Fuel efficiency

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Leafguy

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I'm sure this has been talked about in the past, but thought I'd start it up in this forum.

Starting to think hard about the future of my vehicles and fuel prices. I can't raise my prices as fast as gas goes up. In fact with all the new comp prices have stayed the same for years.

I have a friend visiting from Europe and said he was paying 2.10 canadian/liter(not sure the U.S. conversion). Those prices would end me.

What are some thoughts for the future? Ideas for small or big efficient set ups? Anyone thought about a veggie oil set up? Another friend is basically driving for free with his vw golf veggie car.

Extreme prices are coming.
 
Don't load what you don't need. When I started I wanted all the new and fancy gear. I find that stuff sits in a box in the garage unused. Bring what you use.

Aluminum, I love aluminum. Switching from a steel to aluminum body can drop thousands of pounds, look better, and last longer. Drive easy, plan jobs and trips.

My set up is small, but gosh darn efficient compared to some I see. I have some aluminum too.
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Scheduling jobs is something I need to get better at. I wish aluminum was an option for me, out of my budget for now.

Just talked to a guy who has an F350 7.3 running on veggie oil. He gets the oil from a couple of local resturants for free. So far he's put 40,000km on it with no issues. He puts in a tank of reg diesel once a month.

He said he is getting 5 liters of veggie oil to every 100km. That's similar to a toyota prius. The conversion cost a little over 3000.00.

I have heard the new ford eco-boost is very good. Although a new truck is not an option, maybe in th future.
 
This year I bought an 05' F350 6.0 PowerStroke pickup that was getting 600km out of 140ish litres of diesel, roughly 4.3 km/L . I ran two full tanks with lucasoil injector cleaner, worth about 5$ a bottle, and now I got 760km out of my last tank, city and hills hardly any highway so about 5.4 km/L pretty good for 10$! I will continue running a bottle per tank see if it gets any better, doubt it will but its also a fuel conditioner and it lubes up a bunch of stuff so seems like a good investment for an issue prone 6.0l PSD. Hopefully a 4" turbo back exaust and a cold air intake will follow, possibly an SCT programmer with an economy tune, maybe I could get 7km/L? Still pathetic really, oh well atleast the turbo whine sounds cool.
 
the lucas fuel saver upper cylinder lubricant does work . i use it in all my vehicles and my chipper . will also help keep your engine alive . you can buy it by the gallon for around $30...... well worth it...........
 
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