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- Make / Model
- Chevy 3500HD
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- 2WD / 4WD
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Towing with my F-250. This past week I was using my truck to tow some RV's for my employer. I have been keeping tabs on my gas mileage for the last 9 months. I have a spread sheet with, date, gallons, miles to fillup, price, etc and it tells me my average MPG per tank.
So I towed two trailers. One was a 26' which was about 6,000lbs. It was 33 miles one way, and on the way back I was not towing. It was mainly interstate, but there were some stop and go spots too.
The second trailer was 32' and I would guess about 8-9000lbs. It was the same 33 miles.
Anyway, When I filled up and averaged my mileage I got 13.94 mpg. I normally get between 11.5-13 without towing. I almost got 14mpg with a WHOLE lot more weight. How is that even possible? I was practically flooring it up entrance ramps and only hitting 35 at the tops. All in all the truck was bustin it's ass getting these things moving and it gets better MPG's than when not towing at all.
Im stumped
2002 F-250
5.4L Triton 2V
4R100 Automatic with 3.73 gears.
Could it be that when in OD the motor is lugging and that by keeping it revved like I had to a lot of the time, it was burning cleaner??
So I towed two trailers. One was a 26' which was about 6,000lbs. It was 33 miles one way, and on the way back I was not towing. It was mainly interstate, but there were some stop and go spots too.
The second trailer was 32' and I would guess about 8-9000lbs. It was the same 33 miles.
Anyway, When I filled up and averaged my mileage I got 13.94 mpg. I normally get between 11.5-13 without towing. I almost got 14mpg with a WHOLE lot more weight. How is that even possible? I was practically flooring it up entrance ramps and only hitting 35 at the tops. All in all the truck was bustin it's ass getting these things moving and it gets better MPG's than when not towing at all.
Im stumped
2002 F-250
5.4L Triton 2V
4R100 Automatic with 3.73 gears.
Could it be that when in OD the motor is lugging and that by keeping it revved like I had to a lot of the time, it was burning cleaner??
