[Big Dave]

Most everybody brings something special to the party.

While he's a relative newcomer let's not forget shepherd777.

If you step back and look at it from a macro or national standpoint, OTR truck fuel economy dwarfs that of personal cars & pickups.

A OTR truck typically drive eight to ten times the annual mileage of a personal car.

OTR trucks routinely operate with a road load in excess of 300 HP. A personal car operates in the 15-35 HP range. Your hot-rod's 400 HP engine operates in excess of 90% rated power maybe two minutes a year. Trucks don't have 450+ HP engines by accident. They use that power. those big, durable engines can pump out big HP hour after hour. On OTR trucks, axle and transmission cooling get to be an issue from all that power.

shepherd777 has more than doubled the MPG of a Class 8 truck. From a macro standpoint that is huge.