Truck Camper Mileage (Question Answered)

I have the 2017 4x4 F350, crew cab, SRW, long bed, 6.2 gasser, 3.73, locking rear axle. Get 14 to 16 mpg on highway at 60 to 65 mph. If I do 80 mph it will only get 10.5 to 12 mpg on the highway. In town I get 12 to 12.5 and when my wife drives it's more 10.5 to 11.5 in town. She has a lead foot :B. I don't have a TC yet but think I will be around 12 mpg on the highway with a hard side. Don't plan on going too heavy on the TC. Don't want slides and want to stay around 8 to 9 foot. Plan to drive at a reasonable speed. Usually I'm not in a hurry to get anywhere and I drive mostly on two lane highways where the speed is 65 mph.

jaycocreek wrote:

I owned a couple of F350s with the 460 engine. Neither ever got over 12 mpg empty - and 8-9 mpg with a camper. Both had 4.10 rear ends though.

Ya,I sure didn't expect that coming from another 460 in a small class c that did the 9-10's,but I'll keep it..My sons boss has an old 460 he claims does 14+ on the highway..I can't get that..I have just never been lucky with the big blocks and gas mileage until now..

Red is an anomaly also, the mpg I seem to be able to ring out of her is not the norm from what I've heard from other 460 owners. Also the ONLY decent mpg numbers come from highway driving, around town I get 9 or 10 at best...but she shines on the highway, even with 4.10's!

The thread diverted, so maybe moderator can separate the allowable speeds topics?
Having experience from driving on different continents, I can fist-hand testify that US is having many vehicles on the road becouse they SIT THERE instead of driving.
You can make 300 miles on German autobahn in 2 hr and autobahns are 2-lanes.
Still be safer than making 300 miles in 5 hr on US freeways, who around big agglomerations have huge number of lanes.
Main issue I observe is that US has no law enforcement on the roads.
Took my California friends about 20 minutes of driving on autobahn to get pulled over for blocking fast lane.

jaycocreek wrote:

Kayteg1 wrote:
Than with all those years on the road and all the accidents I pass I have never seen the speed killing anyone.
It is sadden stops that do.
Like running into slow moving camper ;)

My reply was to this which followed RangerTims post that said..."I work for Idaho Transportation and see accidents almost everyday. Virtually all the camper wrecks could have been avoided if they had been more conservative with their speed."

So if I misread your intent about his post,sorry...I think he knows more about Idaho roads than most and he only refereed to Idaho roads,not anywhere else.

This true even for the drivers not at fault in the accident, but speed prevented them from being able to take evasive action. Word around here is that speed limits are two high now for the amount of vehicles on the roads (running closer together) today.

OP, I sent PM to you about your mileage. I think I can help.

Kayteg1 wrote:
Than with all those years on the road and all the accidents I pass I have never seen the speed killing anyone.
It is sadden stops that do.
Like running into slow moving camper ;)

My reply was to this which followed RangerTims post that said..."I work for Idaho Transportation and see accidents almost everyday. Virtually all the camper wrecks could have been avoided if they had been more conservative with their speed."

So if I misread your intent about his post,sorry...I think he knows more about Idaho roads than most and he only refereed to Idaho roads,not anywhere else.

You should make up your mind.
One time you are talking about kills, other time about crashes, than from general statements you go to Idaho only?

Your reply was to Idaho crashes not Germany..

Idaho Traffic Crashes 2016 provides an annual description of motor vehicle ..... Speed played the biggest role in single?vehicle crashes

jaycocreek wrote:


As to the silly remark earlier that speed don't kill...You couldn't be more wrong!

Well... it is not matter of opinions. It is plain fact - easy available on google to check.
Here are statistics for German freeways, where 100 mph keeps you on slow lane.

wikipedia wrote:
Safety. In 2014, autobahns carried 31% of motorized road traffic while accounting for 11% of Germany's traffic deaths. The autobahn fatality rate of 1.6 deaths per billion travel-kilometres compared favorably with the 4.6 rate on urban streets and 6.5 rate on rural roads.

Dare to compare to US freeways with snail traffic?

I owned a couple of F350s with the 460 engine. Neither ever got over 12 mpg empty - and 8-9 mpg with a camper. Both had 4.10 rear ends though.

Ya,I sure didn't expect that coming from another 460 in a small class c that did the 9-10's,but I'll keep it..My sons boss has an old 460 he claims does 14+ on the highway..I can't get that..I have just never been lucky with the big blocks and gas mileage until now..

I had a slew of 454's..On one,when I hit 150 miles there better be a gas station shortly pulling a large trailer..Another seemed like it got 8 no matter what I did with another dipping to 4-5-ish mpg towing,about the same as my old Kenworth.

One just never knows..

Example:..In high school the fastest car in town(Boise Idaho) for the 1/4 mile was my friends dad's car..Chevy Malibu with a stock 396/automatic.. Beat all the hopped up cars in Boise with ease...It was a one of a kind..So every once in a while a really good engine comes off the assembly line and most everyone thinks there all the same,but there not, for some reason!

I have learned that when towing heavy or hauling heavy,mpg differs sometimes by quite abit with the same factory marked engine because of driving habits...To some it's the petal to the metal(The need for speed and bragging rights) and others don't really care and just enjoy the ride with there RV..

As to the silly remark earlier that speed don't kill...You couldn't be more wrong!

jaycocreek wrote:
They used to say the old Ford 460 would pass anything but a gas station ..Looking at the numbers posted here it ain't all that bad..

13-14 empty and 11 loaded with camper and that's over the pass from Idaho to Montana.

I owned a couple of F350s with the 460 engine. Neither ever got over 12 mpg empty - and 8-9 mpg with a camper. Both had 4.10 rear ends though.