[rescue] mog mpg

[Greg A. Woods]

[ On Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 10:32:45 (-0500), George Adkins wrote: ]
> Subject: Re: [rescue] Small Sparc as firewall
>
> Yeah, and an 18 wheeler weighs more than that, but they get better than 4mpg.

Not much better -- especially not when pulling a full load.  They're
better today than when I last drove one, but back then it was 7mpg or
so.  Of course a tractor/trailer combo has to deal with a lot more wind
resistance than a mog would....

> Now that we have established that GVW obviously doesn't have anything to do 
> with it, why is the mileage so bad?

It's probably the gear ratios....

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