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You will find the fuel economy significantly improved at 50 rather than close to 60 on stock gearing. The difference is about 2.5 mpg. With these trucks only getting around 8 that 2.5 matters a lot.
coachgeo
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more like run UNDER the back of at 50.
That would take quite the idiot but I'm waiting for such an encounter. That pintle will be a real funny lookin stereo.
I've been rear ended in an MV. Twice.
But you aren't waiting for such an encounter. You ready to extract a kid pinned between the seat and steering wheel? While the car is on fire? Before he burns alive? Or just sit there and laugh at the idiot?
Probably not. Take a seat rookie.
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INFChief
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I’d be pretty happy to get an average of 8 mpg.
Third From Texas
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I can't maintain 8mpg with my C7 's pedal mashed to the floor. I get 5mpg all day long in "stand on the throttle" mode.
My A0 was a bit more consistent at 8mpg. Slow, fast, it didn't cane....8mpg.
Of course I haven't done any tuning to see if it can be improved the C7 but some of the recommended maintenance I've read about supposedly can improve the C7 fuel usage (I won't say "fuel economy").
Third From Texas
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Was that at highway speed both times?????
World is over-populated and if the kid hits a truck as large as mine because I was 5 mph under the speed limit (like many a semi-truck on a grade) then Darwin got that fool and it was bound to happen anyway. I'll call emergency services and render aid as appropriate but I'm not going to lose sleep over one less idiot.
INFChief
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As soon as I get all the adapters, other hardware, and software I plan on checking all of the settings on my engine.I can't maintain 8mpg with my C7 's pedal mashed to the floor. I get 5mpg all day long in "stand on the throttle" mode.
My A0 was a bit more consistent at 8mpg. Slow, fast, it didn't cane....8mpg.
Of course I haven't done any tuning to see if it can be improved the C7 but some of the recommended maintenance I've read about supposedly can improve the C7 fuel usage (I won't say "fuel economy").
INFChief
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Did you put a flashing light / strobe light (not high intensity but bright enough to clearly make your vehicle stand out) on the rear somewhere so it will get the attention of people following you? Maybe I should look for something like that. Would sure hate to see someone get wedged under the back of my truck. Not that a strobe light or a slow moving vehicle sign would guarantee that no one would ass-end me but it would help make my truck noticeable.
More lights usually attract drunk drivers.
This was the rear of my M322. It had 7 rear facing red lights and 2 strobes.
Truck even had 2 mirror mounted strobes.
And the result.
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Wait til you experience it. You may be surprised.
I hope the trailer was OK.
What even WAS that car? Looks like it went under
What even WAS that car? Looks like it went under
100 to 105mph speed hitting me at 61/63mph. Was a Pontiac G6. 26yr old kid. Never had a ticket in his life. Driving home from work fell asleep at the wheel we assume, since he had just started a job 90mi from his home.I hope the trailer was OK.
What even WAS that car? Looks like it went under
Hit the rear of the M322m wedged underneath it. Impact and sparks lit the rear hydraulics for the ramps on fire. 1600 tire was on fire in the windshield when I climbed thru the back window, broke the seat back, and broke his right leg in order to extract his pinned leg. He was unconscious.
He survived the crash but was brain dead and died about 10days later.
Whole rear of the trailer caught on fire. My skytrack caught on fire. Burned up both rear trailer tires, all brake lines, chambers, broke u bolts on rear axle, rear hydraulics. Shockwave thru the impact even broke the motor mounts oh my engine and broke a torque rod. This mind you weighing close to 65k getting hit by a 3500lb car.
Had I NOT had the trailer I would have been dead. It would have ran up under the rear of the 5 ton. Hit an axle, broke more torque rods, shifted the rear axles and thrown me off into the ditch to roll over.
There are several threads on here about these slow moving trucks getting hit by cars. Most trucks get totalled out cause the impact shock breaks everything aluminum on the truck right off. Like your engine bellhousing, transmission, your transfer case mounts at the minimum if your lucky.
We have had several members pass away from being rear ended and thrown off the road to just roll the truck over.
Being big and Tall doesn't mean anything with a certain amount of force.
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You are far more likely to get rear ended by a semi that is in a group of trucks at night and one of them misjudged the speed you were going and got pinned in and slammed into the back of you. Or they weren't paying attention or fell asleep.
I do lots of miles. I've seen lots of it.
I do lots of miles. I've seen lots of it.
World is over-populated and if the kid hits a truck as large as mine because I was 5 mph under the speed limit (like many a semi-truck on a grade) then Darwin got that fool and it was bound to happen anyway. I'll call emergency services and render aid as appropriate but I'm not going to lose sleep over one less idiot.
When you dig someone out of a car, your life is changed for ever. I hope you never have to do it. And of course, one day you might be the fool.
When you dig someone out of a car, your life is changed for ever. I hope you never have to do it. And of course, one day you might be the fool.
I also hope I never have to do this. It sounds extremely inconvenient. I don't think it would be life changing for me - I've seen senseless death in combat and personally I've made my peace with it. Can't be worse than someone I know and have a personal attachment to. Some random motorist......
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