Most Efficient .5 Ton While Towing

This thread was about an efficiency comparison. Why all the belly achin' from so many of you that are obviously not interested? Move along.

:)

1320Fastback wrote:
I just look at the money saved while towing is that much more ammo I can buy.

You saved money vs. what?.....
There is no savings to be had other than not towing at all.
If you tow a RV trailer fuel cost will be substantial no matter how you rationalize it.

js218 wrote:
All this concern over fuel economy while towing is hilarious, hand calculating , fill it to the top yada yada yada. Maybe you choose the wrong hobby, since January I've spent $2100 on fuel. My rig is a fuel hog but then I didn't buy for it's economy .

There are a few people that have no problem gaining some knowledge, others want to keep there head in a dark place. I see no need to talk down to those that ask a few questions, after all that should be the purpose of this forum.

js218 wrote:
All this concern over fuel economy while towing is hilarious, hand calculating , fill it to the top yada yada yada. Maybe you choose the wrong hobby, since January I've spent $2100 on fuel. My rig is a fuel hog but then I didn't buy for it's economy .

I have no concern over my fuel economy. I just stated mine as reference. If I was overly concerned about it I wouldn't have towed my trailer close to 50000 miles now. My tow rig gets 18.5 city when not towing and about 23 on the highway empty too. Absolutely nothing to be concerned about there in my eyes. :D

All this concern over fuel economy while towing is hilarious, hand calculating , fill it to the top yada yada yada. Maybe you choose the wrong hobby, since January I've spent $2100 on fuel. My rig is a fuel hog but then I didn't buy for it's economy .

Perrysburg Dodgeboy wrote:
So why didn't they use the new 3.0 diesel Ford has? That surely would have been the top dog in a MPG test. The Ecodiesel comes back sometime this year (I'm hearing second quarter) than maybe TFL will test the two.

Don

Better yet make it all diesels. GM, Ford and Ram 1/2 tons.

So why didn't they use the new 3.0 diesel Ford has? That surely would have been the top dog in a MPG test. The Ecodiesel comes back sometime this year (I'm hearing second quarter) than maybe TFL will test the two.

Don

I just look at the money saved while towing is that much more ammo I can buy.

camp-n-family wrote:
Efficient and towing are two words that don’t belong in the same sentence.

EXACTLY.

It's still mind boggling why some folks get so wrapped in "what kind of fuel 'economy' will my truck get when towing."

I guess they are afraid of the fuel cost of going on vacation and towing their RV. If they are "that concerned" about the cost, then they shouldn't be RVing to begin with. LOL