FreddyS
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Oscar Mike said:6.8L EFI V10/TorqShift? 5-Speed Auto. OD w/Tow/Haul
Nice! I bet you would get at least 8 or 9 mpg if you were driving on flat lands.
Oscar Mike said:6.8L EFI V10/TorqShift? 5-Speed Auto. OD w/Tow/Haul
Nope, The amount of money it costs would be very difficult to recoup. The best thing to do is cut down on your driving. Besides that ever since 2009 the price of gas has been falling. It was around $5 per gallon back then and now it is around $3 per gallon.molly said:Surely with Fuel prices also rising in your world to would this not be way forward too
I had one of those. The tank was actually underneath on one side while the gasoline tank was on the other. It had a lever under the dash to switch between the too fuels. However, nowadays, finding a place to refuel with propane could be a problem. The propane retailer must be willing to include the appropriate road taxes (and then file the paperwork and payment). Since propane is not very common as a motor fuel today, that might be a trick. Also, I am not sure how that fits into the scheme of pollution control. One would think propane would be inherently cleaner, but it still produces hydrocarbon wastes that have to be dealt with. And, how would today's computer controlled fuel injected engines operate on propane? Conversion would likely be very expensive. I suspect these are big reasons for not finding many propane fueled vehicles any more in the US. There are natural gas fueled vehicles, but the availability of fueling stations is very limited and therefore NG fueled vehicles is mostly limited to fleets like municiple buses and the like. Driving across the US is not like driving across the UK or even Europe.Tom said:Hugh, virtually all the LPG conversions on RVs we've read about here were done by folks in the UK.
There were many LPG conversions done on pickup trucks during the 'gas crisis' of the 70's, sometimes having the option to switch between fuel sources. The LPG tank sat in the bed of the pickup, so the original fuel tank remained in place.
I have not found anything on this site to indicate this is what you do in the USA, why is that?
Surely with Fuel prices also rising in your world to would this not be way forward too
Hfx_Cdn said:Hey, it's just that they are all Brits, since the Imperial gallon is 20% larger than the US gallon
Ed
The motor fuel tax collection requirement that Molaker cited is one large part of the LPG availability issue.
SeilerBird said:Nope, The amount of money it costs would be very difficult to recoup. The best thing to do is cut down on your driving. Besides that ever since 2009 the price of gas has been falling. It was around $5 per gallon back then and now it is around $3 per gallon.
Gary RV Roamer said:. Of course, Canadians have been doing self-service LPG for many years without difficulties, but that's not the good ole USA.
John From Detroit said:One thign to consdier, as I said, 38 foot motor home 9-11 MPG with a fresh wax job not towing, 8.1L on paper is not much different than the ford V-10. Should preform about the same.
Towing 7-9 but I have not been able to wax it.. May get that done soon. (Health and weather issues).
I think 22 MPG for a 22 foot C is not out of line BUT, you got to try it to be sure, and it will depend on how you drive, and of course I'm giving best millage in the above, not overall average.. But here is a consideration.
I know folks who have a honking big pick up and a 35-40 foot 5ER... Towing ,,, they get the exact same millage I get.
Bobtail (Pick up only, not trailer) they get..... about half the millage my car gets and it's an older car, today's cars get half again what my current towed gets.
keep your negative comments to yourself, know it all. I don't have to prove nothing to you. I don't have a V10.buchanan said:yah like one poster here claiming "Not pulling I have got a tick over 12 mpg running 62 to 65 mph" talk about BS this takes the cake
buchanan said:stop 6 167743 389 75.25 19.34 l/100km 14.60
That's 242 miles and you used 19.85 us gallons which equals 12.19 MPG not 14.60 and I don't believe u got 12.19 unless your on flat ground at 45MPH
I know you don't have a V10 You clearly said 7.4L(454)I have owned and driven a 30ft 454 class A and the best I ever saw out of it was 8 on flat road at 55 mph not towing.No one anywhere ever got or gets 12MPG with a 30ft 454 class A MH end of story.Its not a negative comment per say, its just the truth of this whole deal which is what this thread is all about.92GA said:keep your negative comments to yourself, know it all. I don't have to prove nothing to you. I don't have a V10.
canuckrv said:Sorry we use imperial gallons which are bigger and I believe that would be heading out of the white mountains.