Mileage vs hours myth!

[Neverenough]

After reading yet another post on how some brainiac "thinks" hours relates to mileage I had a thought... Most all new trucks have an hour meter. Let's post our mileage and hours to see what the facts are. Yeah yeah I realize boats and truck don't run the same RPMs and some smart *** will come up with a crazy formula that they again "think" is correct. I just thought it would be intresting....

ours has 73k miles and 2573 hours

[Swim]

I came up with a long and winded post... but then I re-read your "some smart *** will come up with a crazy formula that they again "think" is correct" comment, and deleted most of it.... what do I know... I have double majors in aerospace engineering and space physics with a masters in Nuclear and Particle Physics... I don't want to be the "braniac" that tells you this is comparing apples to oranges...

For the record, my 99' has 1600 hours on it. My truck doesn't have an hour meter, but has 15,423 miles on it.

[Neverenough]

Haha! This going to be fun! Please don't miss understand the post. The "fact" is the we all agree there's no real way to compare because the two are apples and oranges due to loads, rpm ranges, etc. I'm not saying that the two are comparable. What I am saying is that you can't compare so let's collect some "facts" on hours and mileage on trucks.

Just to stir the pot..How do you know the hours on your truck? With all of your education you know that 1600 hours is a WAG. With no hour meter how do you know. How many times has it sit in a parking lot in the hot sun running to keep your family cool while you went in to get a cold drink? You have no clue on hours. Again you think because you have rationalized some theory you came up with based on the miles and average rpm and time and blah blah blah blah blah.

I'm just an average everyday working guy with a highschool education. If you have a simple formula that my pea brian can understand how you got to 1600 hours I'd love to hear it.

[Swim]

Re-read my last line... My 99 is the boat. I looked at the hour meter. My truck doesn't have an hour meter.

[sean950054]

You'd need to guesstimate the average mph you have done in the boat. To me an average ski boat would average probably around 15-18mph considering idle time, surfing speed,
Board speed etc. so if a boat has 550
Hours that would be equivalent to 8,250- 9,990 miles. We that's how I would guess mine.

[Neverenough]

Sorry Swim I miss read.

[fyrhog]

My boat tows a 150 lb. skier,,,,my truck tows a 4000 lb. 5th wheel....

[ski4evr]

late model gm's display hours when pushing tripmeter reset button with ignition off

[swc5150]

The hour meter when I sold my tahoe read 4,500, with 225k miles. That's an average speed of 50mph, due to it was used as a long distance commute vehicle. I actually had far fewer hours on it than others with 1/3 the miles. I would think every boat would be unique, if trying to equate hours to miles? It would depend on how the boat was used, and I don't know if there's an "average" for that metric? I tend to think hours on a car make more sense than mileage. I car could easily go 75 or 20 miles in an hour, depending on use. Always an interesting topic!

[pokesgrad02]

My last work truck '05 chevy 5.7 had 5400hrs and 230K miles. Still ran like a champ

[east tx skier]

The fact of the matter is there's a correlation between hours and use; but maintenance is always the key. If you have a boat with 2,000 hours, it has been well used, even if it has been well maintained (poor maintenance and 2,000 hour boats don't tend to go hand in hand). If you have a boat of the same vintage with 200 hours and it has less use, that begs some questions. Hours need to be considered in concert with maintenance and, frankly, a back story if they are relatively low for the boat's age. My 98 (purchased in 2007) had 190 hours. It had meticulous maintenance records---the first owner documented was a jet aircraft mechanic and did his own (documented maintenance) while the second owner had all of his maintenance done at Buxton---and the low hours were explained by regular, but short, early morning trips once per week to the local lake.

In sum, you have to have a good story with high and low hour boats. The average boats are typically the scary ones.

[durty_curt]

2008 duramax i bought new @ 2 miles on her. Now with 69,000 and 2,372 hours

[JohnE]

I came up with a long and winded post... but then I re-read your "some smart *** will come up with a crazy formula that they again "think" is correct" comment, and deleted most of it.... what do I know... I have double majors in aerospace engineering and space physics with a masters in Nuclear and Particle Physics... I don't want to be the "braniac" that tells you this is comparing apples to oranges...

For the record, my 99' has 1600 hours on it. My truck doesn't have an hour meter, but has 15,423 miles on it.

I'd like to hear the long winded post...even if via pm.

[Zach@n3]

It's been beat to death. My truck shows almost 59k miles and almost 1900 hours. Engine hours on a vehicle and a boat are nowhere close to the same type of operating hours so there is no reason to really compare.

[vtjc]

I grabbed a few measurements from the two ambulances at the station where I volunteer. One had 52,200 miles/3,400 hours and second 94,000 miles/5420 hours. Both are 6.0 Ford PowerStroke diesels so the older one already had the head gaskets replaced. An ambulances use might be similar to a ski boat, with long times idling and occasional hard acceleration.