TDInewguy and his super singles
Last September TDInewguy embarked on a program to put super singles and other weight saving devices on his class A. He was making regular posts through the test drive then suddenly went silent. I s...
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I did not realize that he had done it before but I was actually looking for a continuation of this post from last September:
TDInewguy
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Posted: 09/27/17 11:36pm Link | Quote | Print | Notify Moderator
First long trip is on the books...
I will say that I was facing an unusual amount of headwinds on this trip -- which can be seen at www.hint.fm
When the winds subsided I got a full tank measurement and that gave me roughly 5-6% improvement in fuel consumption. I have never broken 8mpg with this rig while towing and I was at 8.5 for much of the tank and it dropped a bit at the end due to rush hour in-town driving.
There will be more trips to show more data, but they have been pleasant to ride on.
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First long trip is on the books...
I will say that I was facing an unusual amount of headwinds on this trip -- which can be seen at www.hint.fm
When the winds subsided I got a full tank measurement and that gave me roughly 5-6% improvement in fuel consumption. I have never broken 8mpg with this rig while towing and I was at 8.5 for much of the tank and it dropped a bit at the end due to rush hour in-town driving.
There will be more trips to show more data, but they have been pleasant to ride on.
