miles a gallon. it weighs 22,000 lbs. It has a BIG motor. It is a CAT 1160 which is the precursor to the 3208.
I drive it pedal to the metal and it goes 70mph.
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01-12-2013, 07:41 PM
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#80
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Dec 2012
Posts: 21
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Re: What kind of milleage do you get?
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