Towed this today 120 miles round trip . Empty; no trailer and no truck got 17.2 mpg on hwy; on way back towing load got 13.5 mpg. I love my SD 6.2L

 

Took the rig out for the Last camping trip of the year. I think the wife loaded it down with extra this time.. arrrggg. being it was a Halloween kind of trip..

Happy Halloween!

 

[QUOTE=fordmdb;10953723]Took the rig out for the Last camping trip of the year. I think the wife loaded it down with extra this time.. arrrggg. being it was a Halloween kind of trip..

Happy Halloween!

I am curious what rear your truck is running. Also what is the weight of your trailer, and do you use a slider hitch? What mileage do you get towing on the open road?

 

Sorry guys I haven't checked this thread in a while.

Thanks!

Officially it's a 29 footer, though the overall length with the tongue is just over 33 ft.
Yes, it has a 38" deep slide that houses the dinette and a couch.
I haven't had it on the scales yet but the claimed unloaded weight is 6300 lbs, with a GVWR of about 7600 lbs.

Thanks! The color did work out well...

... and yes it is. One of the primary reasons we went with this model. It makes things soooo much easier.

Here's photos of the slide and outdoor kitchen. That's a slide-out gas grill under the left side of the counter.

 

Looks great Dave, How do you like the kitchen set up? My wife has been eyeing those with an outside kitchen.

 

[QUOTE=Delawhere?;10985134]Hi
Truck has 4.30 gears, trailer last i weighed it in 08' was right at 10k loaded, i use a b&w hitch with goose neck adaptor, Towing i get 8.5-9.5 depending on me of course.

 

Love it. I don't think I could live without it after having one. No more running back inside every ten seconds when you're trying to cook out. I don't have to go far for the cold ones either.

 

I got one similar to that. I got a Keystone Outback 312BH with the outdoor kitchen. That is the main reason we bought that model. We never cook anything inside at all, all done outside with the outdoor kitchen.

 

Hey guys, anyone pulling loads up to 18K lbs with these 6.2L??? Im looking to pull 2 tractors to tractor pulls this summer and might trade in my 2005 6.0 F-250 (which pulled this load fine) for something like the 6.2L. Anyone tried it out there?

 

I pulled my skid steer / attachments around - on and off road - about 17k - no problem

 

Does that load make your F-250 squat pretty bad or can you get most of the weight on the trailer?

 

Squated some - but just balance on the trailer usually...

 

ok thanks. So even though i think the maximum 5th wheel trailer load in the ford book for a single rear wheel 4.30 gear crew cab is only 14,900. Can you push that limit? I obviously did with 05 F-250 pulling 20K lbs of farm equip on a 30 foot gooseneck.

 

I think you can push that limit and truck would pull it but as you know you have to stop all that weight too. Just saying.

 

yeah good point. FORDMDB. isnt that what trailer brakes are for haha!