The Burning Issue - Truck MPG becoming a major headache...

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

What about the lpg route

 

Inherently inefficient - no thanks. Cheapness of fuel offset by terrible thermal efficiency. Has to be compression ignition, end of.

[Hodge]

It seams that you like many of us want the golden goose, there is nothing that will tow like a 4x4, carry loads of logs etc and return decent fuel economy, if there was then we would all be using one.

[treefrog]

I ve got a d max and it returns 36 mpg normal driving with towing Jensen 530 or a plant trailer with a Vermeer 252. On a good run will do between 40 and 42. Very happy with that. I did think about a separate little van for running about in but by the time you have bought it taxed it insured it etc it only works out long term. Maybe by that time you ll probably break it or things change. Least the d max is fairly economical had 4x4 and will carry a load and tow 3.5 t. It ticks most boxes for me.

[gensetsteve]

A guy I know is running an old petrol ford searra on vapor, he showed me some vids on YouTube and it's manly rednecks running V8 pick ups but they claim there getting 200-300 mpg !!

 

He got his motor up n running in an hour but his now doing a better install

 

Iv seen this running it works so I'm going to give it a go on my transit tipper as it's petrol

 

I use a transit connect to nip about in & for quoting etc the transit. & defender only come out to work so pay there way

 

Iv just sold my landcruiser 4.7 V8 on LPG as the ol,woman was doing too much millage and would not away put LPG in as the station is out of her way it was only doing 150 miles on £45 local 200 miles on a run so iv replaced it with a disco 3 diesel and hoping she will avarge 30 mpg

 

Disco 3 average 24 mpg Around town 19 mpg on a long run with gentle throttle 29 ignor the lie o meter on the dash it's about 4 mpg optomistic

[Daniel Jiggins]

Disco 3 average 24 mpg Around town 19 mpg on a long run with gentle throttle 29 ignor the lie o meter on the dash it's about 4 mpg optomistic

 

 

Have you parted with your beloved green goddess D4 yet Steve??

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

I ve got a d max and it returns 36 mpg normal driving with towing Jensen 530 or a plant trailer with a Vermeer 252. On a good run will do between 40 and 42. Very happy with that. I did think about a separate little van for running about in but by the time you have bought it taxed it insured it etc it only works out long term. Maybe by that time you ll probably break it or things change. Least the d max is fairly economical had 4x4 and will carry a load and tow 3.5 t. It ticks most boxes for me.

 

You say that and then the next man says his dmax is only getting 25-30...

[Joel77]

The landcruiser was only doing 11 / 12 mpg, we borrowed the mother in laws disco 3 wile she was on holiday and on a tank to tank ltr - miles I drove it returned 30 ish mpg combined driving

 

But even 25 mpg is better then 11 lol

Just afther it sold The landcruiser I found out about the vapour coo, but I can't see the ol,woman driving about with a jerry can under the bonnet she was bad enuff with LPG

[gensetsteve]

Have you parted with your beloved green goddess D4 yet Steve??

 

It's on auto trader this week it's been fully valeted and looks like new missing the old girl already

[treefrog]

My d max is a manual I liked the auto a lot more but the fuel consumption was around the 25-30 I did not want that.

Edited October 29, 2014 by treefrog
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[Daniel Jiggins]

It's on auto trader this week it's been fully valeted and looks like new missing the old girl already

 

 

I just had a look at it on Autotrader looks good! What have you replaced it with?

 

In your description it doesn't mention towing heavy generators? Or reversing onto ford mondeo bonnets :-)