24 feet motorhome - 55 gl. fuel tank
Does anyone know exactly how much fuel is left in the tank when the low fuel indicator light comes on? (24 feet motorhome - 55 gl. Fuel tank). Thank You.
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I'm sure happy that Ford switched to a 55 gallon tank years ago!
We often travel with friends who have a motorhome older than ours but the same size. There's is a 24 foot E350 Class C with the Ford 460 engine. Ours is a 24 foot E450 Class C with the V10 engine. The 460 has only a 36 gallon tank and it seems like we're stopping "all the time" for them to fuel up ... when our tank is still showing more than half full. They have to be real careful when traveling the long distances out West to make sure that they don't get caught out in the middle of nowhere wanting to camp and maybe also use their built-in generator for air conditioning at the campsite. To make matters worse, I think the old 460 gets even worse gas mileage than a V10.
We hate fuel stops ... real rest stops at places other than on gas station concrete we welcome, however. I wish we had an even larger tank than 55 gallons, as I'd actually prefer at least a 750 mile range for our small motorhome. (Chevy was really on the ball by putting a 57 gallon tank in their cutaway van chassis models used for motorhomes - every gallon helps.)
By the way, being sure to actually fill up our E450's 55 gallon tank takes some effort. Automatic gas pumps stop filling our tank when it still can take around 5 gallons more. I have to trickle-fill at the gas pump for about 10 more minutes to get the last 5 gallons into the tank. Doing this, the gas gauge indicates "full" for around 50 more miles of travel - which translates into more time between gas stops.
I wonder how many 55 gallon tank Ford owners don't realize that they're probably carrying around only 50 gallons after they think that they've "filled up" their 55 gallon tank?
We often travel with friends who have a motorhome older than ours but the same size. There's is a 24 foot E350 Class C with the Ford 460 engine. Ours is a 24 foot E450 Class C with the V10 engine. The 460 has only a 36 gallon tank and it seems like we're stopping "all the time" for them to fuel up ... when our tank is still showing more than half full. They have to be real careful when traveling the long distances out West to make sure that they don't get caught out in the middle of nowhere wanting to camp and maybe also use their built-in generator for air conditioning at the campsite. To make matters worse, I think the old 460 gets even worse gas mileage than a V10.
We hate fuel stops ... real rest stops at places other than on gas station concrete we welcome, however. I wish we had an even larger tank than 55 gallons, as I'd actually prefer at least a 750 mile range for our small motorhome. (Chevy was really on the ball by putting a 57 gallon tank in their cutaway van chassis models used for motorhomes - every gallon helps.)
By the way, being sure to actually fill up our E450's 55 gallon tank takes some effort. Automatic gas pumps stop filling our tank when it still can take around 5 gallons more. I have to trickle-fill at the gas pump for about 10 more minutes to get the last 5 gallons into the tank. Doing this, the gas gauge indicates "full" for around 50 more miles of travel - which translates into more time between gas stops.
I wonder how many 55 gallon tank Ford owners don't realize that they're probably carrying around only 50 gallons after they think that they've "filled up" their 55 gallon tank?
