series 60 mileage and speed

[encantotom]

thought i would share my last few days of travel in our 02 newell. i have a series 60 with allison 6 speed.

tuesday my wife drove it for 200 miles at 55mph. we got 9.2mpg using the prodriver to measure it.

wednesday i drove 200 miles and the combined mileage between the two days of 400 miles was 8.5mpg. the first day was totally flat and today was some up and down hills. today i drove at 62mph in 6th gear running 1400 rpm.

at 55mph the allison stays in 5th gear at 1500 rpm.

that is the best mileage i have gotten the newell.

will be driving another 200 miles on friday and will see how it averages in.

what do you series 60 wanderlodges get?

btw, my first day of 300miles last week was in the 7's which included 160 miles of steep grades going from phoenix to winslow. up to 7600 feet and down.

later

tom