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noteven
Mar 14, 2021Explorer III
This isn't a power the house question - "but"
I just did some work with a 2006 Dodge diesel pickup and goose neck flatbed. Due to the off road and back road nature of the work "miles" are not the same as highway.
A machine was moved to the location and back after the work. 2 loads.
10 loads of 8 tons +/- each of bales were moved in 2 mornings. GCW would be about 30,500lbs each trip. Don't panic this truck has done this kind of work for years.
In about 12 hours of hauling totalling 280 miles the truck used 60 USgals of diesel.
Let's say a BE "1 ton" 4x4 existed to compare, one with 300 ish hp like the Dodge.
Could it do this work in two 6 hour days, with an overnight charge - 12 trips at 30,500lbs.
I'm not sure how to convert 5 gals per hour of diesel fuel used into kwhr of BEV range...
I just did some work with a 2006 Dodge diesel pickup and goose neck flatbed. Due to the off road and back road nature of the work "miles" are not the same as highway.
A machine was moved to the location and back after the work. 2 loads.
10 loads of 8 tons +/- each of bales were moved in 2 mornings. GCW would be about 30,500lbs each trip. Don't panic this truck has done this kind of work for years.
In about 12 hours of hauling totalling 280 miles the truck used 60 USgals of diesel.
Let's say a BE "1 ton" 4x4 existed to compare, one with 300 ish hp like the Dodge.
Could it do this work in two 6 hour days, with an overnight charge - 12 trips at 30,500lbs.
I'm not sure how to convert 5 gals per hour of diesel fuel used into kwhr of BEV range...
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