So, I recently drove from Oklahoma to Colorado only a month later move back across the country from home in Colorado to Arkansas. It's only temporary for work but hey, I burned a lot a fuel and got to play with my truck.
Below is the truck and trailer combo, a 28' cargo trailer bought from some great folks in Tulsa. More info on that in the Garage Section.
I was quite heavy (for me) on the way to Colorado... somewhere north of 22,000 lbs total. Heading to Arkansas on the second leg I dropped quite a bit of weight and was under 20,000 lbs. I fought 50 knot winds on the way to Colorado and ended up getting 8-9 combined MPG for that leg due to fighting winds. However, on the leg to Arkansas i averaged 11-12mpg with only light winds while crossing Oklahoma. The truck pulled fine, the ATS trans did good held a steady 140-150 during cruise, the new Industrial single turbo kept EGTs in check except for the short time at 98F when the intercooler just didn't do the job and I had to drop down into 3rd for a while as EGT passed 1250F. I did end up removing the edge comp and just cruising on the Smarty as it seemed like for my truck it drove better that way. Nothing against the Edge, but it worked.
My question to you all is what kind of mileage are you getting and what speeds/weights are you running? Due to time constraints I ran 65 rather than 55 for most of my trips.
So, I recently drove from Oklahoma to Colorado only a month later move back across the country from home in Colorado to Arkansas. It's only temporary for work but hey, I burned a lot a fuel and got to play with my truck.
Below is the truck and trailer combo, a 28' cargo trailer bought from some great folks in Tulsa. More info on that in the Garage Section.
I was quite heavy (for me) on the way to Colorado... somewhere north of 22,000 lbs total. Heading to Arkansas on the second leg I dropped quite a bit of weight and was under 20,000 lbs. I fought 50 knot winds on the way to Colorado and ended up getting 8-9 combined MPG for that leg due to fighting winds. However, on the leg to Arkansas i averaged 11-12mpg with only light winds while crossing Oklahoma. The truck pulled fine, the ATS trans did good held a steady 140-150 during cruise, the new Industrial single turbo kept EGTs in check except for the short time at 98F when the intercooler just didn't do the job and I had to drop down into 3rd for a while as EGT passed 1250F. I did end up removing the edge comp and just cruising on the Smarty as it seemed like for my truck it drove better that way. Nothing against the Edge, but it worked.
My question to you all is what kind of mileage are you getting and what speeds/weights are you running? Due to time constraints I ran 65 rather than 55 for most of my trips.