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Radman · 07-31-2009, 06:21 AM

Bob,
We are running about 40K LBS and just getting the whole thing sorted during (including how to drive it) the first Summer of actual travel in the truck.

We just returned from a 7-day trip to CO with our 2001 T2 drop deck garage coach. 4 bikes, 4 guys and all of our gear in the truck and we got 9.8 mpg avg on the computer. It looks pretty close to correct based on a first pass on paper but I haven’t finished auditing all the miles and all the gallons to verify it just yet. I am running an N14 @450hp Autoshift II 65mph at 1300rpm so our gearing is close but I may be lighter with out the car trailer ?

Mountain passes and both up and down are fun and easy as compared to the old 34ft Chieftain. Jakes are such a wonderful aspect of this truck in the mountains. 9th gear at 55 mph over the top of Monarch pass...I was actually speeding. It is defiantly more of a handful in the campgrounds and when loading here in the neighborhood, but once we are on the open road it’s a dream.

It's big but it's fun.

07-31-2009, 06:21 AM	#3
Radman Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: MO Posts: 93	Bob, We are running about 40K LBS and just getting the whole thing sorted during (including how to drive it) the first Summer of actual travel in the truck. We just returned from a 7-day trip to CO with our 2001 T2 drop deck garage coach. 4 bikes, 4 guys and all of our gear in the truck and we got 9.8 mpg avg on the computer. It looks pretty close to correct based on a first pass on paper but I haven’t finished auditing all the miles and all the gallons to verify it just yet. I am running an N14 @450hp Autoshift II 65mph at 1300rpm so our gearing is close but I may be lighter with out the car trailer ? Mountain passes and both up and down are fun and easy as compared to the old 34ft Chieftain. Jakes are such a wonderful aspect of this truck in the mountains. 9th gear at 55 mph over the top of Monarch pass...I was actually speeding. It is defiantly more of a handful in the campgrounds and when loading here in the neighborhood, but once we are on the open road it’s a dream. It's big but it's fun. __________________ T2000 Complete (but never finished)