[AT] Fwd: Re: Test

[Dennis Johnson]

Charlie,

I have noticed similar tendencies. Living in Houston area (just above sea level) and driving to Oklahoma, Kansas, or Colorado the elevation change does make a difference. 
Both of my vehicles with the mileage indicator displayed there BEST milage when leaving Colorado.

Dennis


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> On Dec 10, 2015, at 9:16 AM, charlie hill <charliehill at embarqmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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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