Turbo3000D Ongoing Test Results (updated on 11/6/09)

Dennis Dearborne — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:24:37 +0000

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.

Turbo3000D establishing “test data” for full review (above)

Dennis Dearborne — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 02:05:59 +0000

**TEST CONDITIONS UPDATE (BELOW). Now include NON-APU vs APU equipped mpg figures. And, a new “Base Mileage” number to compare the Turbo3000D test results against.

PRE-APU mpg was 5.918 mpg. POST-APU is 6.097 mpg — this is my new updated “Base Mileage” for the Turbo3000D test results**

I initially intended to publish only a “bottom line” evaluation of this device. However, I have since reconsidered my approach. I’m now thinking that I would like to do “progress reports” on a per “fill up” kind of basis (go to bottom of this post). That “bottom line” evaluation, to be fair to the “test”, wouldn’t happen for a few months yet!

My over all mileage data for the past 7 years (See immediately below) includes; hot weather, cold weather; heavy loads, light loads; up-wind, down-wind; Non-APU and APU equipped; flat land driving vs mountainous. You get the drift! My total mileage over ALL conditions for almost 1 million miles of ownership of this truck.

AVERAGED MILEAGE, SINCE JUNE 2002 TO DATE = 5.96mpg (includes Non-APU and APU equipped)

Next, I propose, that I give you my overall mileage from 915,900 miles until mileage at install of the Turbo3000D (at 135,140 miles on the odometer after it “flipped over” at 1,000,000 miles) will also be given. This will then be called the “Base mpg” to represent all miles PRE-install of the Turbo 3000D. I will then give you mpg figures for all miles AFTER install. I’ll update the mpg figures for you with every “fill up” so that you can compare what I’m getting against that “Base mpg”.

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”.

See FULL Review for continuing test results

NOTE: I haven’t been to my house (on the beach in Wilmington, NC) since January. I’ll be there until probably 6/29 so there won’t be any updated mileage on this post until I get back out on the road again. Back out on the road in the morning…. so the “test stats” will start “flowing” again really soon.

FOOTNOTE: I’ve neglected to mention what kind of truck I’m running AND what type of power plant. I have a 1999 Freightliner Classic XL with a Detroit 60. Transmission is Super 10. Truck is Yellow (Old Yeller!) with Vietnam Service Medals Graphic above Visor — Just in case you see me coming at you out on the road!

Dennis

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Turbo3000D Ongoing Test Results (updated on 11/6/09)

Turbo3000D establishing “test data” for full review (above)