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Gas Price Increase, 40 cents per gallon next two weeks?
On Sat, 24 Feb 2007 07:34:39 -0600, Lon VanOstran
wrote: At full throttle, each engine should burn about 9-12 gallons of fuel per hour. Considerably less at half throttle. That boat displaces a LOT of water. Those numbers are way low, these are gas engines not diesel. My 6.2L MPI burns 15 gph at full cruise (3400 RPM). 17 to 20 gph each at full cruising speed, 30+ at WOT. |
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Gas Price Increase, 40 cents per gallon next two weeks?
"Wayne.B" wrote in message ... On Sat, 24 Feb 2007 07:34:39 -0600, Lon VanOstran wrote: At full throttle, each engine should burn about 9-12 gallons of fuel per hour. Considerably less at half throttle. That boat displaces a LOT of water. Those numbers are way low, these are gas engines not diesel. My 6.2L MPI burns 15 gph at full cruise (3400 RPM). 17 to 20 gph each at full cruising speed, 30+ at WOT. Lon is cross posting from an RV newsgroup. He is somewhat knowledgeable about RVs, but obviously less so about boats. Eisboch |
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Gas Price Increase, 40 cents per gallon next two weeks?
Eisboch wrote:
"Wayne.B" wrote in message ... On Sat, 24 Feb 2007 07:34:39 -0600, Lon VanOstran wrote: At full throttle, each engine should burn about 9-12 gallons of fuel per hour. Considerably less at half throttle. That boat displaces a LOT of water. Those numbers are way low, these are gas engines not diesel. My 6.2L MPI burns 15 gph at full cruise (3400 RPM). 17 to 20 gph each at full cruising speed, 30+ at WOT. Lon is cross posting from an RV newsgroup. He is somewhat knowledgeable about RVs, but obviously less so about boats. Speaking of RV's, do you need a special license to drive one of those bus like contraptions? |
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Gas Price Increase, 40 cents per gallon next two weeks?
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message ... Speaking of RV's, do you need a special license to drive one of those bus like contraptions? Nope. Maybe at some weight or length there's a requirement, but not that I am aware of. Eisboch |
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Gas Price Increase, 40 cents per gallon next two weeks?
"Eisboch" wrote in message ... "Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message ... Speaking of RV's, do you need a special license to drive one of those bus like contraptions? Nope. Maybe at some weight or length there's a requirement, but not that I am aware of. Eisboch If air brakes, maybe. |
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Gas Price Increase, 40 cents per gallon next two weeks?
On Feb 24, 11:11 am, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote: Eisboch wrote: "Wayne.B" wrote in message .. . On Sat, 24 Feb 2007 07:34:39 -0600, Lon VanOstran wrote: At full throttle, each engine should burn about 9-12 gallons of fuel per hour. Considerably less at half throttle. That boat displaces a LOT of water. Those numbers are way low, these are gas engines not diesel. My 6.2L MPI burns 15 gph at full cruise (3400 RPM). 17 to 20 gph each at full cruising speed, 30+ at WOT. Lon is cross posting from an RV newsgroup. He is somewhat knowledgeable about RVs, but obviously less so about boats. Speaking of RV's, do you need a special license to drive one of those bus like contraptions?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Speaking of RV's, do you need a special license to drive one of those bus like contraptions? No, but from what I've seen in my years of driving US and Canadian highways, all the old geezers who buy one from a salesman who says" Oh, no, its just like driving a car" should have thier heads read. |
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Gas Price Increase, 40 cents per gallon next two weeks?
Corsair23 wrote:
On Feb 24, 11:11 am, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote: Eisboch wrote: "Wayne.B" wrote in message ... On Sat, 24 Feb 2007 07:34:39 -0600, Lon VanOstran wrote: At full throttle, each engine should burn about 9-12 gallons of fuel per hour. Considerably less at half throttle. That boat displaces a LOT of water. Those numbers are way low, these are gas engines not diesel. My 6.2L MPI burns 15 gph at full cruise (3400 RPM). 17 to 20 gph each at full cruising speed, 30+ at WOT. Lon is cross posting from an RV newsgroup. He is somewhat knowledgeable about RVs, but obviously less so about boats. Speaking of RV's, do you need a special license to drive one of those bus like contraptions?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Speaking of RV's, do you need a special license to drive one of those bus like contraptions? No, but from what I've seen in my years of driving US and Canadian highways, all the old geezers who buy one from a salesman who says" Oh, no, its just like driving a car" should have thier heads read. Heh - probably. I have a CDL and drive trucks bigger and heavier than the bus occasionally so that's not a problem. |
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Gas Price Increase, 40 cents per gallon next two weeks?
On Feb 25, 10:51 am, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote: Corsair23 wrote: On Feb 24, 11:11 am, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote: Eisboch wrote: "Wayne.B" wrote in message ... On Sat, 24 Feb 2007 07:34:39 -0600, Lon VanOstran wrote: At full throttle, each engine should burn about 9-12 gallons of fuel per hour. Considerably less at half throttle. That boat displaces a LOT of water. Those numbers are way low, these are gas engines not diesel. My 6.2L MPI burns 15 gph at full cruise (3400 RPM). 17 to 20 gph each at full cruising speed, 30+ at WOT. Lon is cross posting from an RV newsgroup. He is somewhat knowledgeable about RVs, but obviously less so about boats. Speaking of RV's, do you need a special license to drive one of those bus like contraptions?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Speaking of RV's, do you need a special license to drive one of those bus like contraptions? No, but from what I've seen in my years of driving US and Canadian highways, all the old geezers who buy one from a salesman who says" Oh, no, its just like driving a car" should have thier heads read. Heh - probably. I have a CDL and drive trucks bigger and heavier than the bus occasionally so that's not a problem.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - If you gross over 100,000 llbs, and carry a quarter of a million in inventory on the truck....then you're in my neighborhood. |
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#9
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Gas Price Increase, 40 cents per gallon next two weeks?
Corsair23 wrote:
On Feb 25, 10:51 am, Short Wave Sportfishing No, but from what I've seen in my years of driving US and Canadian highways, all the old geezers who buy one from a salesman who says" Oh, no, its just like driving a car" should have thier heads read. Heh - probably. I have a CDL and drive trucks bigger and heavier than the bus occasionally so that's not a problem.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - If you gross over 100,000 llbs, and carry a quarter of a million in inventory on the truck....then you're in my neighborhood. Close. 80,000 lb gross, 40 foot trailer behind a fifth wheel FMC ladder truck worth a cool half million. :) |
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Gas Price Increase, 40 cents per gallon next two weeks?
Wayne.B wrote:
On Sat, 24 Feb 2007 07:34:39 -0600, Lon VanOstran wrote: At full throttle, each engine should burn about 9-12 gallons of fuel per hour. Considerably less at half throttle. That boat displaces a LOT of water. Those numbers are way low, these are gas engines not diesel. My 6.2L MPI burns 15 gph at full cruise (3400 RPM). 17 to 20 gph each at full cruising speed, 30+ at WOT. You guys need to get ETECS. :) |
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