MPG and fuel costs for summer trip
Just thought you'd like to see some real world numbers:
Day 1 - started out on ethanol stabilized fuel that had been in the unit all winter, and was a bit below full due to exercising generator.
The only other day the generator was run was on day 3 before the Arco ID fillup, for about 1/2 hour. Still got good mileage on that leg.
The fill up at Biggs stopped at $100, a few gallons short of a full tank. As such, that mileage is higher, where the last fill at home made up for it. This averages out to 8.6 mpg across the two tanks.
Our route:
Day 1: Home to Baker City, Oregon to visit Mom & Dad & twin sis at cemetery & run around childhood home
Day 2: Baker to Craters of the Moon between Carey and Arco Idaho
Day 3: At CotM; then spent night in Idaho Falls
Day 4: Idaho Falls to Big Piney/Marbleton for family reunion
Day 5, 6: at reunion
Day 7: Big Piney to Salmon Id, going back past CotM to Wild Rose hot spring
Day 8: Salmon to Clarkston Wa via Montana to add that state to our Geocache list
Day 9: At my brother's place in Clarkston
Day 10: Clarkston to Maryhill, Wa
Day 11: Maryhill to home
Done!
Day 1 - started out on ethanol stabilized fuel that had been in the unit all winter, and was a bit below full due to exercising generator.
The only other day the generator was run was on day 3 before the Arco ID fillup, for about 1/2 hour. Still got good mileage on that leg.
The fill up at Biggs stopped at $100, a few gallons short of a full tank. As such, that mileage is higher, where the last fill at home made up for it. This averages out to 8.6 mpg across the two tanks.
Our route:
Day 1: Home to Baker City, Oregon to visit Mom & Dad & twin sis at cemetery & run around childhood home
Day 2: Baker to Craters of the Moon between Carey and Arco Idaho
Day 3: At CotM; then spent night in Idaho Falls
Day 4: Idaho Falls to Big Piney/Marbleton for family reunion
Day 5, 6: at reunion
Day 7: Big Piney to Salmon Id, going back past CotM to Wild Rose hot spring
Day 8: Salmon to Clarkston Wa via Montana to add that state to our Geocache list
Day 9: At my brother's place in Clarkston
Day 10: Clarkston to Maryhill, Wa
Day 11: Maryhill to home
Done!
