trashman Posted June 5, 2007 Share Posted June 5, 2007 The wife will be driving from Dallas to the east coast then up to Pittsburg soon .With the Warns installed I am looking for any thing else that might grab her more MPGs .Some one here once mentioned removing the rack seemed to help i figure with all that straight driving what the heck i might be on to something .Last spring we drove to NC with the bikes on back and a roof bag avg around 16 mpg driving the crap outa it .unloaded its the same old 18 .She won't be loaded with anything but 2 suit cases this time . what do you guys think ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trainman Posted June 5, 2007 Share Posted June 5, 2007 Well, it is easy enough to do, so why not? Can not hurt. Other ideas: use cruise as much as possible, I get very good MPG when I use the cc; keep to the speed limit; try to anticipate traffic to reduce the tendency to yo-yo the speed. Why accelerate up to a bunch of slower traffic, then put on the brakes, then speed up again when a nice constant speed will get you there just as well; take any extra stuff not needed for the trip out of the truck; make sure the truck is well maintained (ie fuel and air filter in good shape, tires at proper pressure, good oil). Doing all the above, I can get 24-26 MPG (imperial, or aroumd 22-23 MPG US) on the highways around here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trashman Posted June 7, 2007 Author Share Posted June 7, 2007 Just did a 150 miler without the rack ...yer not going to believe this but it picked up 1mpg ..sweet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Dank Posted June 7, 2007 Share Posted June 7, 2007 What kind of roof rack do you have? Unless its the newer style SE rack with the airdam, I can't imagine getting any mileage improvement from removing the crossbars. I get about 16-17 on the freeway usually loaded up. Thats with lift and bigger tires. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trashman Posted June 9, 2007 Author Share Posted June 9, 2007 DJ believe it or not its a stocker 99.5 rack .the real test is going to be the big trip when she gets back i will repost with the results.My work vehicle is aF350 CREW CAB 4X4 stroker i installed a front front bumper replacement called a RANCHHAND which is really massive (google itif u have never seen ) it dropped MPGs by 1.5 but sure keeps the deer outa my face and i get free fuel via my job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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