<div dir="ltr">My 2016 F-250 has a "System Check" function (working from memory, I think that's what it is called) and it lets you scroll thru several details. It has oil life status, two separate hour meters, one being total engine running hours and the other idling hours, plus some info about the trailer brake controller and several other things. I don't know when they started including this however.<div><br></div><div>SO</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Sep 18, 2019 at 9:11 AM Gunnells, Brad R <<a href="mailto:brad-gunnells@uiowa.edu">brad-gunnells@uiowa.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal">Ok, this is going to sound like a silly question/statement. I’d never heard of a hour meter in a truck. Is this in a standard pickup? If so, when roughly did that start and how do you access it? Would my 2002 F250 have such a thing?<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">AT <<a href="mailto:at-bounces@lists.antique-tractor.com" target="_blank">at-bounces@lists.antique-tractor.com</a>> on behalf of Stephen Offiler <<a href="mailto:soffiler@gmail.com" target="_blank">soffiler@gmail.com</a>><br>
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<b>Date: </b>Wednesday, September 18, 2019 at 6:34 AM<br>
<b>To: </b>Antique group <<a href="mailto:at@lists.antique-tractor.com" target="_blank">at@lists.antique-tractor.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[External] Re: [AT] Statistics In Tractor Manufacturing Was Bicycle Program<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Jim, I keep forgetting to check the hourmeter in my truck, but my car has a direct readout of average MPH. I record it and reset with every tank of fuel along with MPG data. The overall average of just under 3 years and just over 40K
miles is 35.5 MPH. Turns out I'm remarkably average. I wear size Medium suits off the rack too.
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Mon, Sep 16, 2019 at 10:52 PM Jim Becker <<a href="mailto:mr.jebecker@gmail.com" target="_blank">mr.jebecker@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">Several years ago, my brother and I were comparing odometer readings on our trucks. My truck was older and had a lot more miles. Then we checked hours. His had a bunch more. His truck use was
probably pretty typical, including a fair amount of local driving. As I recall, he averaged close to the expected 35. I rarely use mine to just drive around on short errands. Most of the mileage is on longer trips. Earlier today, it turned over 100,000
miles and is just over 2,000 hours. The average is 49 mph. Since my highway speed is usually 70 or more, it seems it would be tough to get a long term average much higher.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">Back in the good old days, hour meters were typically grounded through an oil pressure switch. If the engine wasn’t actually running and producing oil pressure, the hour meter wouldn’t clock time
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:whitesmoke"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;color:black">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;color:black"> Mike M
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:whitesmoke"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;color:black">Sent:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;color:black"> Monday, September 16, 2019 3:08 PM<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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Was Bicycle Program<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">I have a Scag zero turn that I bought new, I put about 350 hours on it over the course of several years. When I parked it this last fall, I accidentally left the key on, so when I went to start
it this Spring I had 3500 hours on it. Fortunately my daughter works at the dealer so I was able to buy a new one.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:whitesmoke"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;color:black">Sent:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;color:black"> Monday, September 16, 2019 7:32 AM</span><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">For the record, in automotive engineering, the conversion between engine hours and road miles is usually taken to be 35, not 60. I've also seen 33 used. It's a broad approximation of course
Vehicles used extensively on the highway will be somewhat higher, and vehicles used extensively in heavy traffic/city conditions will be somewhat lower. It would be exceptionally rare to find any roadgoing vehicle averaging 60mph.
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