- Location
- Owaka, New Zealand
Thanks, really interesting!A study done in Sweden came to these figures.
Rigid truck + trailer 60 tonne GLW 50l/100km (4.7 mpg)
Rigid truck + trailer 74 tonne GLW 57l/100km (4.1 mpg)
This was tested during the summer with a bit of city driving as evident by the average speed hovering around the 65km/h mark.
Hard to compare apples with apples, as there are so many variables.
Our fleet is mainly local haulage - stock, bulk but some longer haul - lambs to Canterbury, cattle backloaded etc. Generally we're restricted to 44T GLW unless permitted to run higher, up to about 50T (roads, culverts, bridges etc dictate where can run what)