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Originally Posted by iamnotahippee
I figured mileage the other day, 9.7 mpg. That sucks! That all empty and unloaded for the entire time. I did some hauling, mixed between on the truck and using the trailer. And running pretty hard. Came out around 7ish. As crazy as it seems, being loaded really doesn't hurt the mpg all that much.
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9.7 MPG empty is very low mileage for a diesel one ton. How fast do you drive?
The small difference between loaded and empty is also unusual. What is the RPM at 60 MPH?
You had mentioned needing to do a lot of idling because of your electric winch. If you replace the two starting batteries with three or four deep cycle batteries, you will have plenty of power for the winch and for starting without needing to idle the engine.
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06 Canyon: The vacuum gauge plus wheel covers helped increase summer 2015 mileage to 38.5 MPG, while summer 2016 mileage was 38.6 MPG without the wheel covers. Drove 33,021 miles 2016-2018 at 35.00 MPG.
22 Maverick: Summer 2022 burned 62.74 gallons in 3145.1 miles for 50.1 MPG. Winter 2023-2024 - 2416.7 miles, 58.66 gallons for 41 MPG.
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