Did You Know How Often...
06-11-2008, 02:40 PM
#1
Did You Know How Often...
Did you know that 18-wheeler's engines get rebuild every 1,000,000 miles? Yes, o n e m i l l i o n .
An average semi engine is 400-600 horse power, and produces a couple thousand foot-pounds of torque. The displacement is many times greater; semi engines are diesel powered where as the family sedan (your Acura TSX, TL, or RL) is gasoline powered. The semi engine is designed to go 1,000,000 miles before any kind of overhual or rebuild. The sedan engine is good for 150k maybe 200k, if your lucky. Semi engines are designed to run nonstop 24/7, only shutting them down when its time to change the oil and/or service the engine.
Car engines generally hold 4-6 quarts of oil... your standard semi truck, diesel engine, holds 15 + gallons.
A question, how many miles do you think very active truck drivers drive per year? Wonder what the world record for most miles recorded for one person is?
An average semi engine is 400-600 horse power, and produces a couple thousand foot-pounds of torque. The displacement is many times greater; semi engines are diesel powered where as the family sedan (your Acura TSX, TL, or RL) is gasoline powered. The semi engine is designed to go 1,000,000 miles before any kind of overhual or rebuild. The sedan engine is good for 150k maybe 200k, if your lucky. Semi engines are designed to run nonstop 24/7, only shutting them down when its time to change the oil and/or service the engine.
Car engines generally hold 4-6 quarts of oil... your standard semi truck, diesel engine, holds 15 + gallons.
A question, how many miles do you think very active truck drivers drive per year? Wonder what the world record for most miles recorded for one person is?
06-11-2008, 02:49 PM
#2
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Well, if you ask Caterpillar (who also supplies on-highway truck engines)...you would know that...
Ah, nevermind. No talk of work while on AZ.
Ah, nevermind. No talk of work while on AZ.
06-11-2008, 02:54 PM
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Originally Posted by nbennettksu
haha yummy, do you work for Caterpillar?
06-11-2008, 03:21 PM
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Originally Posted by nbennettksu
Did you know that 18-wheeler's engines get rebuild every 1,000,000 miles? Yes, o n e m i l l i o n .
An average semi engine is 400-600 horse power, and produces a couple thousand foot-pounds of torque. The displacement is many times greater; semi engines are diesel powered where as the family sedan (your Acura TSX, TL, or RL) is gasoline powered. The semi engine is designed to go 1,000,000 miles before any kind of overhual or rebuild. The sedan engine is good for 150k maybe 200k, if your lucky. Semi engines are designed to run nonstop 24/7, only shutting them down when its time to change the oil and/or service the engine.
Car engines generally hold 4-6 quarts of oil... your standard semi truck, diesel engine, holds 15 + gallons.
A question, how many miles do you think very active truck drivers drive per year? Wonder what the world record for most miles recorded for one person is?
An average semi engine is 400-600 horse power, and produces a couple thousand foot-pounds of torque. The displacement is many times greater; semi engines are diesel powered where as the family sedan (your Acura TSX, TL, or RL) is gasoline powered. The semi engine is designed to go 1,000,000 miles before any kind of overhual or rebuild. The sedan engine is good for 150k maybe 200k, if your lucky. Semi engines are designed to run nonstop 24/7, only shutting them down when its time to change the oil and/or service the engine.
Car engines generally hold 4-6 quarts of oil... your standard semi truck, diesel engine, holds 15 + gallons.
A question, how many miles do you think very active truck drivers drive per year? Wonder what the world record for most miles recorded for one person is?
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06-11-2008, 04:17 PM
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Awesome. Can I fit one into the engine bay of my TL?
06-11-2008, 04:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Scottman111
This company is destined for failure
you in a D9 is a scary thought ....maybe a D3 would be more your speed?
06-11-2008, 04:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Scottman111
I have plenty of heavy machinery to counter with. You know what my Dad does 
Yeah. Didn't think you could beat that, did you, nimrod?
06-11-2008, 05:10 PM
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there are many variable answers to your question, but on average the mileage per truck is going to be around 100 to 120,000 miles per year, that is 1 driver 1 truck, if the truck is running with 2 drivers "team" in one truck it is possiable to run near 200,000 miles a year in 1 truck
I would stick with the average of 100,000 miles a year
as for the fuel capacity an average tank on an average semi truck will hold around 120 gallons of fuel, and there are 2 tanks...240 gallons. we average around 7.8 miles to a gallon with our fleet.
there are many variable answers to your question, but on average the mileage per truck is going to be around 100 to 120,000 miles per year, that is 1 driver 1 truck, if the truck is running with 2 drivers "team" in one truck it is possiable to run near 200,000 miles a year in 1 truck
I would stick with the average of 100,000 miles a year
as for the fuel capacity an average tank on an average semi truck will hold around 120 gallons of fuel, and there are 2 tanks...240 gallons. we average around 7.8 miles to a gallon with our fleet.
06-11-2008, 06:31 PM
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Originally Posted by nbennettksu
Did you know that 18-wheeler's engines get rebuild every 1,000,000 miles? Yes, o n e m i l l i o n .
An average semi engine is 400-600 horse power, and produces a couple thousand foot-pounds of torque. The displacement is many times greater; semi engines are diesel powered where as the family sedan (your Acura TSX, TL, or RL) is gasoline powered. The semi engine is designed to go 1,000,000 miles before any kind of overhual or rebuild. The sedan engine is good for 150k maybe 200k, if your lucky. Semi engines are designed to run nonstop 24/7, only shutting them down when its time to change the oil and/or service the engine.
An average semi engine is 400-600 horse power, and produces a couple thousand foot-pounds of torque. The displacement is many times greater; semi engines are diesel powered where as the family sedan (your Acura TSX, TL, or RL) is gasoline powered. The semi engine is designed to go 1,000,000 miles before any kind of overhual or rebuild. The sedan engine is good for 150k maybe 200k, if your lucky. Semi engines are designed to run nonstop 24/7, only shutting them down when its time to change the oil and/or service the engine.
06-11-2008, 06:51 PM
#23
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Originally Posted by fsttyms1
Oh please. If a car were to run the amount of hwy miles the semi's run it would last that long as well.
06-11-2008, 06:52 PM
#24
My Peterbilts have yet to reach a million miles, not being on the roads on a continual basis. I use a few contract drivers on occasion, however, and a few of them have exceed a million miles without a major in-frame. Clutches, turbochargers, and brakes often need to be serviced fairly regularly.
Heavy trucks may be capable of going long distances and many, many hours without a rebuild, but are VERY expensive when they do need to be refurbished. $25, 000.00 engine and $15, 000.00 transmission/clutch rebuilds are not uncommon.
Terry
Heavy trucks may be capable of going long distances and many, many hours without a rebuild, but are VERY expensive when they do need to be refurbished. $25, 000.00 engine and $15, 000.00 transmission/clutch rebuilds are not uncommon.
Terry
06-11-2008, 07:05 PM
#25
Hmm....not exactly sure on the record, but I remember seeing something on the TV probably at least a year ago something about semis. If I remember correctly, this one dude had like 2 or 3 million miles of truck driving in his whole career. 
Lol. Sounds pretty crazy.
Lol. Sounds pretty crazy.
06-11-2008, 07:17 PM
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Originally Posted by teranfon
My Peterbilts have yet to reach a million miles, not being on the roads on a continual basis. I use a few contract drivers on occasion, however, and a few of them have exceed a million miles without a major in-frame. Clutches, turbochargers, and brakes often need to be serviced fairly regularly.
Heavy trucks may be capable of going long distances and many, many hours without a rebuild, but are VERY expensive when they do need to be refurbished. $25, 000.00 engine and $15, 000.00 transmission/clutch rebuilds are not uncommon.
Terry
Heavy trucks may be capable of going long distances and many, many hours without a rebuild, but are VERY expensive when they do need to be refurbished. $25, 000.00 engine and $15, 000.00 transmission/clutch rebuilds are not uncommon.
Terry
06-11-2008, 07:31 PM
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Originally Posted by The Dougler
So are you in sales? or trying to engineer their equipment to transform?
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06-11-2008, 07:41 PM
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Who cares?
Its not like you can swap it into an Aston Martin....
Its not like you can swap it into an Aston Martin....
06-11-2008, 07:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Ken1997TL
Who cares?
Its not like you can swap it into an Aston Martin....
Its not like you can swap it into an Aston Martin....
06-11-2008, 08:18 PM
#34
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75 of those suckers purchased for the oilsands for the upcoming years.
Yeah. 75.
Yeah. 75.
06-11-2008, 08:33 PM
#35
Team Owner
I think the key is very few start up/ warm up cycles. It's been shown that the engine wears 8 times faster with cold oil, not to mention the lack of lube for a second at initial startup plus the fact that a semi has a much, much better oil filtration system.
06-11-2008, 09:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Stapler
They may last a bit longer, but I would doubt as long. Especially with the idling for 8 hours at a time.
06-12-2008, 01:19 AM
#40
Cool... I did notice that my car gets better gas mileage when I'm driving all day.