Re: Do Fuel Efficient work trucks even exist?
Member #: 62097
Registered: 9/21/2008
Posted:
115
Company:
Comcast
Occupation:
Sub contractor
Location:
Baltimore,MD
Personal:
early 50s
Experience:
~17 years
I got a bad heater core that isn't helping the situation. Heat has worked without much of the antifreeze smell lately. Dunno if I am imune to it or have just succumb to it lol. The fix I am told by my mechanic is to take the entire dashboard down to the metal, and that I should replace the condensor while the dash is off as its a 5 man hour job just for that, I am told.. The heater core itself is only like $80.00 and the condensor is I think $100.. (not gonna happen this month) To further I have a cap on the back with my ladder rack on that, combined with all my RG11 spools (3) RG6 aerial/UG, and standard house cable (6) my tool bins and eq, I am sitting at around 8000- 9600 lbs including GVW. All those factors and the mileage I think are workin' against me. I even drive on the slow side, with slow starts to help out. I get about 300 miles on a full 21 gal tank for $60. A usual week I gotta fill up 2 1/2 times sometimes more when I pickup work outside my home area.. To top it off gas just went up like $.12 a gallon this week..
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