Fuel mileage
I have searched for answers in various forums but most are out of date or full of trolls/debates. We are looking at purchasing a heavy duty truck for towing a new fifth wheel. The fifth wheel will be ...
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Turtle n Peeps wrote:
06 Duramax diesel:
12- towing my 28' TT. (I'm usually at 75 MPH.)(year after year after year)
17- Mixed.
19- Highway.
(this year towing 5,700 miles it was 11.7. I hit 4 days of headwinds.) :M
For those of you that don't have to worry about fuel mileage, good for you. You must have a lot of money. I don't, so I have to budget. I only have so much to spend on vacation and that's it.
X2 well said.
Old truck, 7.3l dually. Very heavy trailer at 15k lbs.
Towing, I get anywhere from 7 to 10 mpg, but I own my truck.
The way I see it, if a trip is short, like 200 miles then I don't factor in fuel cost. But when we do 2k or 3k miles then knowing my mpg helps me to determine how far we can go and for how long.
