Gas Mileage
What kind of gas mileage could you get with a 37 foot fleetwood motor home with a: 454 Chevy Engine Allison Transmission Tag Axle. Are we talking 4 mpg, 6 mpg, or possibly 8 mpg. I'm just l...
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tropical36 wrote:fmattox73 wrote:
What kind of gas mileage could you get with a 37 foot fleetwood motor home with a:
454 Chevy Engine
Allison Transmission
Tag Axle.
Are we talking 4 mpg, 6 mpg, or possibly 8 mpg.
I'm just looking for an approximation under normal conditions as I have never had this rig on the road for more than a few miles at a time.
Frank
Are you saying that you have a rare P12 chassis here?
Didn't know that they made anything longer than 36ft on any of the Chevy chassis's either.
Anyway, in top gear on the flats, not towing and no wind, running about 55mph and not counting the genset, I would expect you'll see about 9mpg. Over the yrs and counting different terrain, idling, traffic stops with gear changes, about 7.5 overall.
Whatever it is, it's not significant over the cost of ownership, like depreciation per mile might be with the newer rigs.
I should probably mention that the best way to lessen your fuel costs and in effect increase your MPG, is to stay overnight in a Walmart, when feasible.
