I was pretty disappointed with my tow from Delaware to Minnesota. I drove 65 mph and was still averaging 9.2 MPG on the DIC. I was expecting a lot better MPG. The total weight of the truck and trailer was 9,480lbs on a certified scale. I do have 3:08 gears but geez....time for a gear swap!
Or people don't tell us they have a tuner, and a 2wd truck, in flat land.
Since you can have so much difference in truck setup, and terrain elevation, it's hard to predict the outcome of a MPG for towing. Or even for street use.
Or people don't tell us they have a tuner, and a 2wd truck, in flat land.
Since you can have so much difference in truck setup, and terrain elevation, it's hard to predict the outcome of a MPG for towing. Or even for street use.
4wd nothing but hills (michigan not sure there is any what you call "flat" land around). Stock truck. Now this was also before I started using E85. I havent checked my mileage towing with E85. my 2011 also got 20mpg country driving before E85 and 17 after. So with E85 I am going to have to guess that im down to 11 or 10 but again I only checked my towing mileage when I was using regular gas.
Hold on, let's do the math- a gear swap might run him $2500 at least, which, depending on how many miles he drives every year, pays for a year's worth of gas. He'll never see the fuel savings pay for the gear swap.
Trucks = crappy gas mileage; trucks + trailers = really, really crappy gas mileage.
Just for S's and G's I had a "coal rolling" turbo spooling F250 that I was "towing" last night on the highway. I was around 75 to the governor multiple times and got 16.7.
You can get that with the 7.3 Ford diesels-if that's what your referring too-however there is no way in on this Earth your getting that with a 5.3 in our trucks!
I filled up my truck, drove 60 miles to the airport, basically drafting a semi at 80 for most of the way there, then continuously dusted the f*ord multiple times on the way back. and filled my tank back up for fun this am. 16.68. sarcasm here >>> """towing"""
It just always amazes me on here and other places the claimed millage with a 2 - 1/2 ton vehicle shaped like a refrigerator - not even to mention the towing aspect.
I guess maybe I feel like I am in an "alternate universe or something".
I understand what your saying. My city MPG is like 13.7 or something like that. That is with all flat Florida roads and trying to stay with the AFM "working." I quickly realized after purchasing the truck I'm not going to be conserving fuel. Maybe the InTune will pick up 1 or 2 for me.
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