Gas milage on a 2015~

[Captain Ahab]

I was shocked that a Chrysler T/C doesn't get better gas milage than that.

Looks like he ran E85 most of the time. That will do it.

 

[Kickemup]

I get 9 pulling a camper with my 2013 cummins and around 17-18 without. Best I got was 24 going to grand forks with a 20mph tail wind. I really don't care what a pickup gets for mpg as long as it gets me where I'm going. My wife has one of them pos ford's with the little ecoboost and only gets about 30.

 

[Radar13]

Last Sunday my my 16 tundra with 300 miles on it I pulled my Skeeter 1850 to alkaline I got 13'6 going and 9.6 with a decent head wind coming back to Bismarck. I hope my mileage goes up a little as it breaks in I'm not expecting miracles. the plus side to this TRD Pro model the ride is a world difference from my rock warrior model.

 

[stalker]

I was shocked that a Chrysler T/C doesn't get better gas milage than that.

Maybe if I went down a tire size............



Really though. It's the E85. It's about a 30% down in MPG to run E85 in this rig. It rarely ever pays off, but there was a short window this summer where it did. Now I'm back to E10.

 

[guywhofishes]

I am still amazed a company named a truck "TRD Pro".

 

[Auggie]

2012 Tundra Double Cab: Minot to Devils (only pull boat around Devils) back to Minot over the weekend I get 15.7mpg everytime. It's 120 miles to Devils I probably pull the boat another 75 miles over the weekend.

I pulled my boat back to Minot a few weeks ago. I bucked a 20mph wind. Pickup had 9.9mpg. That was pulling it at 75 (Chevy wouldn't have done that with that wind and would have been 8mpg at 60mph).

I took it to the Bison game last week and took Hwy 52 to Fargo. Round trip, I was at 13.3 mpg. That was with about 50% E85. I like the pickup, it has a lot more power than my 2004 5.3 Silverado and better mileage.

I sat in the back seat from Carrington to Minot I wanted to see how comfortable the back seat is. I sat behind my buddy riding shotgun. He didn't have the seat cranked forward and we were both comfortable.

All my Chevy's have been good to me. I really like my Tundra.

 

[MT11]

2010 GMC pulling a Polaris Ranger into a 30 mph head wind. Filled up ever 150 miles. I getting a diesel next time. My avg over 180000 miles on the pickup is 13.5.

 

[Radar13]

I think TRD Pro sounds hilarious myself but the truck is pretty nice.

 

[walleyefisher_nd]

Anyone running an ecodiesel? I'm curious as to what North Dakota mileage is. I've read a lot about them, but most of the mileage reports are from down south with warmer weather and slower speed limits.

 

[Davy Crockett]

Played with my econ indicator all the way to Fargo and back and learned a few things. 08 ford with 5.4 engine ,Sticker EST MPG 13/17

10% ethanol 87 octane. Mostly drove 65 MPH as I went through Carrington both ways. Had a strong headwind and a bulky load with the end gate down but load catching some wind on the way down 15.3 MPG. In the end, the computer and the pencil were within 2/10th of a MPG even though I had reset the indicator several times during the trip. 15 miles were city miles .

On the way back I started out at 15 with the air conditioner on and end gate shut. turned the air off and reset and gained 1 MPG . Stopped and opened end gate, gained another MPG. I was right at 17 MPG most of the way but when the sun went down I was in the high 17s ended up 17.8 for the last hour and a half of the trip. I have seen it with old tractors when the sun went down they pulled a lot better because the air gets heavier, With fuel injection I didn't think it would make a difference but i'm guessing heavy air must clear the cylinder better on the exhaust stroke. Or it might a been some wind that went down after dark. In a nutshell, I was ok but not doing cartwheels over 17.8 MPG, I actually thought it was getting under 15 on the highway. It made the drive less boring with all the tinkering going on.

Stalker, I'm impressed with your spreadsheet , I did it on heavy equipment for a while but it was a pain. I think I will start keeping better track of my highway miles from now on.

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[SDMF]

I'm getting a diesel next time. My avg over 180000 miles on the pickup is 13.5.

Assuming 3/4T, a new diesel from Chevy, Ford, or Dodge isn't going to net you any better average over 180K assuming mixed driving, unless you're going to slow down to <70MPH.

 

[MT11]

Pulling I run about 7-9 mpg. Diesel pickups will beat that at least the 2002 dodge pickup with hydra bale feeder we have have at home will not sure about the new paint on the market.

 

[sweeney]

pulling a light load like a 18ft boat or a ranger/atv or something the diesels will get way better than 7-9. However throw a 13k camper and a 4-5k boat behind it at highway speeds and you will be in the 7-10. Just my 18ft boat tandem axle trailer i get 13-14 @70 mph, on interstate 11-13 @80mph. camper and boat interstate 8-9, and 9-11 under 70 mph. If it goes through a stupid regen you can take -1-2 mpgs for that trip. unloaded @80 i get 15-17. Under 70 mph its 17-19 unless it regens on an 09dmax.2500. for what its worth.

 

[SDMF]

pulling a light load like a 18ft boat or a ranger/atv or something the diesels will get way better than 7-9. However throw a 13k camper and a 4-5k boat behind it at highway speeds and you will be in the 7-10. Just my 18ft boat tandem axle trailer i get 13-14 @70 mph, on interstate 11-13 @80mph. camper and boat interstate 8-9, and 9-11 under 70 mph. If it goes through a stupid regen you can take -1-2 mpgs for that trip. unloaded @80 i get 15-17. Under 70 mph its 17-19 unless it regens on an 09dmax.2500. for what its worth.

My 11 Ford 6.7L PSD is pretty much identical except I can't say with any certainty how I'd do pulling double as I never have. Pulled my 28' bumper hitch camper 1 time @ 65-68MPH and got 9MPG.

MT11 you're right that pulling light the diesel will beat what you're seeing, however, over 180K of mixed driving I doubt you'd be more than 1/2MPG off of the 13.5 you posted above.