Diesel Towing MPG With Ultralight Trailer
Anybody have any idea what a late model 2500 series DIESEL truck pulling a mini trailer 3500lbs max trailer weight would be? My 2017 3.5 Ecoboost gets about 20 mpg highway empty. It gets 7-9 mpg to...
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Grodyman wrote:
It gets 7-9 mpg towing an untralight 4500lb trailer
I'm sensing a litte, "cooking the books" here. I get 9 with a less efficient gas engine pulling an 11,000# 5th wheel out west in the hills. Your Ecoboost has to do better than 7-9 with a 4500# trailer.
It sounds like the diesel will make more sense for range between fuel stops but the money saved on fuel alone will never pencil out in any reasonable amount of time.
