Gas diesel it did not matter back then NONE i mean None got any fuel mileage 3-4 was about tops . Ya had enough fuel for a day of driving . There were fuel stops everywhere . The big horses on the road were the 220 Cunnins and the 238 Detroit and the Macks with the 711 and a turbo then the 250 cummins and the super 250 then the 318 Detroit and the 335 Cummings . I have seen a lot since 1963 till now . From first driving a B60 Mack with a gas burner and a Quad plex transmission to today with engines over 600 Hp. and 18 speed transmissions to autoshift and automatic , From only doing a fast pace walk up a mountain to topping it today on the 4 lane at 72 with a 100000 on the deck . From freezing in the winter with a blanket wrapped around your legs to standing on the fuel tanks with the door open and your right foot flat on the floor climbing a long hill outside the cab due to the heat in the cab , To today when ya set on and air ride seat in and air ride cab setting ontop of air ride suspension with a heater that will run you out of the cab when it is fifty below or hang ice sickles off your nose in 130 degree heat . From stopping for fuel every 10 or twelve hours to something that you can lay down 1800 miles before ya need to feed the truck. Thenya say that Diesel is not what it USE TO BE , yep your 100% correct , AND NEITHER IS THE GAS . You will NOT run the trucks of the OLD days on todays gas . THEY REQUIRED yes REQUIRED 105 PLUS octane gas , NOT 87 -89 -93 . THEY REQUIRED ETHYL Ethyl was good she made the OLD trucks run . They did not have ELECTRONIC FUEL Injection They had and old fashioned Governed Carb and they did not have a computer doing the ing. timing they had a distributor with a Governor in it . OLD gas trucks were Really hot in the summer . They were not Fast and they all ran over 3200 RPM Most in the 38-4000 RPM range . The OLD gas engines DID not last vary long maybe 40 -60000 miles and they were done for with a couple valve jobs inbetween . OLd 238 and 318 Detroits ya got if and again i said IF you were Lucky ya got a 110-115000 out of them or about a year and a half .
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