Hey guys, looking at new trucks. I could use a 3/4 ton truck but the powerstroke is a little more than I need and a little too costly for my budget. When I ask about gas mileage I hear everything from 11 mpg "at best" to people who say they can get 17mpg "easily".

Could someone with a 6.2 and 4.30 gears reset there average mpg meter, drive at 55mph for a stretch and 65 mph for a stretch and post up what it shows as average mpg at those speeds.

I drive 30k+ miles a year so MPG is pretty important. Most of my driving is on 55 mph backroads with a couple stretches where I do 65. I squeeze out an average of 21 mpg out of my 5.4 with these speeds. I know the 6.2 superduty will be a drop, just want to make sure its not too much.

Thanks

 

Can you find one in stock at a dealer who will let you take it out for a test drive?

 

21 with a 5.4???

Adrianspeeder

 

A new truck won't be broken in. I'd rather see one thats got some miles on it.

Yep. I get anywhere from 21-23 for my 75 mile commute according to my scan gauge depending on how many stop lights I catch and how hard the wind is blowing. My hand calculations for a whole tank shows 21mpg.

My lifetime average (hand calcualted) is 19.1
That is with a lot of 17 mpg tanks of city driving in New Orleans.

Not bad for a truck rated for 14 city / 19 hwy

 

Damn. Guess I should quit doing full throttle assaults from stops and leanin' hard into it in OD in the left lane on the highway. Naaa, doesn't sound fun.

Adrianspeeder

 

i have a new 4x4 CCSB with 3.73 and i get nowhere near 17 lifted with 35's i get around 14HWY and 11.5 City