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The almost 700,000 miles logged during the data gathering phase of this study were divided into the<br />

four categories mentioned above17. For each one of these tire-combination categories, and <strong>for</strong> each<br />

one of the tractors that corresponded to that specific category (e.g., tractors 1, 3, and 5 were mounted<br />

with NGSWBTs and there<strong>for</strong>e always belonged to the last two categories; whether it was category 3<br />

or 4 depended on the type of tires that the trailer had on any particular trip), the total distance traveled<br />

by that particular tractor during the entire data collection period was divided into 100-mile segments<br />

and the fuel consumed while traversing these segments was computed. With these two pieces of<br />

in<strong>for</strong>mation, it was possible to calculate fuel efficiencies <strong>for</strong> each of the 100-mile segments <strong>for</strong> any<br />

given truck-tire category. Table 19 presents the results of these computations, where the column<br />

labeled “Average Fuel Efficiency” contains the average of the fuel efficiencies across all of the 100mile<br />

segments that were generated <strong>for</strong> each particular truck-tire combination. The last column of the<br />

table shows the percent difference in fuel efficiencies when comparing against the base case (i.e., the<br />

case in which tractor and the trailer are equipped with dual tires, which is the most common tire set<br />

up at the present time in the U.S.). Table 20 is similar to Table 19, except that <strong>for</strong> any given truck<br />

tire combination, the fuel efficiency was computed by dividing the total number of miles logged by<br />

the total number of gallons of fuel consumed during the entire data collection period. Notice that,<br />

independently of how the calculations are per<strong>for</strong>med (i.e., using 100-mile segments or the total<br />

distance traveled during the data collection period), there is always an improvement in fuel efficiency<br />

with respect to the base case (duals on the tractor and duals on the trailer). Moreover, that fuel<br />

efficiency improvement increases as the number of NGSWBTs increases, with observed<br />

improvements of about 6% when either the tractor or the trailer is equipped with NGSWBTs, to more<br />

than 9% when both are mounted with NGSWBTs.<br />

Table 19. Fuel Efficiency Comparison by <strong>Truck</strong>-Tire Configuration (Averages Computed Using Fuel<br />

Efficiencies Calculated <strong>for</strong> 100-Mile Segments)<br />

<strong>Truck</strong> Tire<br />

Configuration<br />

Distance<br />

Traveled<br />

(miles)<br />

Average Fuel<br />

Efficiency 1<br />

(mpg)<br />

% Diff 2<br />

Duals-Duals 179,503 6.60 0.00%<br />

Duals-NGSWBTs 85,002 7.00 6.00%<br />

NGSWBTs-Duals 190,503 7.03 6.40%<br />

NGSWBTs-NGSWBTs 87,002<br />

542,010<br />

7.22 9.29%<br />

1 Fuel efficiencies computed using collected databus in<strong>for</strong>mation.<br />

2 As compared to the Duals-Duals case<br />

Table 20. Fuel Efficiency Comparison by <strong>Truck</strong>-Tire Configuration (Averages Computed Using Total<br />

Distance Traveled and Total Fuel Used)<br />

<strong>Truck</strong> Tire<br />

Configuration<br />

Distance<br />

Traveled<br />

(miles)<br />

Average Fuel<br />

Efficiency 1<br />

(mpg)<br />

% Diff 2<br />

Duals-Duals 179,503 6.40 0.00%<br />

Duals-NGSWBTs 85,002 6.77 5.69%<br />

NGSWBTs-Duals 190,503 6.83 6.76%<br />

NGSWBTs-NGSWBTs 87,002<br />

542,010<br />

7.03 9.84%<br />

1 Fuel efficiencies computed using collected databus in<strong>for</strong>mation.<br />

2 As compared to the Duals-Duals case<br />

17 There are in reality six categories, since it is possible to have trips with just the tractor and no trailer. However, those two categories<br />

(i.e., tractor with duals and tractor with NGSWBTs) constitute not only a very small portion of all trips, but also are cases of very high fuel<br />

efficiencies since the tractor is pulling no weight. Those cases were not considered in this analysis.<br />

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