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Old 02-27-2014, 10:02 AM   #22 (permalink)
elhigh
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Also, I agree that my truck doesn’t work on here; it works in real life doing things. No, the truck has not delivered fairy floss but one time it did deliver flowers. It typically delivers building supplies to construction sites. I did not realize this was a fairy floss and flowers type of forum, I thought this was a forum about doing and accomplishing things.
The second AND third times my truck delivered more than 30 miles per gallon included several trips of moving firewood, 800-1000lbs at a time. On the flat and coasting down hills, extra weight is okay.

It's worth considering, however, that when carrying a load that big that even though my truck is rated to a load as high as 1600lbs, it doesn't feel that good at speed and so I automatically hold a lower top speed on trips. That doubtless also made a difference; weight wasn't the only variable to change on those tanks.
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