NEW UPDATED MILEAGE RESULTS (At bottom of Post, per usual)
I’M BACK ON THE ROAD AND WORKING AGAIN!! (See related story in OpED column “Backing ‘Accident’?”).
I’VE JUST NOW POSTED AN UPDATED MPG FOR MY LATEST FILLUP THIS MORNING. PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS MPG IS “TAINTED” IN THAT IT INCLUDES 16 DAYS OF APU OPERATIONS WHILE MY TRUCK WAS DOWN AWAITING REPAIRS! FUEL BURNED TO OPERATE THE APU, OF COURSE, REDUCES THE MPG FIGURES FOR THAT FILLUP PERIOD! PLEASE NOTE THAT THE MPG FOR EVEN THAT TANK WAS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN THE BASE MPG FIGURE OF 6.097MPG. I’M VERY PLEASANTLY SURPRISED! AS USUAL, GO TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS POST FOR THE MPG TEST RESULTS ON A PER FILLUP BASIS. I’M STARTING TO GET EXCITED ABOUT THESE RESULTS!
I’M BACK HOME (IN WILMINGTON,NC) FOR REPAIRS ON MY TRUCK. I HAVE A COUPLE OF NEW FILLUP UPDATES TO POST IN THE INTERIM HOWEVER. LOOK, AS USUAL, DOWN BELOW.
ON THE 4th MY TRUCK WAS SMASHED INTO (While parked at a Pilot Truck Stop)! LOOKS LIKE NO UPDATES ON MILEAGE UNTIL I GET OUT OF A BODY SHOP! LOUD GROANING SOUNDS!!! PLEASE STAY TUNED THOUGH… THIS IS JUST STARTING TO GET INTERESTING (TEST RESULTS THAT IS)!
** This is the ongoing test results page of my review. See “Testing Conditions” in the Turbo 3000D Post below the “Featured” section of my blog site. **
AVERAGED MILEAGE from 915,900 miles on 5/23/07 until installation of Turbo3000D at 135,140 miles on 6/6/09 = 6.097 mpg. This is my “Base MPG”.
Don’t focus too much on the initially reported mpg figures for a couple of reasons. Firstly, we need to give a good month or so until the truck’s computer “adjusts” to the effects of the Turbo3000D. And, secondly, my initial miles (after install) have been some HARD miles! Very heavy loads, and lots of mountainous routes. But, I think, after a couple of months of mpg reports that it should be settling down to something approaching “average operating conditions”. Let’s just see what happens. I think this methodology will be more representative of how YOU would evaluate the “results” of whether you had wasted your money, or if the Turbo3000D is going to pay for itself.
Mileage at 1st fillup = 4.73 mpg 4 days of “sitting” and running APU (right after Turbo3000D install)
Mileage at 2nd fillup = 6.25 mpg At Gross weight load, some grades
Mileage at 3rd fillup = 6.45 mpg At Gross weight load, flat lands
Mileage at 4th fillup = 5.83 mpg At Gross weight load, lots of grades
Mileage at 5th fillup = 7.45 mpg Light loads, flat lands, APU was left turned on (A/C temperature set to turn on at 90 degrees) while is was on “home time) for 10 days though!
Mileage at 6th fillup = 6.85 mpg At Gross weight load, I-95 corridor, between Richmond, Va and Connecticut (’nuff said? lol)
Mileage at 7th fillup = 6.36 mpg Moderately Heavy load, I-80 corridor, NYC to Girard, OH.
Mileage at 8th fillup = 6.01 mpg At Gross weight load, Lots of Grades
Mileage at 9th fillup = 6.94 mpg Moderately Heavy Load, 50% Grades, 50% Flat Lands
Mileage at 10th fillup = 6.73 mpg Light Load weights, Flat Lands, VERY heavy APU use, outside temperature was in the high 90′s-APU set to maintain 80 degrees (See notation at top of this Post)
Mileage at 11th fillup = 6.35 mpg At Gross weight load (80,000 pounds), Lots of Grades
Mileage at 12th fillup = 6.91 mpg Moderate Load weights, Flat Lands
Mileage at 13th fillup = 5.6 mpg At Gross weight load, Flatlands. 4 Days of APU operations during maintenance downtime.
*** Special note*** On 8/14/09 Had routine Preventative Maintenance performed.
Mileage at 14th fillup = 7.53 mpg Moderate weight load, Flatlands
Mileage at 15th fillup = 6.85 mpg Light load but 30% grades/70% Flatland, Moderate Headwinds
Mileage at 16th fillup = 6.34 mpg Medium load, Flatlands
Mileage at 17th fillup = 6.59 mpg At Gross weight load, 10% grades, 25% City driving
Mileage at 18th fillup = 6.53 mpg Heavy load, Flatlands
Mileage at 19th fillup = 7.06 mpg Light load, Flatlands
Mileage at 20th fillup = 6.12 mpg Heavy, 25% Grades
Mileage at 21st fillup = 6.75 mpg Medium load, Flatlands
Mileage at 22nd fillup = 7.44 mpg Medium load, Flatlands
Mileage at 23rd fillup = 6.6 mpg Medium load, Flatlands
Mileage at 24th fillup = 6.67 mpg Gross Weight, some Grades
Mileage at 25th fillup = 6.15 mpg Gross Weight, High percentage were Grades
Mileage at 26th fillup = 6.63 mpg Light load, Flatlands, Headwinds
Mileage at 27th fillup = 6.63 mpg Medium load, Flatlands, Headwinds
Mileage at 28th fillup = 5.6 mpg Medium load, Flatlands, 5 days of just APU ops
Mileage at 29th fillup = 6.67 mpg Medium load, Flatlands, Lots of Chicago ops
Mileage at 30th fillup = 6.25 mpg Heavy load, Flatlands
Mileage at 31st fillup = 6.47 mpg At Gross Load, 50% City Driving, 25% Grades
Mileage at 32nd fillup = 6.0 mpg Medium load, 25% Grades, 3 days of just APU ops
Mileage at 33rd fillup = 6.0 mpg Heavy load, Flatlands, Chicago ops
Mileage at 34th fillup = 6.94 mpg At Gross Load, Some Grades, City
Mileage at 35th fillup = 5.78 mpg At Gross Load, Lots of Grades, City
Mileage at 36th fillup = 6.54 mpg Lite load, Lots of Grades
Mileage at 37th fillup = 7.12 mpg Lite load, Flatlands
Mileage at 38th fillup = 7.07 mpg Lite load, City, Flatlands
Mileage at 39th fillup = 5.53 mpg Lite load, 2 days sitting with APU ops
Mileage at 40th fillup = 6.89 mpg At Gross load, Flatlands
Mileage at 41st fillup = 6.67 mpg Near Gross load, Flatlands, 70mph
Mileage at 42nd fillup = 6.93 mpg Lite load, Flatlands, Fair amount of Stop & Go
I haven’t calculated a new average mpg figure yet (compared to my base mileage of 6.097 mpg) but my “gut” tells me this thing might actually work!! Let’s just keep watching the resulting data for awhile longer yet before drawing any conclusions. I AM, after all, a skeptic when it comes to these “wonder devices” things.
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Rather interesting. Has few times re-read for this purpose to remember. Thanks for interesting article. Waiting for trackback
Dennis,
As a representative for Turbo3000D i would first like to thank you for a great article and honest testing of our product. It appears to me that you enjoyed the results that you have seen from using the Turbo3000D. We find that our customers provide us with the best testing, and validation that our product does indeed work and is more than simply a “wonder device.” We are currently in the process of developing a new website and would like to link this article. If you wouldn’t mind contacting me at 877-526-7728 so that we may have your permission to do so I would greatly appreciate it.
Best Regards,
Ben Holmes
Senior Project Manager
Thank you for your kind comments.
I apologize for my slowness to respond. As of January of 2010, I’ve retired. I also apologize for not yet posting my final assessment and overall mileage gained figures. It will be coming soon.
I’ll phone you with approval to link to this review.
Thanks,
Dennis