Ehh safari won't crash head on... you'll just drive over most things :XD:Quote:
Originally Posted by Trout
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Ehh safari won't crash head on... you'll just drive over most things :XD:Quote:
Originally Posted by Trout
540hp volvo with 1.4 MILLION kms on clock I normally run under the fuel target of 41.9ltrs per hundred kms..have managed 35 one good night
540hp volvo with 30-40 THOUSAND kms on clock last two weeks havent got above 35 per hundred...remember half that running is with something in vacinaty of 28 ton payload and we talking 8 axels
I think fuel's the cheapest part of owning a vehicle.
Yep, the rest is just a bigger funnelQuote:
Originally Posted by Brian
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Yep you can buy a lot of fuel with the hourly rate of a motor mechanic and parts.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brian
One of yr drivers,might of been you.Nearlly hit two deer just below Dobson this morning 6.40am.My daughter was following the tanker coming to work.One rust red and a pretty spotted one she said.Quote:
Originally Posted by Micky Duck
I'm sure MD would have pulled over and loaded them aboard if he had hit one!
They'd be pretty brusied up even with a empty tanker hitn them.Quote:
Originally Posted by XR500
wasnt me...good to hear they are still around.
Thats pretty good micky. I can't get anything like that up here. Im more like 49 / 100. Its the terrain that we work in . Coromandel Peninsula hills arent great for saving fuel.Quote:
Originally Posted by Micky Duck
I have 535hp and the best i've got is 16/100, but that's driving it like a Nancy :D
couple of things that make a HUGE difference
set the over speed up a bit and drop cruise control down..allows it to roll on down hills for longer
when taking off from stop/slowed down...dont do it in cruise control,it will burn heaps trying to get up to speed as quick as possible..Nancy it along and pick up speed slowly and fuel burn stays down low
and brakes are for emergency stops...the more you can drift down slowly the better your stats will be .....
we have a couple of roads down here where 2.5kms drift will still see you reach corner doing 60kmph longest drift so far is 11kms and still had to brake for corner...I ROLL took a bit to get used to,fun just seeing how cheap can run...most fellas just plant boot and say they not paying fuel bill. horses for courses
Yeah, you dont get much chance to coast up here. Its just bloody hard yakka for the truck, lots of really steep hills and corners. I think theres something like 400 odd corners and 7 BIG hills to go around or over if you do the whangapoua run.
mayfield to arundal...2 corners total..one 8km straight one 11km straight. longer straight from hinds to arundal LOL.... 7 mile road is more like 15kms..dead straight,nearly dead flat.... different worlds alright.
Son n law up in Pilbara last week.Him and his team of mechanics just fitted a new factory crate Cat diesel motor in a large dump truck.Motor 84litre,V16,2750hp.Done pre tests befor hand.Started truck up,engine went for 5 seconds and dropped a valve,they heard lots of loud noises they werent happy about.Fluids from one side flowed thru to opposite bank,totally hydrolicked?.Motor cost $1.1million,now to find another motor and get this one overhauled.
The workshop team werent happy,and they have fitted dozens of new motors befor.
Ouch. I wouldn't want to be paying that rebuild invoice 9
So not only are they slow they're also expensive relics to run?
Ye with 1 inch fuel lines,8 turbos.Need a fuel tanker near by just to keep it running 24/7Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve123
Engine meant to last 25000hrs.
Radiantor holds 350 litrs of coolet.
Just a diff weighs 20ton alone.
Ye you want to wear yr steel caps boots working around them.lols
Watch out Trout, I think he's actually having a poke at our Nissans [emoji16]Quote:
Originally Posted by Trout
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Holy shit, your so youngQuote:
Originally Posted by 7mmsaum
did 505kms last night and managed 32.7kms per hundy LOL....
There sure is an economy in size. Makes a 4 ton GCM SUV and boat trailer combo getting 16L/100km look mighty thirsty:wtfsmilie:
When I was in rail, 650 ton empty rake up and 2450 ton of logs return for a little under 300L of fuel if I recall - about 55 truck and trailer loads and the same thing - drift down the hill as far as you can then maintain speed. Say what you will about rail but it's one of the most efficient ways to move gear.
And about 300 litres pilfered from the fuelling shed.
Maybe he was just a slow learner. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Maca49
Boat In tow,dive gear x 3, camping gear x 3 blokes x 3 and all the shit that goes with it so pretty loaded up Nelson to Kiakoura and back so a few steep windy hills...don't spare the horses.
Topped up to full on way back. 426km (actual traveled is more than this as running bigger tires around 5 % from memory) 46 liters to fill.
Pretty happy with that.
Not now I would say - the system recognises that it's attached to a loco and won't deliver until it is.Quote:
Originally Posted by 300winmag
I was talking about the Patrol/Safari"sQuote:
Originally Posted by Trout
That depends on your wallet,your attitude to money n enjoyment.Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve123
Speed limit in NZ is usually 100kph, 90 towing, so the Patrol is quite happy maintaining the legal speed limit.Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve123
Blowing 50+ K on a 4x4 that does 3 or so L/100km less than the old Patrol (that cost a fifth of that price) is smart money in my eye. Plus I don't need a PhD in electrickery to keep it on the road myself.
You can still buy brand new parts for them at reasonable prices
The UN still has the GQ version built for them for deployment in 3rd world countrys...cause they just work.
I have been involved in building and maintaining a few loco refuelling sheds over the years and the amount of fuel that was being pilfered was mind-blowing. No one gave a toss.Quote:
Originally Posted by No.3
I can confirm they do now haha.Quote:
Originally Posted by 300winmag