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Originally Posted by DieselFan
I wonder how many still "drive it like I stole it!"? I suspect many still do just from the number of people that whiz by at a high rate of speed while I'm in the right lane holding it at 60 MPH.
Changing the way one drives has to rate right up there with quitting smoking. Yet both can yield substantial returns. Heck, I can't even get my wife to slow down. 
A lot of people are concerned about what high fuel prices are doing to their pocket book. What they don't realize is that with some common-sense changes to their driving habits, that they can save up 20%-30% on their fuel bill with their existing vehicle.
A couple of good links for tips...
 We Test the Tips
http://www.everytime.cummins.com/eve...Whitepaper.pdf |
We also own (12) DT-466 trucks and I am sure that @ 60 they do OK but @ 75 and 80 which is way too fast for a big truck they drop off drastically, as much as 20% and that is a LOT of fuel.
Driving RT-95 daily I'm amazed at Owner-operators driving 85 mph but at the same time complaining about fuel costs. At 85 the fuel burn is tremendously more than at 65. You don't see the JB Hunt guys doing this, they have GPS and they track your speed and fire you if you can't understand.
We are installing trackers in all our trucks also and my brother is a putz when it comes to firing people but trust me I'm not at all.
Same for planes, the faster you go the more fuel you burn and it's also pretty drastic.
