First towing experience??

[wustydemo]

Hey guys...took my first trip with the new truck...I pulled a 24' foot travel trailer (6,000 lbs.) about 200 miles. I averaged 70 mph with the A/C on and no real hills (in Florida) got about 12.5 miles per gallon. I have a F-250 with 3.73 rearend and totally stock 6.0L engine. The tuck has 20" wheels and FX4 package...is this gas mileage about right? I was expecting better only towing 6,000lbs??? Any advice or opinions welcome and appreciated.

[strokerboy73]

seems right to me. Even tho you are towing 6,000lbs you are still going to have pretty good wind resistance. i dont think thats to bad. what were your rpms at?

[wustydemo]

rpms were around 2000 steady...ran the cruise for a good bit. I pushed the tow/haul button and kept it in over drive. Is there ever a time I should not use over drive? I know when towing with my gas burner i could not even put it in over drive.

[tonypagnano]

not to jack this thread but speaking of rpms, my 99 7.3 runs 50mph at 1500rpms in overdrive and runs at about 2100rpms at about 70mph. I believe i have 3.73 this sound right? (single cab single rear wheel f350)

[strokerboy73]

over drive - a lot of guys say to not even pull anything in overdrive, but i think on all the newer trucks it is ok, but i am not 100% sure. I have an 03. And i pull in OD, but it all depends on the road, hills, speed limit, and wieght. I wouldnt worry to much about OD. just dont lug the heck out the truck. And back to milage, i would say thats ok on mpg, but i thought the 6.0s were suppost to do a little better than that..... A guy that hauls for us gets any where between 10-14 pulling 14-18k lbs. But that was before his truck started all the famous 6.0 problems.

[BryanH]

Originally Posted by wustydemo

Hey guys...took my first trip with the new truck...I pulled a 24' foot travel trailer (6,000 lbs.) about 200 miles. I averaged 70 mph with the A/C on and no real hills (in Florida) got about 12.5 miles per gallon. I have a F-250 with 3.73 rearend and totally stock 6.0L engine. The tuck has 20" wheels and FX4 package...is this gas mileage about right? I was expecting better only towing 6,000lbs??? Any advice or opinions welcome and appreciated.

Towing a 6000lbs brick, I think 12.5 is not half bad. Do you have an enclosed underbully on the trailer?
Talk to some of these guys about a programmer, That will get you better MPG's

[2005F250]

I get 11mpg empty. Towing anything over 4000 lbs I will get around 9mpg.

[huhner5]

I get bout 18-19 empty at 65mph and bout 10.5 towing 12k

[wustydemo]

Originally Posted by BryanH

Towing a 6000lbs brick, I think 12.5 is not half bad. Do you have an enclosed underbully on the trailer?
Talk to some of these guys about a programmer, That will get you better MPG's

No there is no enclosed underbelly on the trailer. A correction on my rpms...they were holding around 1800 at 70 and 2000 at 75. Just thought I would get better mileage...still unsure on teh over drive. I will continue to use it with the tow/haul button engaged...guess it will not matter...transmission is probably designed for it.

[wustydemo]

bump...looking for more advice on using transmission when towing...any towing advice would be appreciated...