[AT] Fwd: Re: Test

[charlie hill]

Well David, if we believe what we learned in physics it should work out to
be the amount of fuel required to lift the vehicle that many feet as if it 
were
going straight up.  But it sure does seem strange that with all the ups and 
downs
of a trip there would be a consistently noticeable difference.

Charlie

-----Original Message----- 
From: David Bruce
Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2015 8:48 AM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] Fwd: Re: Test

Charlie,

I find the same when I drive from here (near ATIS Central) to Columbia,
SC where my daughter and family live. Going to Columbia I get a couple
tenths better gas mileage than when I return. The difference in
elevation is from 850 feet to (if I remember correctly) 500 or so.
As you know the elevation here can change rather abruptly although not
like the NC high mountains.

David
NW NC

On 12/10/2015 7:34 AM, charlie hill wrote:
> I'll buy that Ralph.  Back in the 80's when Lynn and I would go
> to see her parents in Hagerstown Md we drove her Dodge Colt.
> The elevation here is near sea level as we have discussed and
> I guess it's a bit less than 1000' in Hagerstown.   Back then I would
> dutifully check the gas mileage on the Colt going and coming.
> It always got a couple of tenths better mpg coming back to NC than it
> did going up hill to Hagerstown.
>
> Charlie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ralph Goff
> Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2015 11:46 PM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] Fwd: Re: Test
>
> On 12/9/2015 10:15 PM, charlie hill wrote:
>> Ralph, that's 120 feet fall in 52,800 feet of run.
>> That's about 2/10 percent grade.  A locomotive will run on
>> 3 percent grade!
>>
>> Charlie
> That 120 foot fall was real handy for hauling grain to town. Grossing 
> 30,000
> pounds with only 180 hp I learned to really appreciate the advantage of a
> mostly downhill run to town.
>
> Ralph in Sask.
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