From: Ray Fougnier (rfougnier@comcast.net)
Date: Thu Apr 22 2004 - 18:00:41 PDT
Hey Kenny,
Of course you will get better mileage going South than North, 'cause
it's going downhill.
Before I get flamed ---> j/k
Ray
Recovry4x4@aol.com wrote:
>When I went to Ohio last year I averaged about 6.5 MPG in my deuce tractor
>with my M35A2 piggybacked on the back. I see no reason to give money away to the
>oil companies so I removed the front drive flanges and made sure my tire
>pressure was up. On the way up my mileage was noticably worse then on the way
>back. When I returned I left the tarp off the M35A2. Sensible driving helps too.
>Just to show how much difference these things can make figure this. When I
>bought the tractor I flew to MD and drove it home. No drive flanges on the front
>and one rear axle shaft was pulled. If I pushed it to around 55 for a tank I
>got high 8s to low 9mpg. Same truck, same conditions, same drive home, only
>this time keeping it at 52 MPH mileage went up to 11 MPG. Now I'm not that
>cheap of a person but when I can keep that much money and funnel it into another
>project, I'll do it. Now when I want to be the el cheapo fuel miser I'll just
>drive this M1009 if I ever get it running.
>Kenny
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