Best towing vehicles for best MPGs
What are some of the best current and past trucks/suv that allow for maximum MPGs when towing (for either smaller or larger TTs)?
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OBSPowerstroke wrote:
How's this for a comparison of diesel vs gas:
My friend's '12 6.2 V8 Ford Raptor towing a Lance 1575 trailer between La Grande and Mount Hood at 70 MPH through a horrendous headwind returned a spectacular 7.5 MPG. My '16 6.7 Powerstroke returned 16.5 MPG on the same stretch.
Disclaimer: I wasn't towing since I had to abandon my trailer in Boise due to a broken leaf spring that I get to go back and fix next weekend. If I was towing, I probably would have been able to eek out about 9 MPG, but keep in mind my trailer is twice the weight, taller, a foot wider, and double axle.
Seems like conditions are just as important as the vehicle. If you can keep it flat, slow with no stop and go and avoid the headwinds your mileage will be ok.
I left Portland with a 5.9 Cummins and 10,000# trailer and arrived at my campsite in Yellowstone averaging 11.5 mpg. Unhooked the trailer, saw the park, and my mileage average increased to 12.5. Kept the 12.5 all the way to the Columbia River Gorge and a headwind. By the time I got home my average for the entire trip was 9.8 mpg. I was ready to be home so I most likely pushed it pretty hard. I did not tow at 80 in Idaho!
