Let’s hear your best MPG and driving style ?
..... back on the forum with a new rig .....
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My 40,000 lb. Dynasty averaged about 7.5 with the 425 HP Cummins over 69,000 miles (always pulling a toad).
My 55,500 lb. Prevost averaged about 6.5 with the 500 HP Volvo over 63,000 miles (always pulling a toad).
My new 9,300 lb. Sprinter (22.9 ft.) has been averaging about 18-20 mpg without the toad. Towing the 4,200 lb. Lincoln MKX toad, I averaged about 16 mpg. The Sprinter has the 188 HP Mercedes V-6 diesel engine.
I now have purchased a new-to-me 2,800 lb. toad that needs to be set-up for towing.
Recently in the Sprinter, I joined a friend who was taking a delivery of a new motorhome in Iowa. With my friend being a 'newb', we drove 55 mph over a 700 mile trek home following each other.
My Sprinter recorded 21.1 mpg on that fairly flat terrain on two tanks of fuel. I have always enjoyed checking my fuel mileage just for the heck of it. One thing it shows me, slowing down will get you better mileage and life is not a race in a motorhome.
Safe travels,
MM.
My 55,500 lb. Prevost averaged about 6.5 with the 500 HP Volvo over 63,000 miles (always pulling a toad).
My new 9,300 lb. Sprinter (22.9 ft.) has been averaging about 18-20 mpg without the toad. Towing the 4,200 lb. Lincoln MKX toad, I averaged about 16 mpg. The Sprinter has the 188 HP Mercedes V-6 diesel engine.
I now have purchased a new-to-me 2,800 lb. toad that needs to be set-up for towing.
Recently in the Sprinter, I joined a friend who was taking a delivery of a new motorhome in Iowa. With my friend being a 'newb', we drove 55 mph over a 700 mile trek home following each other.
My Sprinter recorded 21.1 mpg on that fairly flat terrain on two tanks of fuel. I have always enjoyed checking my fuel mileage just for the heck of it. One thing it shows me, slowing down will get you better mileage and life is not a race in a motorhome.
Safe travels,
MM.
