Squeezing better fuel mileage

Truckers are finding all kinds of ways to make their trucks more fuel efficient now that diesel costs $4+ a gallon.  

Drivers are trying new things and going back to the old ways that are now cost effective. 

Trailers are set as close as possible to the trucks.  For every inch over 30 inches, it decreases your fuel mileage by one tenth of a mile per gallon.  That’s like getting an extra mile free for every 10 miles you drive.  Free is good!   

Make your truck and trailer as aerodynamic as you can afford.  If you’re pushing less wind, you get better mileage.

Lower your speed.  If you reduce your top speed from 70 miles per hour down to 60 miles per hour,  the average truck got .21 more miles a gallon.  Every little bit helps.  

One trucker kept his highway speed between 55 & 60 mph and got an average between 7.5 & 8 mpg.  Setting the cruise on 55 was able to get another trucker nearly 10 mpg.  Now that’s a real saving.

Idling the truck less and using an auxiliary heater to keep warm when you sleep also helps on fuel savings.

These are all small things a driver can do but it all adds up over the course of a year.  A mile here and a mile there add up to many miles over time and $$ saved on fuel.

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