No Myth Gas Mileage Boost *cringe*
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No Myth Gas Mileage Boost *cringe*
all of you ex/current/future truckers, police, and/or safe drivers please don't kill me for this one, but i was once in a big crunch for money (had $20 to get me through two weeks of gas) and i had to make a trip to detroit (around 400 miles round trip) and couldn't see how i could afford the gas unless i resorted to extreme measures...so i drafted the whole way there, and the whole way back...averaged (no exag...no kidding) 39 mpg
got over 500 miles out of that tank (400 of those miles were drafting miles)
i don't recommend it...just an fyi.
oh, btw, i'll miss everyone when RITA heads through (read the NOTICE)
now before i start getting yelled at....
got over 500 miles out of that tank (400 of those miles were drafting miles)
i don't recommend it...just an fyi.
oh, btw, i'll miss everyone when RITA heads through (read the NOTICE)
now before i start getting yelled at....
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Current trucker here. It is annoying to have somebody uninvited drafting off you, it'* true when you can't see our mirrors we can't see you. But if you've got a C.B. give us a shout. Chances are you'll get a little help on wind resistance if it'* a decent straight stretch of highway if you just ask ahead of time.
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ooh....ouch...i knew it was coming....*tail between my legs* sorry. i had no idea that some of you guys actually would help out on windy days. i need to get a CB. hey, i'm good now. remember those were "extreme" measures.
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Originally Posted by Hans
That means you ride a trucks *BEEP* right?
plus you are going 65 if you are behind a truck so already at that speed you are getting 30mpg or so
plus you are going 65 if you are behind a truck so already at that speed you are getting 30mpg or so
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Originally Posted by Jack
Current trucker here. It is annoying to have somebody uninvited drafting off you, it'* true when you can't see our mirrors we can't see you. But if you've got a C.B. give us a shout. Chances are you'll get a little help on wind resistance if it'* a decent straight stretch of highway if you just ask ahead of time.
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I've followed rigs running empty across 84 through Pennsylvania at 80mph. Of course it was 1:00 in the morning and I was the only fourwheeler on the road. At those speeds it is very dangerous, but if you get close enough you can actually let off the gas and be pulled right along. It'* quite a rush, kind of gives an idea of how much drafting really can help in Nascar.
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did you run hot? that is one concern i have always had is because there is no air on the nose, the car would run hot. did you?
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You still get air coming up from under the rear axel of the trailer, just the air coming off the top of the trailer has the same effect as a waterfall, the air behind the trailer is constantly sucked in by vaccum. Ive drafted trucks before on 94, but I used to have a CB at the time.