buc1980
houston tx
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What the mile per gallon you get pulling the FW.I get 6-9 with a front strong wind.That the first time when I get so poor MPG.
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BB_TX
McKinney, Texas
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Strong head wind can make a huge difference. Typical drive over flat to rolling country with little wind at 70 mph my 2012 F350 6.7 would avg about 11. A little head wind would drop to 10. A lot of headwind down to about 9.
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Cummins12V98
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70mph, some head wind and rolling hills towing a 5er getting 11. Not calling anyone a liar but speed kills.
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JRscooby
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Over years of watching it, I found a cross wind is worse than straight-on head wind. Worse is front quarter, where pushing against front and side.
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JIMNLIN
Oklahoma
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Worst with present Dodge/Cummins was 9.9-10.2 mpgs (pencil figures) for 590 miles pulling my old very flat front profile square corners 11400 lb 5th wheel rv trailer.
We followed a large CO/TX/OK/KS thunder storm with 38-42 mph blow back head winds for that trip that lasted over 13 hours/590 miles till we made it home.
Worst ever was 4 mpgs in the late '70s using 460/454 with 4.10-4.56 gears carbureted big blocks one ton drw trucks pulling heavy GN flatdeck trailers. Gas stations had gas wars back then with 18-20 cents a gallon gas.
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GottaRunGottaCamp
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We get 9 mpg pulling a 2019 Torque 371, 43' 17K GVW
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RetiredRealtorRick
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buc1980 wrote:What the mile per gallon you get pulling the FW.I get 6-9 with a front strong wind.That the first time when I get so poor MPG.
6.2L gas or 6.7L diesel?
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ford truck guy
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As long as I behave and stay under 70, i'm at 11.0 -11.5...
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phillyg
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2005 F350, 6.0, Montana 3711FL, maybe 15,000lbs, get 9.5mpg.
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valhalla360
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BB_TX wrote:Strong head wind can make a huge difference. Typical drive over flat to rolling country with little wind at 70 mph my 2012 F350 6.7 would avg about 11. A little head wind would drop to 10. A lot of headwind down to about 9.
Wind makes a huge difference. When we had our old 7.3 F250 pulling 9k lb 5er. We had ranges from 7mpg to 16mpg
- 7mpg was into a 30mph headwind.
- 16mpg was with a 30mph tailwind.
Both were short days where we called it early.
Long term average with that truck was just shy of 13mpg.
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