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We pull a 7000 lb TT. TV is a 2020 7.3L F-350 gasser w/10 speed tranny. Mileage at 65mph ranges from 7.5 to 9 depending on terrain and wind speed and direction. Love those tailwinds!
Pulling a 11K 5er with a '17 F250 6.2 with 4.30's. 8.5 MPG on midwest pulls on 55 mph 2 lane highways. 7's pulling at 65 mph "out West" in the wind and the grades/mountains. I think the 4.30's get better fuel mileage when towing than a taller gearset. Ford claims as much as 1 MPG better.
2019 F250 4x4 6.2L 3.73 gears, usually will pull my 8.5 x 22 ft trailer on level ground at low altitude in 6th with occasional use of 5th going 65 or 70 mph getting 8.4 mpg. Not sure what the trailer weighs.
The trailer weighs about 3200 lbs and when I started going back uphill from TX to WY the mileage dropped to about 7 mpg.
'18 F250 6.2 4x4 with 3.73, pulling our fiver we get about 7-8 mpg generally running 1/2 way between the speed limit and the 'flow of traffic' limit (so about 110-115 in a 100 Kph zone, maybe 85 in an 80, etc...) For what it's worth, the weights in the 8200-8300 range loaded, but really, the profile and head/tail winds have way more impact than weight. I'd get about the same mpg with the same trailer whether it was loaded to the gills or completely empty.
When I'm towing, I'm not that worried about the exact MPG, instead, my bigger concern is my DTE. At 7 mpg, and a 34 gallon tank, after 150-200 miles, I'm in a panic looking for the next fillup.
I get 9.5 - 10.5 on average. I tow 8000lbs and usually run between 65 and 70mph. Got 9.9 on our move from WA to AZ over 1500 miles. Had the trailer fully loaded and had about 500lbs of stuff in the bed of the truck. I run premium and have the 4.30 axle.
2019 F-150 3.5L Ecoboost with 3.55 pulling 9,900 travel trailer at about 62-63 mph was getting 8-9 mpg last year. Most of the time in 8th gear but once in a great while it would hit 9th gear. Moved up to a F350 6.7 for this year. We'll see.
2018 F-250 6.2 3.73 gears, this was in June to Colorado and back. Cruising about 65 - 70 mph and some 6% grade hills, pulling a 8k lb TT, 15,540 lbs total as weighed at a CAT scale.
Can you clarify this - is the truck deciding to stay in 5th gear, are you manually setting it in 5th gear or are you just locking out 6th?
Truck in signature, I pulled my 24 foot enclosed car hauler with my 2011 mustang convertible inside, guessing 8500-9000 pounds, from
NJ to Wisconsin and back last summer. On the way out, I left the trans in auto and got 8 mpg, trans was constantly shifting on
virtually every grade, would drop to 5th and almost immediately drop to 4th. On the way home, I locked out 6th gear... much more
pleasant drive, eliminated a lot of the up/down shifting and got 8.8 mpg.
Will be interesting this summer to see what the numbers look like with a new all aluminum ATC trailer starting at 2900 pounds instead
of my current enclosed trailer that is around 4500 pounds.
There are SOOOO many variable to this. No two people are going to be the same and any comparison will never mean anything. Same truck same mileage, same road, same speed with a different driver will have a difference. Same truck, same load, same distance, same hills but one road has tolls or multiple on off ramps, and your mileage will drastically change. One person might go a full tank of fuel without stopping, another might need 3 pee breaks. They will have a huge difference in fuel mileage. Heck, two different shaped campers, a head wind vs tailwind, cruise at 60 compared to 65. These all can change your average my multiple MPGs.
There are SOOOO many variable to this. No two people are going to be the same and any comparison will never mean anything. Same truck same mileage, same road, same speed with a different driver will have a difference. Same truck, same load, same distance, same hills but one road has tolls or multiple on off ramps, and your mileage will drastically change. One person might go a full tank of fuel without stopping, another might need 3 pee breaks. They will have a huge difference in fuel mileage. Heck, two different shaped campers, a head wind vs tailwind, cruise at 60 compared to 65. These all can change your average my multiple MPGs.
And don’t forget to throw in the fact that so many people are bad at math! LOL
2018 250 6.7 3.31 STX towing 28bhs TT at 65 gets ~11mpg on flat-ish ground with light wind. We cross the scales at 17,600 almost every trip, GCW. That’s with stock tires and no lift and air dam still in place. Most of our trips, though, experience LOTS of wind as we cross the Tx panhandle and NM, and when the wind is light, we pull at 70. 70 empties the tank much faster than 65!
My first long pull is coming up with new rubber, 35” Duratracs. I expect to lose almost 1mpg.
On our recent jaunt I think we did between 7 and 8 MPG. 2002 F250 4x4, 3.73, 33" tires, 9-10k Fifth wheel. We were booking it, staying pretty much between 65-70, sometimes up to 72 or so. This was also with a crap-tastic Hypertech tuner. Next trip out I am removing the tune to see what that does to mileage.
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