Best mileage tow vehicle

[U81I812]

The guy is pulling a two place trailer, why are people talking about diesels??

 

[Weekday Warrior]

are you talking about a mechanical 12V? or an electronic 12V?

mech 12v

89-93 5.9L

 

[Jaynelson]

The guy is pulling a two place trailer, why are people talking about diesels??

Jeezus at least someone gets it...

 

[ibdoon]

Kind of wondering the same thing? Seems like someones sucking up a little to much black smoke. Unless your pulling a heavy load stay away from diesels they cost way to much. 17 liter oil changes, heavy trucks= poor mileage period. All i'm seeing is someone trying to justify the old dodge chevy ford BS.
Unless you compare identical trucks it's all BS. if you like dodge that's real nice. I'm still not buying one.

You definitely don't need a full size truck to pull a 2 place trailer, that's for sure. try a test drive with the set up you want to tow and try a few test drives and see what tows the best and then make a decision.

A 26 ft trailer is a different story, and diesel trucks start to make sense, but you have to weed out the brand loyal BS.

 

[U81I812]

You should look into a Mack, Freightliner or maybe a Peterbuilt. Anything less you'll just be wasting your time.


The freekin guy just needs a good V6.

Create your own thread.

"How to make myself fell good about wasting money on a diesel"!!!!!!!!!

 

[thebigtreeman]

Wait a minute...so you don't need a diesel for a two place?

 

[Doo-er]

got an 05 chevy tahoe 5.3, K&N filter, cut the screen on the mass air flow sensor, and a flowmaster. Went from 17 on the highway to what you see below.
19 to 20 mpg running the mountains
20 to 22 mpg on the flats
16 to 18 mpg around town

 

[raysxc700]

my cousins 03 chevy slivy 2 wheel drive pulling a steel 3place 4 sleds 74 mph gets
21-23 mpg

i have a 93 chev but i dont pull a trailer so i cant tell you what it gets

 

[team dirt]

TOYOTA TACOMA 4lt V6. Use one all the time. Haul a 2 place and a 4 place. 18-24mpg depending on how fast you go.

 

[ibdoon]

you should look into a mack, freightliner or maybe a peterbuilt. Anything less you'll just be wasting your time.


The freekin guy just needs a good v6.

Create your own thread.

"how to make myself fell good about wasting money on a diesel"!!!!!!!!!

yeah now we're talking, with that thread all those cummins clowns who try to justify there choice have somewhere to shout it out. Please give us a break.

 

[Jaynelson]

my cousins 03 chevy slivy 2 wheel drive pulling a steel 3place 4 sleds 74 mph gets
21-23 mpg

I have an 03 4x4 (no 2wd's in the mountains) ext cab with the 5.3L and I can barely touch 20mpg highway empty....

 

[stalefish_132]

are you talking about a mechanical 12V? or an electronic 12V?

89-93 were the bosch VE rotory IP and 94-early 98 were the bosch P7100 inline pump. both all mechanical, mid '98 the ISB 24v came out with the VP44 electric pump. 12v = mechanical 24v = electric. and of course 03+ common rail bosch CP3 blah blah blah

 

[tbeaton]

go buy a smart car or a prius if you want good mpg. subaru's get like 30mpg, how much better do you want than that? lets face it, a good tow rig is not going to get good mpg's.

 

[astro]

Anybody try towing with a Hybrid escape?

 

[snopropanther]

i got 35-40 pulling a 1place with my old jetta. wasnt safe tho

 

[WYO312]

Not to be a smart azz, but I guess I have to be... I get the best mileage when I just ride in someone else’s truck!

I used to have a two place aluminum trailer. I pulled with a light half ton Dodge with a 318. The truck pulled ok. I still got crapy fuel mileage with the Dodge. A buddy’s Tahoe did a lot better. I got about 8 he got 17.

 

[990kat]

If you believe most of these mpg I have ocean front property for sale. 2006 duramax 15- 16 highway, 3 place enclosed 11.5 mpg.

 

[Timber700RMK]

I Have a 86 F250 XLT Lariat 4X4. 460 Pulling a 4-place fully loaded.Maybe 6 mpg if I'm lucky. Glad I don't have to tow very far!

 

[astro]

This is supposed to be a dicussion about high mpg vehicles

 

[Blu Du]

the best truck milage you will get is with small 6 in a chevy, you should 20mpg