* Illinois - Truckers' secret to fuel efficiency ...
-- Mario Enriquez says there's no real trick to getting great fuel mileage in a big truck... "Just take it easy," says the 61-year-old native of El Paso, who's driven an 18-wheeler for 11 years. "I don't gun the engine, I just gradually give it the gas" ... Enriquez averaged 9.74 miles per gallon from February to April in an International ProStar made by Navistar International Corp. For that, his employer, Mesilla Valley Transportation (MVT)... The mileage performance Enriquez and truckers like him can achieve with current trucks is significant because it could influence how far the U.S.A. government pushes heavy truck makers to boost the average fuel economy of future Class 8 trucks - the over-the-road haulers like the ones MVT operates... Brad Pinchuk, President at Hirschbach Motor Lines, has hired driver coaches to help improve driver efficiency. PeopleNet software in the trucks flags drivers for excessive repeated braking, which can indicate risky driving and also wastes fuel... Mesilla Valley Transportation CEO Royal Jones says many of his drivers average over 10 miles per gallon - though his fleet average is around 9 miles because short-haul drivers burn more fuel, since a truck can burn a gallon of diesel launching from a stop... MVT drivers have their top speed capped at 62 miles per hour using software, but any driver who gets over 8 miles per gallon is allowed to go up to 65 miles per hour... "If you're getting 10 miles per gallon, you're way ahead of the curve," Jones said. "But it is doable" ...
(Photo: Mesilla Valley Transportation Adopts ATDynamics' TrailerTail) -- East Dubuque, ILL, USA - Reuters, by Nick Carey & Nick Zieminski - May 25, 2015Labels: fuel efficiency, truckers eficiency
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