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From: Frederick, MD
I get around 8-10. Sometimes a little less, like coming out of Western MD into ohio...around 5 because of the hills.
There just isn't anyway to get good mileage pulling a heavy 5er.
There just isn't anyway to get good mileage pulling a heavy 5er.
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From: Georgia
I agree. I get around 10.5 to and from Myrtle Beach from near Atlanta. I get around 8 in the N Ga mountains. Add a big headwind and it will drop into the low 7s at times depending on how bad the wind is.
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From: Oklahoma City, Ok
What gears do you have in that beauty?
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From: Oklahoma City, Ok
That will do the job nicely.
That a great looking rig Roy.
That a great looking rig Roy.
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From: DFW, TX-GoldCanyon, AZ
Roy - Glad to hear that JG did the job for you.. Mileage will probably come up now that you are actually breaking the engine in. The rings don't seat until you put them under a pretty good and sustained load.
Make sure you check your oil too....
Make sure you check your oil too....
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From: Kilgore, Texas
I hauled my '56 White to an antique truck show we put on at Pegues-Hurst Ford in Longview, Texas yesterday. Normally I would just drive the White this short distance but the dealership wanted me to display my F-450. Both trucks got a lot of attention. When I travel farther to shows I haul the White on the trailer, weighs about 10,000#. No problems pulling that load, the truck never shifts out of OD and can hold any speed I want to run.
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From: Kilgore, Texas
The 450 has A/C so it's worth keeping!
A picture of the '56 before a show and my '59 4400TD returning from a show. My Dad drove the '59 when it was new, putting over 900,000 miles on it driving from Longview, Tx to Pittsburgh, PA. When the company traded it in for new White Freightliner, the dealer kept the truck and made a wrecker out of it. It stayed at the same dealer from October '66 until I bought it in Jan '06 and started its restoration.
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From: Great Falls, Montana
Thank you 
I am very happy with her.
Better fuel mileage would be nice. ....but Life is Good.
I am very happy with her.
Better fuel mileage would be nice. ....but Life is Good.