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Explorer

May 07, 2016

1/2 ton towing

I have never heard such a bs story in my life. my daughter told me this story. a guy who works with her husband bought a 1/2 ton TT and was towing with a 1/2 ton truck, make and engine unknown, he towed it a very short distance spent the weekend and drove home. he claims he only got 1 mpg, that's right one miles per gallon towing. mind you he just bought the truck six months ago and the TT a month ago, he was so disappointed in the milage he went out and bought $60K ram diesel and is now getting 19 miles per gallon. now either he can't figure out gas mileage or he Bs'd his wife into letting him get a bigger truck. one mile per gallon, a great story I will have to look into this a little more

goducks10
Explorer
May 07, 2016
Well I guess his wife believed him. He got a new truck. :)
downtheroad
Explorer
May 07, 2016
What we have here is the failure of the American education system.

and...by the way, since when should we listen to what the wife of a friends coworker's sister said anyway?
Dave_H_M
Explorer II
May 07, 2016
ummmm, that sounds like a "once upon a time" story. :B
Lynnmor
Explorer
May 07, 2016
With such low intelligence, he should never have been allowed to have a drivers license.
gbopp
Explorer
May 07, 2016
old guy wrote:
now either he can't figure out gas mileage or he Bs'd his wife into letting him get a bigger truck.

I'm going with the BS and bigger truck theory. ;)
Bumpyroad
Explorer
May 07, 2016
didn't happen. after I gas up and drive 100 ft or so mine reads 6-8. yeah buying a $60,000 truck makes lots of economic sense. :s
bumpy
KD4UPL
Explorer
May 07, 2016
If you drove a very short distance, maybe up a lot of elevation, and he has a heavy foot, I could see how the truck's computer might have said 1 MPG. However, I still think it's BS.
wecamp04
Explorer
May 07, 2016
1mpg would definitely be very short trips,hope he likes his new diesel truck.