Gas mileage
I am just curious as to how others are doing with gas mileage. I have a 1993 Ford Jamboree 27' with the 460 motor and I am getting just over 8 miles to the gallon. I am not complaining as I knew gas...
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pnichols wrote:
Since most Class C motorhomes are kindof large as compared to pickups, family sedans and SUVs ... we cruise like a truck in our RV at "truck speeds" on the open road.
We travel at 55-60 MPH on highways and freeways on trips - the same as the legal speed is for trucks in many parts of the country. We do this in truck lanes as much as possible, however, so as to not irritate the speed demons around us.
Traveling at these modest cruising speeds is not only a very safe way to drive a 12,000 lb. vehicle, but it also gets us in the neighborhood of 10+ MPG fuel economy with our Ford V10 Class C motorhome. Speed kills gas mileage (and sometimes ... people) when moving a big box down the road.
Once again we agree, nothing new... The first half of our trip, mostly I-40, I cruised at 62 and with stop and go city driving thrown in we averaged about 9.3. Now i have backed off to about 57-58 and we are averaging 9.7-10. This with the V-10 in our 2012 24' C.
After 2 weeks in New England we have headed west and are in upstate NY southwest of Albany. Elkhart is a few days down the road with lots to see along the way.
Paid $3.64 on the CC in MA today but that's the first gas we've bought in 8 days.
:C
