Towing 3,000 Pounds
I need to buy a new tow vehicle, preferably a pickup, to tow our 3,000 pound Casita travel trailer. Our Requirements: 1. Comfort, power heated seats 2. Plenty of interior room (crew cab) 3. Safet...
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esjay wrote:
I'm forced to buy a 5.7, HEMI 5.7, or a 5.3. At least 50% of the time I won't be towing anything, so I will be sucking a lot more gas than necessary.
i don't think you've looked at mpg ratings for newer v-8's, like the 5.3 or the Hemi, both have AFM/DOD, which is the v-4 feature.
when i was looking for a new tow vehicle, if found that tne newer v-8 trucks had almost the same mpg ratings as their v-6 counterparts, especially the Frontier and Ridgeline. i found that only the Tacoma v-6 has noticably better gas mileage.
my heavy '07 Avalanche with the 5.3 v-8 with AFM/4 spd trans, often gets 20mpg driving from Napa to Sacramento and back.
it had the same mpg ratings as the Ridgeline, towed 2200lbs. more and could seat 6 adults comfortably.
do some research between v-6 trucks and v-8 trucks and i think you'll be surprised.
