Fuel mileage
We where in the market to buy a class A diesel pusher within the next 6 mos. But with the new leadership in DC I’m afraid of the fuel cost going nuts. Therefore we have been thinking about buying a n...
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way2roll wrote:The original poster, not you BTW, claimed 13-14 mpg with a 2004 diesel pulling an 18,000 lb. fifth wheel.fj12ryder wrote:
Not you I don't think, there was a poster on the first or second page that was claiming 14-16 mpg pulling his 18,000 lb. fifth wheel. That raised a few eyebrows, and much disbelief. :)
You referring to me? If so my FW is nowhere near 18k. Not sure where that came from. It's slightly over 11k.
While I understand that MPG was never impressive on most trucks, it certainly wasn't on my old Ford, the new 6.7 with the 10 spd tranny is pretty impressive. Just about doubles the mileage on previous versions. I don't fret over MPG, never have, but that's what the computer tells me. I don't calculate it myself, and as another poster pointed out, I hadn't reset it so some of these figures could be skewed with non towing MPG. So there is that.
You guys sure do like to get your knickers all in a twist when someone has better MPG than the status quo. New trucks are more powerful and much more efficient. You should try driving one and educate yourself. Until you truly know what you are talking about it's all just drivel.
FWIW, I can almost believe your claim, at least the low end. I got 12-12.5 mpg with my 2001 Dodge Cummins, pulling a 12,000 lb. fifth wheel. So a little higher mileage pulling a little lighter 5th wheel with slightly better aerodynamics could certainly happen.
But it certainly is uncommon since you rarely hear of anyone purporting to get that kind of mileage pulling a large-ish 5th wheel.
