One way to lower the cost of your transportation operations is to decrease your fuel costs.

Everyone knows that keeping a truck on a regular basis can save fuel, but fuel consumption is determined by many factors. Some friends must have never heard of the reasons for fuel consumption. How to drive a semi-trailer to save fuel? How to save fuel has become the most popular topic of truck trailers owners , This article summarizes the 4 factors that affect fuel consumption, and teaches you how to drive a semi-trailer with less fuel. 4 fuel-saving tips for semi-trailers, allowing you to save 30% of fuel costs.

                                    ( HOWO Truck Tractor and flatbed trailer loading containers at Dar es Salaam port)

1. Temperature.

Do you all know? The fuel consumption in winter and summer is actually different. There are many reasons behind it. If we can attract attention, we will save a lot of fuel. The cold weather in winter increases resistance and reduces tire pressure. When the resistance increases, the car needs to consume more gasoline to reach the same speed. As the tire pressure decreases, the rolling resistance of the tire will increase, and fuel consumption will also increase. In addition, it takes longer for the engine to reach the optimal operating temperature.

Winter mainly considers cold weather, such as Central Asia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, etc., or Mongolia, Russia.

The weather in Africa and Southeast Asia is hot all year round, and the influence of temperature is not too great.

2. The tire pressure does not lose air, wide tires increase fuel consumption. 

Under-inflated or over-inflated tires will increase fuel consumption, and tire pressure should be checked regularly. However, you can rest assured that the tire pressure monitoring module of HOWO truck can monitor the tire pressure in real time and alarm abnormal situations to ensure driving safety. At the same time, from the perspective of fuel economy, it is recommended that truck driver or logistic company boss do not change the wide tires at will, otherwise the fuel consumption will increase with the increase of wheel resistance.

3. Truck trailer driving speed

Drive at a constant speed and don't overspeed. For ordinary cars, 80 kilometers per hour is the most fuel-efficient speed. Statistics show that every increase of 1 kilometer per hour will increase your fuel consumption by 0.5%.

4. Load capacity.

 In order to make a single trip bring greater profit, some truck trailer owners choose to overload, not to talk about overloading fines, vehicle reliability decreases, and risk factors increase. From the perspective of fuel consumption and tire wear, overloading does not necessarily cause damage. Car owners bring higher profits. Therefore, every card friend pays attention to the above points when driving, not only allows you to drive a semi-trailer more fuel-efficient, but also makes the driving process easier and safer!

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