The end all thread on class A gas mpg with v10

I quit trying to compare myself with others on this forum. We have a 2002 Itasca 32V Sunrise. when we took our first two long trips, I religiously calculated the mileage per tank, averaged out at 7.9 mpg towing a 2 door jeep wrangler rag top. We went from the Seattle area to lake Powell and back, and then to Anaheim and back. Started to feel inadequate with all the numbers I was seeing on this forum. Discovered what other posters have said. I didn't buy the MH to get good gas mileage, so now I don't really look at mileage, just drive to where were going, fill up when I need to, and drive it back home. Wonderful fun.

dieharder wrote:

MagillaGorilla wrote:
I have a V10 Ford in my 36' motorhome and get a consistent 14.5 miles to the gallon.................


........Is something no one ever said.

Oh it's been said... by people trying to sell it...

Dangit....ya beat me to it! LOL

MagillaGorilla wrote:
I have a V10 Ford in my 36' motorhome and get a consistent 14.5 miles to the gallon.................


........Is something no one ever said.

Until they went to sell it. ;)

AllegroD wrote:
I am betting that the title is wrong. There will be more V10 MPG topics to read. Just like the hundreds before this one.

Now onto the Last Walmart Camping topic.

BTW, I don't monitor it constant but we avg about 7MPG.

What completely baffles me, is the lack of ...depreciation per mile topics... and the real cost of ownership.

If you're worried about gas consumption, maybe you shouldn't be an RVer. I rarely did accurate checks, but our 32' box got about 8 mpg. Filled it when it needed it. If the trip budget got tight, we'd stay in a CG longer than originally planned and maybe shorten a trip.

Our previous rig was a 26' Class C with a caburetor-equipped 460. That go about 6 mpg at sea level and about 4.5 mpg at altitude. The EFI on the V-10 got consistent mileage regardless of altitude.

In the end, it was the combination of high CG fees and high gas prices that ran us out of the lifestyle.

On my '99 MH over the past 30k+ miles I've averaged 8.2 mpg. The scangage will show an average but it's never as accurate as miles divided by gals used and recorded & averaged over a long period of time/miles.

I have had two F53 chassis both bought new, one prior to 1998 and the other after 2001, two different horsepower ratings. Neither V-10 got over 8mpg even going down hill, I believe the average on motorhome is 7-7.5mpg with a clean air filter and fuel filter. I have friends with the V-10 in a f350 pickup truck pulling nothing still gets around 8mpg at best. Anyone getting over maybe 8.5mpg on occasion with a motorhome needs a new calculator.

1999 fleetwood bounder 34v

20k gvwr

full tank of water, holding tanks about half. full fuel tank

running at about 50mph I get about 8-10 mpg

running at about 60mph I get about 6mpg.

My question is which is more valuable.. the hours of my life ill spend in the drivers seat, versus the unarmed robbery ill be victim to at the pump lol

AllegroD wrote:

othertonka wrote:
also I have recorded 20 MPG on the scan gauge going down hill but that is only accurate for that part of the trip.

yup. Down the rockies.

Call me crazy but since it was posted in a class a forum I thought this would be about V10 in the MH. I see we are comparing towed as well. Really. While the OP started talking about MH I find it disengenuous to throw everything into the discussion.

Sure, a V10 in a 350 can get 75 MPG ;) towing a bicycle in a littele red wagon. Talking about different formats, including towing, does not correlate.

They are in fact very similar, as has been proven by many here!

othertonka wrote:
also I have recorded 20 MPG on the scan gauge going down hill but that is only accurate for that part of the trip.

yup. Down the rockies.

Call me crazy but since it was posted in a class a forum I thought this would be about V10 in the MH. I see we are comparing towed as well. Really. While the OP started talking about MH I find it disengenuous to throw everything into the discussion.

Sure, a V10 in a 350 can get 75 MPG ;) towing a bicycle in a littele red wagon. Talking about different formats, including towing, does not correlate.