what kind of truck do you own?

[Copperhead]

2013 Freightliner Columbia glider with 500 hp Series 60 pre-egr and 18 spd. Bully Dog ported/coated exhaust manifold, Borg Warner 171702 non waste gate turbo, Walker megaflow mufflers on stacks.

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[jaiart]

2013 Freightliner Columbia glider with 500 hp Series 60 pre-egr and 18 spd. Bully Dog ported/coated exhaust manifold, Borg Warner 171702 non waste gate turbo, Walker megaflow mufflers on stacks.

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"You sure got a purty truck" ( que: Deliverance theme song)

 

[Copperhead]

LOL. Now we will see if it treats me like I am in the Deliverance movie! So far so good. Just shy of 6000 miles on it and it has a pump to pump mpg avg of 7.52 on 8 fuelings (running 100 gallon tanks and fuel more frequently till I get comfortable with smaller tanks than I am used to). Worse mpg was on a gross load of bulk lead I had last week for Johnson Controls to make batteries out of, running a lot of very hilly two lane roads. That fueling came in at 6.7 mpg. Todays was 8.81 mpg. But I have to admit, the load was lighter and I was only on 4 lanes in Iowa, Illinois, and Indiana with that one. One can usually always get a good mpg running those 4 lanes unless you are bucking a 30 mph cross wind. But it sure pulls well on hills. No complaints so far. Am chomping at the bit for my graphics shop to get the graphics done and we put them on. It will really stand out.

And it is soooo nice to have an engine that there is no valve trying to make it eat it's own bowel movement, or a urine tank that takes a leak in my exhaust, or a 1500F blast furnace that destroys a good set of stacks. Just pure engine running the way it should in a brand new 2013 truck. What a country!