Calculated MPG
Have read a number of posts, in different site forums, describing posters hand calculating their mileage. Some post that they record details at every gas-up and have kept meticulous records since t...
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A 23.8 mpg from a single tank calculations from a one ton diesel is possible....just short fill the fuel tank at a fuel stop that has a down hill slope in the right direction causing the short fill/other scenarios for fantastic one tank mpg is very possible. Or use the DIC mpg down slope figures on I-70...I-80 east from the highest elevation in NM/CO/WY.
I've gotten some great mpg from Raton NM Pass at 7800' elevation and east on US-64/US-412 down to eastern OK elevation 685' @ 668 miles.
And going up the same way nets 3-4 mpgs less....and of course which way the 38-42 mph winds are blowing.
I prefer a average mpg check over several tanks of fuel such as our 1260 mile one way annual trip to UT and return the same routes. All pencil figures.
I've gotten some great mpg from Raton NM Pass at 7800' elevation and east on US-64/US-412 down to eastern OK elevation 685' @ 668 miles.
And going up the same way nets 3-4 mpgs less....and of course which way the 38-42 mph winds are blowing.
I prefer a average mpg check over several tanks of fuel such as our 1260 mile one way annual trip to UT and return the same routes. All pencil figures.
