wjschill
Texas
Full Member
Joined: 11/18/2020
View Profile
Good Sam RV Club Member
 Offline
|
OK friends.
I've read fuel mileage for a 35' gasser with the v-10 Ford engine pulling a 3500 lbs toad will be anywhere from 4 to 9 mpg. This is average traveling, not all level and not all hills.
Please share your experiences.
Thanks,
Skip
KillingTime
|
dodge guy
Bartlett IL
Senior Member
Joined: 03/23/2004
View Profile
Offline
|
My average for our 12 with the 5 speed auto towing a 4500lb Explorer and running the generator is 5.8. I don’t figure mountain mileage as it’s only for short times.
Wife Kim
Son Brandon 17yrs
Daughter Marissa 16yrs
Dog Bailey
12 Forest River Georgetown 350TS Hellwig sway bars, BlueOx TrueCenter stabilizer
13 Ford Explorer Roadmaster Stowmaster 5000, VIP Tow>
A bad day camping is
better than a good day at work!
|
enblethen
Moses Lake, WA
Senior Member
Joined: 01/05/2005
View Profile
|
The faster you travel the faster the gas disappears!
Keeping speed 55 to 60 will help!
We have big block Chev chassis and get 8+. Fords do not get good mileage.
Bud
USAF Retired
Pace Arrow
2003 Chev Ice Road Tracker
|
rk911
DuPage County
Senior Member
Joined: 05/30/2004
View Profile
Good Sam RV Club Member
Offline
|
wjschill wrote:OK friends.
I've read fuel mileage for a 35' gasser with the v-10 Ford engine pulling a 3500 lbs toad will be anywhere from 4 to 9 mpg. This is average traveling, not all level and not all hills.
Please share your experiences.
Thanks,
Skip
40' class A gasser pulling a Jeep SUV. gross combined weight roughly 13-tons. historical average gas mileage 5.6-mpg. but I drive 65-68 or the speed limit, whichever is less.
Rich
Ham Radio, Sport Pilot, Retired 9-1-1 Call Center Administrator
_________________________________
2016 Itasca Suncruiser 38Q
'46 Willys CJ2A
'03 Jeep Wrangler TJ
'10 Jeep Liberty KK
& MaggieThe Wonder Beagle
|
rk911
DuPage County
Senior Member
Joined: 05/30/2004
View Profile
Good Sam RV Club Member
Offline
|
rk911 wrote:wjschill wrote:OK friends.
I've read fuel mileage for a 35' gasser with the v-10 Ford engine pulling a 3500 lbs toad will be anywhere from 4 to 9 mpg. This is average traveling, not all level and not all hills.
Please share your experiences.
Thanks,
Skip
40' class A gasser pulling a Jeep SUV. gross combined weight roughly 13-tons. historical average gas mileage 5.6-mpg. but I drive 65-68 or the speed limit, whichever is less. we didn't consider MPG when we made our purchase and while I track it (always have in all our vehicles) we don't worry or fret about it.
|
|
|
Ranger Smith
Wherever the rig is parked
Senior Member
Joined: 05/13/2006
View Profile
Good Sam RV Club Member
Offline
|
43’ DP with Lincoln on the tow bar . . . 7.4 average
Where we are now
Amateur Radio Operator WW1SS . . . Flex 6500 PGXL and TGXL
Steve and Joy
2014 Itasca Suncruiser 38Q . . . 2016 Lincoln MKX
The Doodles, Abbie & Abel
Baby and Kissie the Chihuahuas and Lucy the Biewere Yorkie
.jpeg)
|
mowermech
Billings, MT
Senior Member
Joined: 06/28/2003
View Profile
Offline
|
I drive the Ford V-10 motorhome shown in my sig, towing the Jeep shown in my sig.
I keep a log book where I enter every gallon of gas that is put in the tank, what date I bought it, how much it cost, and the odometer reading.
I have never computed the MPG, because I just don't care! I know it is terrible, and I know it is to be expected. Worrying about fuel economy in a motorhome is an exercise in futility. It is terrible, and there is very little that can be done to improve it!
CM1, USN (RET)
2010 North Trail 28BHS TT
Daily Driver: '14 Subaru Outback
1998 Dodge QC LWB, Cummins, 5 speed, 4X2
2 Kawasaki Brute Force 750 ATVs.
Pride Raptor 3 wheeled off-road capable mobility scooter
"When seconds count, help is only minutes away!"
|
FloridaRosebud
Melbourne
Senior Member
Joined: 05/27/2018
View Profile
Offline
|
2006 F53 V-10 33' MH with the 5 speed towing a 4600lb Acadia.....about 7-8 mpg.
Al
|
Thunder Mountain
Lost in the Four Corners
Senior Member
Joined: 02/09/2005
View Profile
Good Sam RV Club Member
|
If you worry about your mpg with any RV you should have done your research before your bought it. Now, that I flamed you. MPG really sucks with gassers towing anything or not. Our 2016 Journey DP averages about 8 mpg dragging anything or not behind it. Slow down especially with headwinds. You have to find your unit's sweet spot. It might not be fast enough for your schedule but it does help the mpg. In our 2016 Winnebago Journey the spot is about 68 mph. In the mountains all bets are off. Sometimes I'm happy to see 7 mpg on a tank.
2016 Winnebago Journey 40R
2018 Rubicon
1982 FJ40 Toyota Land Cruiser
2020 Keystone Outback 327CG
2020 Dodge Ram 2500
Polaris RZR XP 1000
4 Cats
3 Dogs
1 Bottle of Jack Daniels
Two old hippies still trying to find ourselves!
|
wildtoad
Blythewood, SC
Senior Member
Joined: 06/05/2011
View Profile
Good Sam RV Club Member
|
So if you collect all this data and don’t compute your mileage, why collect it? My DW always gets a receipt at each fill up and stuffs it in the glove box but never does anything with them.
I do agree with your sentiment.
And now to answer the OP’s post, after some 29k miles towing/not towing, my average is high sixes to mid sevens. (2016, Newmar BSS, 31ft, Ford V10)
mowermech wrote:I drive the Ford V-10 motorhome shown in my sig, towing the Jeep shown in my sig.
I keep a log book where I enter every gallon of gas that is put in the tank, what date I bought it, how much it cost, and the odometer reading.
I have never computed the MPG, because I just don't care! I know it is terrible, and I know it is to be expected. Worrying about fuel economy in a motorhome is an exercise in futility. It is terrible, and there is very little that can be done to improve it!
* This post was
edited 09/20/21 05:08am by wildtoad *
Tom Wilds
Blythewood, SC
2016 Newmar Baystar Sport 3004
2015 Jeep Wrangler 2dr HT
|
|
|
