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Estimating diesel consumption/100km for artic

  • 26-04-2021 7:20pm
    #1
    Calahonda52
    Registered Users Posts: 12,173 ✭✭✭✭


    Outward leg , truck carries 30,000 litres of water
    Return leg is empty.

    Want to estimate the diesel consumption for each leg.
    Thanks as always

    “I can’t pay my staff or mortgage with instagram likes”.



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  • #2
    markmoto
    Registered Users Posts: 788 ✭✭✭markmoto


    Calahonda52 wrote: »
    Outward leg , truck carries 30,000 litres of water
    Return leg is empty.

    Want to estimate the diesel consumption for each leg.
    Thanks as always




    Motorway approx.

    Empty with trailer: ~22L
    Fully loaded: ~35L


    30k litres seems over payload capacity.


  • #3
    Whocare
    Registered Users Posts: 1,046 ✭✭✭Whocare


    Calahonda52 wrote: »
    Outward leg , truck carries 30,000 litres of water
    Return leg is empty.

    Want to estimate the diesel consumption for each leg.
    Thanks as always

    If newish daf onboard computer will tell you 2014 on newer shape one


  • #4
    markmoto
    Registered Users Posts: 788 ✭✭✭markmoto


    Whocare wrote: »
    If newish daf onboard computer will tell you 2014 on newer shape one

    All truck nowadays have that. But not very accurate tbh


  • #5
    Calahonda52
    Registered Users Posts: 12,173 ✭✭✭✭Calahonda52


    markmoto wrote: »
    All truck nowadays have that. But not very accurate tbh

    Thanks, based on that idea, I asked a driver delivering to Chadwicks what his dash showed, 35l/100km with 22 ton load, was a flat bed with steel so lower wind resistance.

    Thank you all, case closed!:)

    “I can’t pay my staff or mortgage with instagram likes”.



  • #6
    pedro6105
    Registered Users Posts: 116 ✭✭pedro6105


    35L/100km seems high to be honest. In our yard we pull nearly all fridges and average between 31 and 32.5 with 20 tonnes of a load.



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