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BigClay

BigClay

Knower of useless ZJ things
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Winston-Salem
Yep, 5.56. I sure wish I was talking about the Ammo, but instead I am talking about MPG. Just filled my tow rig up after towing the Jeep around with the camper in the bed. The V10 sure is thirsty!
 

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OUCH!
 
Have you pulled that setup thru some good hills like Fancy Gap or anything?

That’s drinking the fuel for sure, but I assume it’s all paid for. So if you don’t use it for 2 months, you didn’t pay for fuel or have a $500 truck payment!
 
77GreenMachine said:
Have you pulled that setup thru some good hills like Fancy Gap or anything?

That’s drinking the fuel for sure, but I assume it’s all paid for. So if you don’t use it for 2 months, you didn’t pay for fuel or have a $500 truck payment!
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That was just back and forth to URE, but I have to say, empty and cruising on the highway I have never gotten above 9 unloaded. Oh they are all paid for, and my DD gets 23, so it all works out in the end
 
4:10s would probably put you right in the torque curve and may improve mileage.

I was just asking because of the two good climbs on the way to Harlan. You’ll probably slow down some but you’ll be good. It ain’t about getting there fast, it’s about getting there and back!

Paid for is a good thing. So as you’re watching that gas hand move just remeber you don’t have a payment and you don’t have to put gas in it when you’re not using it!

I tow with the cheapo 6.0 (which does amazing) but when I get passed buy a luxury diesel truck going by me with ease and probably getting upper teens for mileage, I just remind myself they most likely have a monthly payment and it’s also probably their primary vehicle.
At the end of the day, we are ahead them financially. Not to put anyone with a truck payment down though by any means!
 
I get 9 mpg going up Fancy Gap at 65 mph with my 7.4 Suburban that I paid $ 4,500 with 60k Miles about 8 years ago pulling 6 k lb trailer and buggy. It’s got a 4:10 rear and I run 245 75 16 stock size tires. No payments, no weighted tag, just liability insurance. I spent my money on my dream buggy.
 
Nobody is getting upper teens mpg towing, unless they only have a moped on a car dolley.

The best I got was 13.9 in my 01 Ram CTD towing my 2,200 lb Samurai with no windshield on a single car trailer to Mountain City.
 
Should have got a Cummings. You'd need an auxiliary tank to hold all the fuel it would make going uphill [emoji23]

My 03 250 6.0 6spd used to get 12ish towing my rig, combined weight of 18500. The 6.7 in my 16 250 gets 10.5 to 11. The 6.7 has less gear (3.31 on stock 33s, the 03 was 4.10 on 35s)

Wind resistance makes a huge difference, my crawler on a deckover trailer feels like a sail, on a car trailer it's not as bad.

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15 550 6.7 stock tires and 4.30s deleted and tuned is averaging 12 that’s pulling 20000 or empty

18 f250 6.2 37s and 3.73s averaging 8.5 pulling sxs or Jeep
 
2012 Ford 6.7, 3.31 gears, stock 275 tires, pulling 8000lb excavator on 2500lb trailer gets about 13-14 mpg if I drive sensible, and drops to 11-12 if I'm in a hurry. Manually controlling the shifts also seems to help quite a bit.
 
My 7.3 has gotten high teens pulling my empty 12' x 6.5" trailer home from Surry County several times. Going up with the tractor is low teens.
 
My '04 F-350 4x4 C&C dually (6.0L/TorqShift/4.10s/8'x9' steel flatbed) averages 14 empty and about 10 dragging 7k-8k (Moss, trailer, gear)... dragging my brothers 27' enclosed loaded to about 13k-14k wasn't much lower.

As the rest have said, 100% paid for!... until the next upgrade :D
 
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