ref: [ihc] Final Results

["Roger L. Waggener Sr." <rwaggener@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Having once owned a F%&#d 66 passenger school bus that conveyed all our 
earthly possessions from Iowa to Arizona about 15 years ago Id say that 
fuel mileage is limited by the frontal area of the vehicle and  winds.  
The 360 cid in it wasn't over power for the bus but we climbed a lot of 
hills with it after the move and the mileage didn't change much loaded 
or not loaded, hills or flat.  Air resistance is the major enemy of 
larger trucks.  Back then I'd made the same move in my 1965 , forget the 
nomenclature IH, 304 stand up milk truck converted to tool hauler. I 
didn't know the gearing but it was LOW - about 60 was topped out - It 
did have 9:00 x 20 tires replacing the 7:50 X 20 on the outside rims or 
it would have never made 60 mph.  Looked a little strange to see the 
inside tires about 3" above the ground. It got almost 12 mph on the 
drive but I was running about 50 most of the time. It weighed in at 
12000 loaded and was a LONG trip.
rambling Roger