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Old 03-30-2015, 05:05 PM
DieselPaul DieselPaul is offline
is thinning the herd
 
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Originally Posted by MTI View Post
In a 2,706 mile drive (Los Angeles to Baltimore), the Super Truck might use 221 gallons of diesel; while a current Freightliner might use 300 gallons.
A brief google says there are around 2,000,000 tractor trailers operating in the US. Given they could make that trip many times a year, that's a whole lot of saved fuel.
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