Fuel
I spent the best part of last year trying to figure out how many miles I can go before filling up. There turns out to be too many variables, and I should have just stuck with my usual metric of "add fuel at 1/2 tank".
I had it figured at 85 gallons every 800 miles. Now, that 800 miles is actually 740, because I switched from 9R22.5 GY tires to 255/70R22.5 Yokos. That worked out to about 8.5 MPG, which I figured was average for a CAT 3126 300 HP. Oh, did I mention this is my first diesel anything?
Additionally, I had a plugged fuel tank vent which prevented me from getting a good fill-up. So add up all these factors and accumulate the errors over a year and 6000 miles and, voilĂ , you run out of diesel.
Coach-Net was great, but I had a hard time getting them to understand where I was, even though it was straight forward (I-10 west Florida mile marker about 40). When the service person called, I had to clarify where I was. Coach-Net had her going the opposite direction.
Anyway 2 hours and 95 gallons of diesel fuel later (100 gallon tank) and I'm back on the road. Lesson (re-)learned: Add fuel at 1/2 tank on the gauge.
I had it figured at 85 gallons every 800 miles. Now, that 800 miles is actually 740, because I switched from 9R22.5 GY tires to 255/70R22.5 Yokos. That worked out to about 8.5 MPG, which I figured was average for a CAT 3126 300 HP. Oh, did I mention this is my first diesel anything?
Additionally, I had a plugged fuel tank vent which prevented me from getting a good fill-up. So add up all these factors and accumulate the errors over a year and 6000 miles and, voilĂ , you run out of diesel.
Coach-Net was great, but I had a hard time getting them to understand where I was, even though it was straight forward (I-10 west Florida mile marker about 40). When the service person called, I had to clarify where I was. Coach-Net had her going the opposite direction.
Anyway 2 hours and 95 gallons of diesel fuel later (100 gallon tank) and I'm back on the road. Lesson (re-)learned: Add fuel at 1/2 tank on the gauge.
