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MPG towing?


portageman

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With OEM 195/70/15 tires, 22 mpg with a 94 Toyota truck (4cyl/5 sp.) pulling a 14' Lund & 20 hp Yamaha and also my previous boat - 16' Lund & 30 hp Johnson. Also got the same mpg on a 300 mile run pulling an 800 lb. trailer empty and on the return trip with a 1000 lb. 425 JD lawn tractor w/ 54" mower on the trailer. Seems like if I'm pulling a trailer it's 22 no matter how much weight.

A little side note, I needed new tires on the back and found some new tires at a garage sale that were 195/65/15 and now get 22-23 empty compared with 25-27 with 195/70/15 OEM. I haven't used a tank of gas with the smaller tires so don't know for sure what it is now.

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...I pull a 16 ft Lund Rebel Pike with a 50 behind a '96 Chev 1/2 ton 4x4 w/topper and 350 vortec. The difference in mileage from not towing is so small' date=' I don't even bother calculating. I get 13.5 MPG.
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I just got 13.2 on my way up here to Gull Lake from Faribault. 02 Tahoe with a 5.3. My boat and trailer are around 3500#. I will probably get a bit worse on my way back. Stopping at Mille Lacs for a few hours, then push it faster home. Id say 11 on my way home. Depends on speed.

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I get just over 17 with my 04 silverado 1500 pulling my alumacraft competitor 165 loaded. Truck has the 5.3 with k&n cold air intake and hypertech programming.

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