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Old 06-19-2019, 06:54 PM   #21
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My personal experience:

'02 Freightliner Century. 53' dry van trailer, 22K pounds in the trailer. 6.2 MPG averaging 70 MPH (over the course of about a month). Enter Illinios where speed limit (at the time) was 55 for trucks. Set cruise on 61. Zeroed out average fuel economy tracker. 8.1 MPG across IL. YMMV.
Does make a difference when you're totin' a brick... ;)

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Old 06-19-2019, 07:55 PM   #22
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Back in 1976 my landlord, who also built my bike race motor, and I set a world record for a radio controlled airplane. He built a "Mr Mulligan" with a 9' wingspan and large fuel tanks. He had a brand new Chevy Silverado that he hooked up an auto computer that monitored fuel mileage and many other parameters. He hooked up a manual choke cable to his distributor. That way when on the highway, you could adjust the timing to get the best MPG at the time. We put a cushy couch in the back of the truck. Here's where the plane came in. I drove the truck with him in the back flying the plane. We left the San Fernando Valley, Ca. and headed to Las Vegas, him in the back flying the plane. I would stop for gas in the truck while he circles the station. We made it to Vegas non stop with his plane.
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