The Fuel/Distance Thread For Nerds

[Life Saab Itch]

After tomorrow's shift I'll put in how much fuel I used and what distance was covered.


Might be interesting for us sad bds who get turgid at the thought of double figures in their fuel consumption. Feel free to post yours too.

I had thought this sort of format.

Truck	Type Of Driving	Fuel	Distance
Volvo FM10 450	Motorway Trunking	145 Litres	480kms

[Panda76]

Could add weight if known to show differences in a fuel economy reading.
A truck running 44t nion all day achieving low 8's to 9's is good where as if it was on light work such as parcel work you would probably expect double figures.

Edited by Panda76 on Thursday 15th March 07:48

[Life Saab Itch]

Truck	Type Of Driving	Fuel	Distance	Trailer Type
Volvo FM10 450	very mixed with bad traffic. Mainly A-roads.	207 Litres	550kms	16' double decker

[Cobalt Blue]

Life Saab Itch said:

Truck	Type Of Driving	Fuel	Distance	Trailer Type
Volvo FM10 450	very mixed with bad traffic. Mainly A-roads.	207 Litres	550kms	16' double decker

So 7.5MPG

[Panda76]

Truck	Type Of Driving	Fuel	Distance	Trailer Type	Weight
Volvo FH13 480	50/50 Motorway A road trunking	134 Litres	478kms	14' Malt van 15'1 DD 14' Curtainsider	Malt van 43.7 T DD 42.8 T CS 20 T

Mpg 10.08.Rtn to base with the Empty Malt van boosted it a bit.

[jagracer]

This'll make you cry if you had to pay for the fuel.
Volve FM9/10 waste collection multi pickup in and around London: 3.3-4.9mpg

[GC8]

Ive had between 5mpg and 6mpg average on a 390bhp 8x4 tarmac tipper. Some of the other figures here seem quite frugal by comparison.

[philmots]

Volvo FM10 450 - 61 reg...

Leeds - 2 drops in Newcastle - back to Leeds.

12.3 mpg. Very good!

[Life Saab Itch]

Cobalt Blue said:

So 7.5MPG

That's actually not as bad as I thought it would be considering the trailer. On our normal 14'6" trailers with super-singles it's a lot better than that.