Towing mpg?
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Towing mpg?
I towed 4 atvs on a 17ft open trailer to michigan with 4 of us in the big X. Got 12 mpg hand calculated at 70mph avg. The 5. 4 struggled a few times going uphill and downshifted on its own to maintain 70 which really pissed me off considering I was pulling 4500lbs. Its tuned with a diablo and ypipe mod.
What do you guys get pulling at 70?
What do you guys get pulling at 70?
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Towing depends so much on the driving conditions for me all highway or mixed driving makes a big difference. Weight and drag from the height of the trailer make a big difference.... oh yeah and hills. I tow my 8000# camper on the highway @ 62 on flat ground and get around 12. But take that sukka to the mountains or stop and go OUCH. I also have a 4500# enclosed work trailer I tow with my 6sp. truck like everywhere I go and for the last 10 years average 11.5 mixed driving.
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illinois is very flat but the hwy are up and down like a rollercoaster. I have to say that if I would have slowed down my mpg would have gone way up. But I was following someone so that wasn't. A option
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when towing a 7500# tt i usally get 8-9mpg on the lie-o-meter. towing in Wisconsin interstates or country roads. the small hills of Kettle Moraine are no problems for the V10 but these hills are not that big. one nice thing of the v10 is when entering the insterstate i get up to posted speed limits in no time. It is fun to watch the faces of people when you pass them at 70mph with a 27ft TT atached to the Excursion. I really like my Ex for towing and long trips.
2000 ltd V10 2wd no mods
2000 ltd V10 2wd no mods
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My V10 Ex gets less than 10MPG when I tow my < 4,000# boat at 70. When I get time, probably late this fall, I'm going to have to address that.
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10-12 mpg with a 5K lb. TT. I expect 10 and pleasantly suprised if she gives me more that day.
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I average 10 mpg towing my rockcrawler on an open car hauler trailer. V10 2wd with 3.73 gears. It's about 7,000#, crawler and trailer. No real mountains to speak of where I tow, but really hilly. The last trip out I got into some serious headwinds and it dropped to 7.5. Luckily I rode that same head wind, now a tail wind home and it jumped to 12.5 so I averaged out at 10 for the trip.
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I average 10 mpg towing my rockcrawler on an open car hauler trailer. V10 2wd with 3.73 gears. It's about 7,000#, crawler and trailer. No real mountains to speak of where I tow, but really hilly. The last trip out I got into some serious headwinds and it dropped to 7.5. Luckily I rode that same head wind, now a tail wind home and it jumped to 12.5 so I averaged out at 10 for the trip.
Mine ranges from 8-11 towing 10500lbs with the 6.0. I do have a 6" lift and 35's.
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when towing a 7500# tt i usally get 8-9mpg on the lie-o-meter. towing in Wisconsin interstates or country roads. the small hills of Kettle Moraine are no problems for the V10 but these hills are not that big. one nice thing of the v10 is when entering the insterstate i get up to posted speed limits in no time. It is fun to watch the faces of people when you pass them at 70mph with a 27ft TT atached to the Excursion. I really like my Ex for towing and long trips.
2000 ltd V10 2wd no mods
2000 ltd V10 2wd no mods
thats funny right thur!
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Does your diablo tuner do anything to change your shift points, specifically OD?
What size tires do you run?
