Fuel cost to drive to Florida.

[scottyballs]

I'm looking for some feedback on what your fuel costs were to drive from southern Ontario (or even the Buffalo area) to the Tampa area of Florida.

Yes, I realize there are plenty of variables here. Tow vehicle, trailer size, mileage your vehicle gets, price of gas. But I am going crazy with litres, gals, US gals, KMS and miles. So if I could get a couple of ballpark figures ($500 -$800 $1000) just to give me somewhere to start.

I have a 3/4ton HD GMC 8cyl. pulling a 27 foot Cougar 5er. If someone has something similar that would help too.

Thanks.

[K_sKamper]

Use Mapquest to route your trip, enter your vehicle and it will calculate your cost for each trip.

[twopetes]

One question - Diesel or Gas?

Right now in SC we are under $2/gal for reg. gas and about $2.40 / gal diesel. A little higher in NC and GA.

Gas Buddy is a great idea. Both to estimate and to find the best prices on the road!

Safe travels!

[ACZL]

Snowman is right. Take whatever your currently getting for mpg's and divide the distance by the mpg. Get gallons and multiply by "X"/gallon and there ya go.

Sake of argument: 1300 miles. Truck gets/ave 10 mpg. 1300/10 = 130 x $2.50= $325.00 ONE WAY. To concur w/ Snowman again, figure 350 on the high side to give yourself some wiggle room (add more if necessary).

[laknox]

scottyballs wrote:
I'm looking for some feedback on what your fuel costs were to drive from southern Ontario (or even the Buffalo area) to the Tampa area of Florida.

Yes, I realize there are plenty of variables here. Tow vehicle, trailer size, mileage your vehicle gets, price of gas. But I am going crazy with litres, gals, US gals, KMS and miles. So if I could get a couple of ballpark figures ($500 -$800 $1000) just to give me somewhere to start.

I have a 3/4ton HD GMC 8cyl. pulling a 27 foot Cougar 5er. If someone has something similar that would help too.

Thanks.

Have you tracked your mileage yet? If so, simply take that number, divide the miles you want to travel by it to get total gallons. Use Gasbuddy.com, or another fuel price site, to get an average price and multiply. The GoodSam site has a trip planning feature if you're a member; so does AAA. Enter your specifics and it'll give you an estimated fuel cost.

An interesting thing about towing FWs is that, no matter how large, we all seem to get about 10-12 mpg, =on average=. Some get less if they're exceptionally large or the driver has a lead foot; others get more with smaller FWs and more conservative driving. I know that, on my usual 300 mile round trip to our annual boondock site, I picked up about 1.5 mpg by dropping down to 60 mph from 65. Of course, YMMV... :B

Lyle

[PCronin68]

sounds about right....I have done it several times from Massachusetts. My class A gets about 8-9 mpg. So around $400. A lot cheaper than flying

[Miles_Away]

Go to Gas Buddy.com and put in your potential fuel stops, they will give you the price per gallon all over the country. Then all you need to know what your vehicle's mileage is and plan accordingly.

[Snowman9000]

It's 1250 miles. When we had the same truck pulling the same size fiver, it would have used about 125 US gallons for 1250 miles. The average cost around the US right now seems to be $2.30-2.50/gallon. Say $2.50. 125 x 2.50 = $312.50. Figure $300 to $350 for your expense.

Close enough.