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I find my diesel to be more noisy at idle than any other time. I will agree that the new 6.0 is very impressive, quiet and lots of power!

 

I just bumper-towed 6,000 lb trailer 1,000 miles through eastern and central NV (lots of mountains) and got a whopping 7.1 mpg. 2010 Cabela's trimmed V10 gasser with about 2,500 miles on it. It hurts when I gas! Hope it improves with more break-in.

 

Holy OLD post batman.....Only 7 years old LOL

 

Yeah I was al ready to post and had to log in and somehow I was directed to a different page than I started on! It's ok tho because I just retired (sold to relative) my 2000 F150 (which I bought new) so I''m in the family!

 

I saw the "test drive a "new" 6.0" and took a look at the date...

 

As did I. Been a looooong time since I've heard (A) someone call a 6.0 "new and (B) I've heard anyone actually recommend buying a 6.0!

 

hey if its a diesel, i dont see why he couldnt, unless he knows not, how to calculate

 

You'll be lucky to get 10 around town/ maybe 15 on highway

 

12-14 for me. Thats on 31's, 5.4, 4.10 gear. Wonder if 35's will help.

 

i got a 2000 superduty it gets about two gas stations to the mile lol no probably about 12 in town v-10 motor

 

Although I drive a F150 for work, it has the 5.4 and 4.10's(I think). I get, with normal driving, around 14 mpg. When I'm cautious and paying attention to driving, I can get up to 17.5.

 

I get about 16 in town and low 20's on the hwy oops i just realized this is a gasser thread I have a 7.3l PSD... anyways i rcommend not buying a "new" 6.0 lol

 

11.5-12.5 - mixed driving (never go over 3k rpms). Maybe 14-15 unloaded highway, havent had too many long distance highway trips. 5,000 trailer mixed driving is 8.5. All hand calculated.

 

I would like to know who is getting 20MPG with a F-250 4WD 5.4L
You may want to invest in a new calculator.

I average about 13.5 Hw/City combined and on a long highway trip I might get 14.5 around town you can expect to get around 12.5

The 5.4L on thit truck is a big mistake if you intend to trailer over 6000 lbs. It is grossly underpowered since the truck already has a 6200 GVWR.

Another Ford engineering blunder that you don't find out about until you are tugging a load. They rate the truck for over 10,000 lbs and I can tell you first hand after towing an 8000lb boat around that you will be sorry you settled for the 5.4L. I listened to story after story of guys towing big box trailers with double super duper triple guns with compressors and tool boxes on board but after you add up all the weight I am willing to bet that it will amount to around 5000 lbs which the truck can handle with ease.

But then WTH would by buy an F-250 for if you were not intending to carry some real weight?

If you intend to trailer over 6000 lbs serously suggest you go for the Diesel since it has twice as much torque.

You will be much much happier in the end.

Starwarrior