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I am conducting a online survey of towing MPG of P/U's with trailers. After I get enough data I plan to plot the results of it. Please follow the link below if you wish to contribute to it. http://snoman.com/Forum/viewforum.php?f=38  Signature----------------- www.thesnoman.com I see where TheSnoMan <admin@snoman.com> contributed: >I am conducting a online survey of towing MPG of P/U's with trailers. >After I get enough data I plan to plot the results of it. Presumably this will give you information about what people claim. Have you given any thought to trying to get the facts? Will Sill The Curmudgeon of Sill Hill > I see where TheSnoMan <admin@snoman.com> contributed: > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Will Sill > The Curmudgeon of Sill Hill If you get enough data you can start to tell fact from fiction. I am saving it in a data base format so I can sort through it at a later date (this is the reason for the point and click selections so there is standardized varibles to use in data base) Signature----------------- www.thesnoman.com "TheSnoMan" <admin@snoman.com> wrote in message news:u_Icf.7422 I submited my data. Most of the Dodge stuff was OK except it's a 3500 not a 350 like a Furd (shudder) Cheers, Joe > "TheSnoMan" <admin@snoman.com> wrote in message news:u_Icf.7422 > > I submited my data. Most of the Dodge stuff was OK except it's a 3500 not a > 350 like a Furd (shudder) > > Cheers, Joe Thanks Joe, I will remember that. I remember when they were W200's and D200's and I guess I forgot about the change. Signature----------------- www.thesnoman.com >> I see where TheSnoMan <admin@snoman.com> contributed: >> [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > (this is the reason for the point and click selections so there is > standardized varibles to use in data base) == It sounds as if you will tally the results statistically. The oddballs will be ignored so your results should be meaningful. I think that even the folks who exaggerate when they talk will be more honest when they are not identified. Whatever, it's worth the try. Nothing ventured nothing gained. Geoff. >>>I see where TheSnoMan <admin@snoman.com> contributed: >>> [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > identified. Whatever, it's worth the try. Nothing ventured nothing gained. > Geoff. Yes all entries are anonomus. Once I get enough data, I will start the crunch but I am waiting for the numbers to climb first. I am also saving each group seperately (gas/diesel, ford/dodge/gm) to analyize them indivedually first then wrap them together if I want to. Got to have the data to start with though. Thanks! Signature----------------- www.thesnoman.com > I am conducting a online survey of towing MPG of P/U's with trailers. > After I get enough data I plan to plot the results of it. Please follow > the link below if you wish to contribute to it. > > http://snoman.com/Forum/viewforum.php?f=38 Needs more work. You need to fix the lists. Your model numbers for Dodge aren't correct for '03. Your transmission choice was incorrect for the automatic used in the Hemi pickups. Your inputs for mileage are incomplete, you need more lists covering all conditions. I started answering and dropped out when I realized you didn't have enough input lists and some of those you had were incorrect. Hugh >> I am conducting a online survey of towing MPG of P/U's with trailers. >> After I get enough data I plan to plot the results of it. Please [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > lists and some of those you had were incorrect. > Hugh The tranny was easy to fix and as far as MPG, .5 steps are more than enough for this survey as you can round up or down. And trip distance are estimates as well. As far as conditons. you have to limit the varibles so I covered the major ones like alt, terrain, tempature and head wind, weight and so on. This is not rocket science but it does provide workable data. I plan to do another survey with different varibles AFTER this one has been completed and lets me fine tune it. The output is in data format and if I change the amount of fields at this stage, it makes eariler data unusable (it is in delimited format) I can change the varibles in the fields easily (like I did with just adding a 5speed auto for dodge now)but not add feilds at this time. Signature----------------- www.thesnoman.com >>> I am conducting a online survey of towing MPG of P/U's with >>> trailers. After I get enough data I plan to plot the results of [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > easily (like I did with just adding a 5speed auto for dodge now)but > not add feilds at this time. I didn't respond because I have traveled in too many caravans with too many people that are getting twice the mileage I am getting, yet they pull into the station every time I do and take on about the same amount of fuel. In other words, what you collect won't be worth squat!! Tom J >I didn't respond because I have traveled in too many caravans with too >many people that are getting twice the mileage I am getting, yet they >pull into the station every time I do and take on about the same >amount of fuel. In other words, what you collect won't be worth >squat!! LOL, I was fueling up the big red boy yesterday when I guy pulled to the pump across from me, in the same truck. He looked me right in the eye and said he was getting 2o mpg..... There's no way in hell he's getting that! Hunter -- http://members.aol.com/hhamp5246/roadtrip2005.htm Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well-preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting "...holy sh.t...what a ride!" >>I didn't respond because I have traveled in too many caravans with too >>many people that are getting twice the mileage I am getting, yet they [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well-preserved body, > but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting "...holy sh.t...what a ride!" Ask anybody to show you his/her gas book of gallons and miles traveled for the last 1000 miles. No record to show you? He/she is just guessing, most likely bragging, and doesn't have a clue. Tom J wrote: >>>>I am conducting a online survey of towing MPG of P/U's with >>>>trailers. After I get enough data I plan to plot the results of [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > > Tom J You have to take the good with the bad and you will be able to tell the valid data for invalid because of inconsistancies. SUre there will be some stretches but not everyone is dishonest and "I" try to give people the benifit of the doubt. WHen I process it after I get several hundred entries, I will be able to detect patterns. Signature----------------- www.thesnoman.com >>> I am conducting a online survey of towing MPG of P/U's with trailers. >>> After I get enough data I plan to plot the results of it. Please [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > change the varibles in the fields easily (like I did with just adding a > 5speed auto for dodge now)but not add feilds at this time. It's simpler for me to just say 9.5 mpg towing a 30' travel trailer weighing about 7,500 lbs and traveling 2500 miles round trip. Solo, back and forth to the lake, 16 mpg. Towing speed = 60 mph. Interstate solo, 20 mpg @ 65 mph. Hugh '03 Dodge Ram Quad Cab hemi auto 3.55 '00 HR Alumascape 29fsk superslide > >>> I am conducting a online survey of towing MPG of P/U's with trailers. > >>> After I get enough data I plan to plot the results of it. Please [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > '03 Dodge Ram Quad Cab hemi auto 3.55 > '00 HR Alumascape 29fsk superslide Yabut that is not simpler for the fella trying to do a survey with lots of input. |
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