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Cptnvideo

Arizona - most of the time

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Posted: 05/16/23 12:20pm

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I've owned 2 diesel pushers that had instantaneous fuel consumption readings. and that fuel MPG really suffered above 60 MPH.

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JimK-NY

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Posted: 05/16/23 02:09pm

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Goostoff wrote:

Chevy C3500 with mildly built 454 gas, and 5 speed manual pulling 35' 5th wheel with 3 slides. I average 4 MPG. Needless to say we dont travel very far from home.

It is all a matter of choices. Some people want to "camp" with a high degree of comfort in something as big as a mobile home. That is not my choice. For my upcoming trip, I plan to travel about 15000 miles over a period of 3-4 months. I will see lots of National Parks and other great scenic areas with rarely even a week in one location. BTW I do keep the speed down to 65 mph or less and get roughly 12-13 mpg.

LouLawrence

Traveling the US fulltime since 2000.

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Posted: 05/17/23 07:53am

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My 40,000# bus conversion with Detroit diesel Seties 60 engine gets 6.5 - 7 MPG. I travel at the speed limit (plus a few) up to 73-74 where I top out. The majority of our driving is Interstate as I am looking for more time at the destination than the travels.