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Repost as picture did not attach on earlier post. Well last year our unit 740 ran a 9 mpg imp for 200 days. Posted on picture is unit 740 last year. This was a big deal for us! So now with unit 740 and the 3 New Generation Volvo VNL's combined. Have proven this wasn't a one hit wonder. With 228 day average 300,000 miles of running. 9.03 mpg imp 7.53 mpg USA 31.28 litre per 100km 3.2 kms a litre. Our Volvos pulling our Advance Engineering aero tanker trains, with 2.47 ratio I-Torque, 13spd od, Airdog, Hot Shots Secret EDT every tank, all fluids trans, differentials,wheel ends, Dr Preload, Centrifuse wheel balancers though out in all positions, Michelin WBST, low rolling resistance all positions, FlowBellow helping truck and trailers. Solar keeps alternator free wheeling. Dialed in Parameters for your operation. 5.3% idle thanks to easy with engine heater and park ac. 60 mph , 140,000 lbs 54% loaded approximately. Lots of wind. Battle the high fuel prices!

Well last year our unit 740 ran a 9 mpg imp for 200 days. This was a big deal for us! So now with unit 740 and the 3 New Generation Volvo VNL's combined. Have proven this wasn't a one hit wonder. With 228 day average 300,000 miles of running. 9.03 mpg imp 7.53 mpg USA 31.28 litre per 100km 3.2 kms a litre. Our Volvos pulling our Advance Engineering aero tanker trains, with 2.47 ratio I-Torque, 13spd od, Airdog, Hot Shots Secret EDT every tank, all fluids trans, differentials,wheel ends, Dr Preload, Centrifuse wheel balancers though out in all positions, Michelin WBST, low rolling resistance all positions, FlowBellow helping truck and trailers. Solar keeps alternator free wheeling. Dialed in Parameters for your operation. 5.3% idle thanks to easy with engine heater and park ac. 60 mph , 140,000 lbs 54% loaded approximately. Lots of wind. Battle the high fuel prices!

Have to Love our weather!

This slot for Volvo has been empty for awhile will be interesting! facebook.com/share/r/1E2Je1n…

We have been using these products for several years. We got to meet representatives at the Volvo dealer in Regina, Sterling Truck and Trailer. Good people got to answer our questions and shared information,was a great day.

This was a highway truck 23 years ago. Runs the water trailer now. Brothers kept it nice. 2003 Vd12 465 hp 18spd Back in in our 4.30 rear ratio days. 1.3 million kms, this truck has had nothing but maintenance, good service, good drivers, good build, end up with a good truck. We came a long ways in efficiency.

Thursday actually. Unit 8298. Local hauling. Was calm. 8.8 imp,7.33 usa. Note have broke 9 couple times. Still tweaking. Since this trailer 8.01 mpg, 6.68 USA mpg, 35.26 l per 100km , 2.84 kms l for 12,000 kms. Note 120 to 140,000 lbs , short haul 30 to 60 miles, 8 to 14 corners one way, 10% gravel miles average. Tare 14.7 to 15.00 mt.

Been a while. 30-day snapshot. Using 2.79 CDN per litre fuel price. Set up for comparison. Gathered over 1 million km on the last 30 days. So numbers are real. Took a lot of time, LOL. 30-day average All fuel at $2.79/L. The Canadian national price average. Same distance for every group: 16,000 km / 10,000 miles. Averaged for better comparison. Fuel cost is per truck. I-Torque optimized — 2.47 ratio 9.12 Imp mpg 7.59 US mpg 30.98 L/100 km 3.23 km/L $13,829 / $13,910 Fuel cost per truck (16,000 km / 10,000 mi) Fleet without I-Torque 5.90 Imp mpg 4.91 US mpg 47.86 L/100 km 2.09 km/L $21,366 / $21,491 Fuel cost per truck (16,000 km / 10,000 mi) Non-efficient spec 5.33 Imp mpg 4.44 US mpg 52.97 L/100 km 1.89 km/L $23,646 / $23,784 Fuel cost per truck (16,000 km / 10,000 mi) Bottom 6 4.62 Imp mpg 3.85 US mpg 61.08 L/100 km 1.64 km/L $27,266 / $27,425 Fuel cost per truck (16,000 km / 10,000 mi) Additional cost per truck vs 2.47 I-Torque optimized efficiency units 30-day average consumption. Same total kilometres / miles on every group. Trucks much higher but used for comparison. 16,000 km 10,000 miles Fleet without I-Torque +$7,537 +$7,581 Non-efficient spec +$9,817 +$9,874 Bottom 6 +$13,437 +$13,515 Remember Canada, 8-axle Super Bee. Just sharing what happens at these record prices; I hope everyone has a better fuel purchase plan than that. Have a great day!

Always shocking to people the tare weight on this unit 8298.

Our first born Shawn. We had you for 3.5 years till you were called home, when born doctors told us 3 hours... Hard to believe gone today for 30 years!

When you’re selling product and hiring a carrier to load it, a few things matter. Start with a clean trailer. That protects the integrity of what you’re shipping. Use a reputable company that will make sure the load is fully unloaded at the receiver. When you write contracts, ask whether the driver is allowed to clean out at the unloading facility. We carry insurance to do that work. Example from yesterday: wet weather, wet loading. We got to the plant with about 4 tonnes stuck in the trailer. We told the facility we needed to clean out the producer’s product. They said we couldn’t, and they didn’t care where it was disposed of. We said no — it belongs in the pit. After they repeated that they didn’t care, we left, swept the trailer down, and unloaded it. The plant was upset when we came back. Today we were told we were supposed to haul it back to the producer for unloading, and they would deduct it. Farmers need to get involved and follow up. We all see product dumped at pullouts and approaches. It doesn’t belong in dumpsters either. I use a good blower and brooms when I dump, and that helps. We need producers’ help on this. What are your thoughts?

Saw this bird today! Never seen one before did some checking, lol, interesting!

Fuel making another run.