Towing and Fuel Economy?

[drperry]

My Blazer went from about 15 to 13 on a short trip with a 5000lb flat deck trailer.... City driving, then a couple steepish hills...

Towing a hot tub on an 8x10' trailer, got me in the 10ish MPG range.... About 2500lbs or so
But that was also only on 5 cylinders...

 

[Cowboy Cadillac]

My Blazer went from about 15 to 13 on a short trip with a 5000lb flat deck trailer.... City driving, then a couple steepish hills...

Towing a hot tub on an 8x10' trailer, got me in the 10ish MPG range.... About 2500lbs or so
But that was also only on 5 cylinders...

Still did better than the 06 GMC 2500hd with the 6L i was driving while pulling the way overloaded enclosed trailer. Can you say gallons per mile

 

[drperry]

My Blazer went from about 15 to 13 on a short trip with a 5000lb flat deck trailer.... City driving, then a couple steepish hills...

Towing a hot tub on an 8x10' trailer, got me in the 10ish MPG range.... About 2500lbs or so
But that was also only on 5 cylinders...

Still did better than the 06 GMC 2500hd with the 6L i was driving while pulling the way overloaded enclosed trailer. Can you say gallons per mile

I think 10MPG was being very generous on that trip... I mean... I had to fill up in Fox Creek or I wouldn't have made Whitecourt...

 

[weymard]

With the camper my silverado 6,0L 13,7 mpg, with a light foot and 55-60 mph!
Empty between 15 and 19 mpg , according of the weight of my foot !

 

[OldCracker29]

My truck with a 5.7 seems to get the same mileage, loaded or empty. I used a little over a 1/2 tank (34 gallon tank) to go 230 miles.

 

[Artu714]

I have a 2008 Silverado with 5.3L,4sp, 3.73 gear.

I get 15.5-16.5 mixed mileage. If I put my enclosed 12x7 single axle trailer empty or full makes no difference and has the same tung weight.

It drops to 9.5-10.5 at 65-70, 11-12 at 55mph.

 

[OG-TERROR]

I have a 2008 Silverado with 5.3L,4sp, 3.73 gear.

I get 15.5-16.5 mixed mileage. If I put my enclosed 12x7 single axle trailer empty or full makes no difference and has the same tung weight.

It drops to 9.5-10.5 at 65-70, 11-12 at 55mph.

Sound like an awesome ride. Show it off in you into here: http://www.truckmodcentral.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=4

 

[Codeman]

In my F-150 pulling 7,000lbs of quads and such get 15mpg at 70.
The Cummins gets 16mpg towing 18K lbs doing 80.

 

[f150fella08]

i normally get 16.7ish and the other day i drove 350 miles (almost a full tank) hauling about 5000lbs mostly interstate and it dropped to 14.8

 

[MOPWR2U]

Empty my Dodge Ram gets 13 to 16 mpg. Towing this trailer I get between 7.4 and 9.3 mpg. I guess you could say that the trailer effects fuel mileage significantly.