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On 5/17/2004 6:49 PM, Bill Day wrote:
| This weekend we made our eyarly trip to the Hank Jr. Opening just east of
| Nashville TN at the Stardust Amphitheater.. kickin concert as always..
|
| Anyway with the reduced tire sie(was running 31x10.5x15 down to 30x9.5x15)
| my mileage went from about 11 miles per gal. to 18 miles per gal.
|
| Now the 11 mpg was with my old setup and no extra weight, just me and my
| empty truck. This trip to Nashville had, 4 adults, weights of 115,
160, 150
| and 225, plus our gear to include, my 300 lbs of tools, jacks, tow
chain(you
| wouldnt believe how many people got stuck, it poured right up until Hank
| performed), 5 ton floor jack, jack stands 2 spare tires clothes(2 women 2
| nights...), grill charcoal and 2-4 case coolers full of beer and ice.
|
| Through the hills the mileage dipped to 16 mpg but northern kentucky and
| southern indiana on into eastern illinois was at 18 mpg constant.
|
| All in all I put a total of $60 or so(didnt keep exacts/approx. 35
gals) of
| gas in round trip.
|
| Numbers up we're happy.
Did you recalibrate for the smaller tire? If you didn't, the odometer
says you went farther than you really did, and thus mileage isn't accurate.
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