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pianotuna
Nomad III
May 14, 2023

What's your mileage?

Hi all,

The equipment: a 28'5" class C E-450 fully loaded weight of 13750 lbs. It has oversize wheels and tires to improve clearance. It has air tabs.

The trip was on pretty much flat prairie from Davidson Sk, to Pike Lake Sk and back. I'm a slow driver at 80 kph (50 mph)

Distance 371.5 kilometres (230.8 miles)

Fuel 83.609 litres (22.087 us gallons)

That works out to 22.6 litres per 100 k or 10.4 mpg US (13 mpg imperial)

Cost was $127.78 cdn

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  • I have nothing to compare that too, cause I’d go to sleep if I drove 50mph unless it was in a 45 mph zone. I typically do around 65, and usually get in the high 7’s.
  • wa8yxm's avatar
    wa8yxm
    Explorer III
    pianotuna wrote:

    That works out to 22.6 litres per 100 k or 10.4 mpg US (13 mpg imperial)


    Mine was a 37' Class A 8.1L vortec allison. With towed
    Original towed a 4.000 pound Chevy Lumina APV I got about 8 MPG
    Second towed 2500 pound Dodge Neon about 7 (I do know why)
    Now tow and a fresh wax job I hit 11 going East 10 west.

    Yes I waxed before my semi-annual migrations.

    Now days the MH is gone all I have is a 2014 JEEP with a ceramic wax job and a half (Actually two complete coats of heavy duty Ceramic coating

    Around 23 MPG average... 30+ at 65mph 40 at 55

    I looked up a 2020 Jeep Electric 22-23 MPGe So I'm as Green as if I drove an EV. perhaps Greener..
  • That sounds pretty typical. I haven't had a C for several years, but I had a 1998 Gulfstream built on an E-Super Duty (which later became the E450) with the gas V10. I often towed a 3000 lb-ish car. My mileage ranged from about 7-7.5 pulling the car at freeway speeds traveling from Western to Eastern Washington, and I could squeeze out close to 10 running solo down to the ocean with slower speeds and less freeway driving.

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