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Originally Posted by euromodder
My dad used to get 12mpg with his 1980s vintage 11.000kg GVW truck that could carry 6.000+ kg of useful load. That was in an urban delivery environment with frequent stops. What on earth are they driving now that only gets 10mpg ???
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These are either GMC, Ford, International, Freightliner or Workhorse chassis. Older gasoline trucks had the big Chevy or Ford inline 6s, newer ones are GM Vortec 6000s ( LS 6.0L V8 ).
Diesel engines ranged from Perkins, Cummins B series 4 and 6 cylinder, Navistar T444E ( 7.3 L ) and VT365 ( 6.0 L ) V-8s, and probably an ungodly amount of others.
Transmissions are either Clark, Spicer, Eaton 4 or 5 speeds along with Allison automatics.