View Poll Results: MPG?
City: under 10
8
6.84%
City: 10-12
38
32.48%
City: 12-14
45
38.46%
City: 14-16
13
11.11%
City: 16+
3
2.56%
Hwy: under 14
19
16.24%
Hwy: 14-16
41
35.04%
Hwy: 16-18
37
31.62%
Hwy: 18-20
6
5.13%
Hwy: 20+
6
5.13%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 117. You may not vote on this poll
Mileage / MPG
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Tuned
Joined: Mar 2004
Posts: 380
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From: somewhere in Colorado
Mileage / MPG
Lets try this again (I screwed up the first poll.) To keep this as accurate as possible please adhere to these simple rules when voting in the poll. Only hand calculated numbers in non towing/empty weight scenarios should be posted in the poll (passengers and light gear is ok). I know the "lie-o-meter" in many cases is pretty close but I'm going for as accurate as possible. Also please be as accurate as possible when posting the city and/or hwy specific numbers. Certainly post any MPG experiences you have had, whether towing, empty, hand calulated, lie-o-meter, high elevation, whatever. Just keep those numbers in the post and not the poll. Good? Thanks. Lets see what kind of numbers we get over the next couple weeks and see what the real average MPG is for these trucks
Posting Guru
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 1,006
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From: San Jose, CA
I get about 13-14mpg city/mixed and 16mpg freeway going 65~70mph all hand-calculated when not towing and almost empty. Bone stock 3.55 gears on stock 20"s driven with a light foot.
My mpg's seem to be better and more consistent if I use Shell/Chevron fuel vs truck stop /no-name fuel. Regen frequency is more consistent with use of Diesel Kleen too.
My mpg's seem to be better and more consistent if I use Shell/Chevron fuel vs truck stop /no-name fuel. Regen frequency is more consistent with use of Diesel Kleen too.
Logistics Pro
Joined: Nov 2001
Posts: 3,787
Likes: 102
From: Georgia
My most interesting fuel story. Last summer on an RV trip from ATL up through AR and then north to NE and west to Cody WY then to WA and down the OR coast back across the very northeast CA down to lake Tahoe and east and then south to Colarado Springs and then east to KS, By the time I hit Kansas I was sick of towing through the mountains and the passes where I was getting maybe 7.5 to 8 MPG. I was glad to see I 70 and some flat land. I told wifey "tomorrow we can tickle 10 MPG". So I fill up and hit the interstate into a 35 or 40 mph head wind. I get to salina and turn down I 135. somewhere along there I refuel and log my worst mileage ever, 6.4 MPG. Lots of stuff goes into fuel mileage, especially when towing. Also, the only way the MPG survey has any usefulness is to compare the trucks by type and equipment. For economy a shorty F250 does not compare in any way with a DRW CC.
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Joined: Mar 2006
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About 12 city and 14-15 highway empty. Between 7 and 9 pulling my 43' toyhauler. 4.30 gears...can get 16 highway with the GearVendor overdrive
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Logistics Pro
Joined: Nov 2001
Posts: 3,787
Likes: 102
From: Georgia
That Gear Vendor sounds like a smart purchase if you drive the truck daily. I couldn't justify the expense as I only drive on RV trips for the most part. I sure don't think I could get 15 hiway unless it was down one of those mountain passes out west.
Elder User
Joined: Mar 2006
Posts: 516
Likes: 1
The GearVender doesn't help much when pulling heavy...the transmission will kick down at the slightest uphill when pulling heavy negating the extra overdrive. It does give you better splits pulling a steep grade though where the transmission has big jumps between gears. What the GV is good for is cruising empty on the highway.
Posting Guru
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 1,006
Likes: 0
From: San Jose, CA
One thing I note is the results aren't necessarily an apples-to-apples comparison since every one of our trucks is different.
Perhaps the poll should be further divided by axle ratios and another mpg poll comparing stock programming vs using a tuner.
Now, that would be interesting real world feedback!!
Perhaps the poll should be further divided by axle ratios and another mpg poll comparing stock programming vs using a tuner.
Now, that would be interesting real world feedback!!
