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| | | | Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 1,094 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 1,094 | I'm really suprised with this, I've checked it a few times and come up 171/2 to 18 miles per gallon. This is a combination highway/city driving. Have a 261 cu in. with a howard m4f cam and a holley/weber carb from Tom Langdon, 390 rear end and P255/70R15 rear tires.
What do you think, I'm happy with it. What kind of milage do ya'll get.
Showing my south Louisiana style of speech.
Tommy
59 apache 1/2t
261 short stepside
| | | | | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,107 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,107 | the ashton anywhere from 8-11.5
the dump anywhere from 9-11.5
the 40 anywhere from 11-13
this is dependant on whether im driving on the flat or the hills empty or loaded. the 40 is never loaded all are stock
ashton 10000 lbs
dump 7200 lbs
40 4420 lbs | | | | | Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 111 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 111 | IM getting 14 mpg in 59 chevy 283
1959 CHevy Apache
| | | | | Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 461 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 461 | My '52 one-and-a-half ton flat-bed with an air compressor on the back would get 6-6.5 mpg empty or loaded, 'fast' or slow, up-hill or down-hill. Empty (compressor only) would give the 6.5 mpg. But the compressor was probably the full, rated load for the truck- it was a Gardner-Denver 3-cylinder, 105 cfm at 90 psi, and had a 6-cyl Hercules engine driving it at about 1500 rpm. And the whole thing was liquid-cooled- about 15 gallons worth, if I remember correctly.
But your mileage sounds pretty good for your truck.
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