751k mile GMC Duramax diesel truck
12-18-10, 08:13 AM
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751k mile GMC Duramax diesel truck
http://www.thedieselpage.com/duramax/750kduramaxc.htm
Can you imagine driving 400 miles a day for 5 years straight? I couldnt. This GMC is in amazing condition for having 751k miles. I'm actually more interested in how much this guy spent on gas
Can you imagine driving 400 miles a day for 5 years straight? I couldnt. This GMC is in amazing condition for having 751k miles. I'm actually more interested in how much this guy spent on gas
12-18-10, 11:58 AM
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12-18-10, 03:04 PM
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bahahaha, epic fail bud. And the answer to diesel would likely be zero as well. Because anyone driving that much, does it for a job, and likely has either a company credit card or gets paid per-diem including fuel/maintenance costs.
But lets do some math...the 2005 Sierra/Silverado HD longbed had a 38 gallon tank.
38 gallons*15 mpg avg= 570mi/tank. Call it 500.
751,000/500=1502 tanks of diesel.
38 gallons @ $2.75/gal (avg)=$104.50/tank of diesel. Call it $120 for avg.
1502*120=
$180,240 (approx) JUST IN DIESEL.
Margin of error is going to be huge...but for the sake of argument say +/-$20,000. Haha
But lets do some math...the 2005 Sierra/Silverado HD longbed had a 38 gallon tank.
38 gallons*15 mpg avg= 570mi/tank. Call it 500.
751,000/500=1502 tanks of diesel.
38 gallons @ $2.75/gal (avg)=$104.50/tank of diesel. Call it $120 for avg.
1502*120=
$180,240 (approx) JUST IN DIESEL.
Margin of error is going to be huge...but for the sake of argument say +/-$20,000. Haha
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12-18-10, 07:46 PM
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751K miles / 15 miles/gal = 50,667 gal x $2.75/gal = $139,334.
I suspect he averaged less than 15 MPG as many of those miles were towing RVs.
I wonder how those RV hotshots are paid? By the mile?
I suspect he averaged less than 15 MPG as many of those miles were towing RVs.
I wonder how those RV hotshots are paid? By the mile?
12-19-10, 05:45 AM
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Here's a local guy with a half-million mile gas powered GMC pickup.
http://www.livingstondaily.com/artic...-525-799-miles
http://www.livingstondaily.com/artic...-525-799-miles
12-19-10, 08:21 PM
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My first job out of college was a Field Engineer with Halliburton, in NE Ohio, in 1981. A few months after starting, I was issued a company car, with a "magic" fuel card that worked in every gas station in the US. We also had our own fuel island at our camp. It was common for me to drive 300 miles a day, chasing rigs and entertaining customers. Sometimes I would not come home for 2-3 days, I literally lived out of my car. We would get a new car after 100K miles, because they were beat to death by then. Most of them were Chevy Caprices with cop add-ons (not the motor, unfortunately), but later they started issuing us Broncos. If we got more than 2 years out of a car, it would negatively affect our performance review, as they assumed we weren't driving enough.
One field supervisor I worked with got a new car every year, he would easily crank up 120K in a year.
One field supervisor I worked with got a new car every year, he would easily crank up 120K in a year.
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My first job out of college was a Field Engineer with Halliburton, in NE Ohio, in 1981. A few months after starting, I was issued a company car, with a "magic" fuel card that worked in every gas station in the US. We also had our own fuel island at our camp. It was common for me to drive 300 miles a day, chasing rigs and entertaining customers. Sometimes I would not come home for 2-3 days, I literally lived out of my car. We would get a new car after 100K miles, because they were beat to death by then. Most of them were Chevy Caprices with cop add-ons (not the motor, unfortunately), but later they started issuing us Broncos. If we got more than 2 years out of a car, it would negatively affect our performance review, as they assumed we weren't driving enough.
One field supervisor I worked with got a new car every year, he would easily crank up 120K in a year.
One field supervisor I worked with got a new car every year, he would easily crank up 120K in a year.
lol
joking aside, it seems like our economy is built on an incredible waste of fuel
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Isuzu engineering, they make some of the best diesel engines in the world 
. They collaborated with GM on the Duramax design.
GM does have some very durable trucks, specifically the ones with bulletproof Duramax engines and Allison transmissions.
. They collaborated with GM on the Duramax design.GM does have some very durable trucks, specifically the ones with bulletproof Duramax engines and Allison transmissions.
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