Real MPGs for your rig?

[bdog1]

E350 Quigley EB. No tech IDI 7.3
Flat ground. 16.5. Little better if weather is cold (Florida cold anyways)

Dropped from 33 1250s to 31.5 " and lost a little mileage! Doah!


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[Mountainhound]

That sounds like a 460 don't matter what your doing it's mileage is it's mileage.

1995 Sportsmobile Quigley (4wd) E350, 7.5l 460 gas engine

10mpg

towing - 10
flying - 10
idling - 10
wheeling - 10
highway at 55 - 10
highway at 85 - 10
towing 10k lbs - 10
towing nothing - 10
city driving - 10
climbing - 10
coasting downhill - 10

:smiley_drive:

 

[deserteagle56]

That sounds like a 460 don't matter what your doing it's mileage is it's mileage.

Hey, my 2007 V10 is the same way! It came with 3.73 gears and got 12 mpg. I changed gearing to 4.56 and still get 12 mpg - uphill, downhill, freeway at 75 mph or dirt road at 45 mph. I'm thinking it's a plot that Ford and the oil companies are collaborating on!

2007 E350 Quigley 4x4 on LT285/70R17 Toyo MTs 4.56 gears.

 

[Gtdad]

2002 E25o Traverse 5.4 3.73 gearing K&N air filter
245 16 nokian rotiva 2wd
13 city
18 highway unless in in the mountains

 

[Scoutn79]

'79 Scout II
345CI, 33x12.5 MT's 3.73, 4 speed, 6500lbs "Guess" 16.5 on the hiway at 65 or less and 10-13 off-road two track driving and about 6 mpg if it's all low range crawling.

Darrell

 

[Scoutn79]

2010 2.5L CVT Subaru OB our trip this week was with the 4x6 lifetime tent trailer + two parents bikes on the roof in fork mounts with 30inch wide 7ft long roof box between the bikes on 54inch bars + two kids our trip average was 19.5mpg. Similar trips without the bikes on the lid we saw 21-22mpg. No roof rack gear or trailer we typically see trip averages of 28-32mpg. Around town we get 23-24mpg.

2007 Toyota Sequoia Limited 4.7L (stock sized BFG Rugged Terrains) our trip this summer over a 9000ft pass with 14-26% grades pulling the LifeTime Tent Trailer 5 passengers and gear we were averaging 14mpg for the trip. No trailer road trips we typically get 17mpg.

Just for the hell of it Grandpas 2005 SLK350 which the wife and I are taking next week on a two day trip we typically see 28-30mpg averages as long as we keep it under 85mph.

The old 93 Land Cruiser we never got better than 13mpg and the worst was 10mpg didn't matter what we were hauling or towing that was what we got with 285 BFG's on it.

Where wee you driving where you ran into 14-26% grades?

Darrell

 

[calicamper]

Where wee you driving where you ran into 14-26% grades?

Darrell

California Sierras, highway 108 Sonora Pass.

 

[quickfarms]

1989 ford FT900, 7.8 diesel, allison MT643, 4.88 gears, detroit locker in both rear axles, MH front axle, low pro 22.5's

GVW 50,000 lbs

About 8 mpg at 58 mph

 

[Mountainhound]

Now I've heard that about the v10 but not to the extent of the 460. Good to know though.

Hey, my 2007 V10 is the same way! It came with 3.73 gears and got 12 mpg. I changed gearing to 4.56 and still get 12 mpg - uphill, downhill, freeway at 75 mph or dirt road at 45 mph. I'm thinking it's a plot that Ford and the oil companies are collaborating on!

2007 E350 Quigley 4x4 on LT285/70R17 Toyo MTs 4.56 gears.

 

[kcernest]

93 lwb E350 class III ambo
75k on a 7.3 non turbo IDI
Quigley 4x4
Dana 60 lsd w/3.54
285/75/16 AT's

13.5 mpg combined/more highway than city

 

[Abe Froman]

2014 4cyl 7sp MB sprinter with SMB penthouse top and roof rack.
22.9 avg overall short town trips and Southern California freeway.
Rural country roads (Utah, Colorado) = 25+ mpg easy.

 

[snoozy]

2014 4cyl 7sp MB sprinter with SMB penthouse top and roof rack.
22.9 avg overall short town trips and Southern California freeway.
Rural country roads (Utah, Colorado) = 25+ mpg easy.

Ooh! Now that sounds more like it!

 

[HannesM]

2008 MB Sprinter 2,2 diesel 95kW with 6 gear manual
9,8f of hight, 9200lbs of weight, 235/65 R16C tyres on 4,5bar
26+mpg, max 60mph on highway with cruisecontrol.
22 mpg in city

 

[Mountainhound]

2011 f250 4x4 xcab short bed 6.7l 285-75-18 (35") toyo at2 if I drive like me then 17 but last couple months been driving more conservatively and getting 18.7 winter around 15 but I get plowing that drops don't know how bad but bad.

1994 land cruiser 2.5" lift 255-85-16 toyo mt 14 if i'm lucky.

 

[echo7tango]

2014 Grand Cherokee, Diesel 3.0 V-6, stock 4X4 with Quadra-Lift, 8sp auto: 22.3 MPG overall.

Doing 65 MPH highway she gets over 30 MPG, but who drives the speed limit? Not in the wide open western states, anyway.