What fuel mileage do you get in your 3/4 or 1 ton diesel? Which brand is best?

Diamondpilot · Oct 12, 2016

Best MPG truck I have owned is my current 06 F350. It averages at 17 MPG after 145,000 miles. I get a bottle 13 to 15 towing and best tank ever was 23.7 all highway. It's a SRW 4x4 6L short bed with a tuner.

Tomtint · Oct 12, 2016

I had a couple 06 4x4 F350 6.0s , one was a reg cab other was a crew. Both had tuners, they averaged 16.5 and on long hi way runs I could get 19.5 My 2012 F350 6.7 4x4 DRW got 13.5

jk96 · Oct 12, 2016

zing said:
Done at a local shop, not a dealership. Canadian prices are usually higher than American for pretty much everything, but this is about how it would add up.

- 18 litres of synthetic oil @ $10 per liter is $180
- filter @ $25 (just a guess, have no idea really)
- 1/2 hour labour at $55 per hour is about $28 (tires are rotated too)
- plus some tax

How the heck do you get oil, fliter, labour, and tax for $80 at a dealership? I am jealous!

I am not running synthetic.

11 Qts plus filter $54.10.
Labor - $21.95
Tax - $4.58
Total - $80.63

dclynch · Oct 12, 2016

I have a 2015 F250 crew cab 6.75' box Gas 6.2L I hand calculate every tank. Up until I hit 20,000 miles I was getting between 11 and 12 MPG. Towing around 10,000 lbs 9 MPG After the truck hit 20,000 miles I have been averaging 13 -14 MPG this is also towing a lite trailer and my mule every week end up to the property. Towing heavy I am seeing 11 MPG. Just recently I picked up a friends tractor and hauled it to my house which was about 300 miles round trip of course going the trailer was empty and I am not sure what an old Ford 4100 weighs and I was on 2 lane roads where max speed was 55 - 60 and I got 13.1 MPG. I for one just don't see the benefit of a diesel for the extra expense. If I was towing heavy every day then yes a diesel would be my choice.

Diamondpilot · Oct 13, 2016

dclynch said:
I have a 2015 F250 crew cab 6.75' box Gas 6.2L I hand calculate every tank. Up until I hit 20,000 miles I was getting between 11 and 12 MPG. Towing around 10,000 lbs 9 MPG After the truck hit 20,000 miles I have been averaging 13 -14 MPG this is also towing a lite trailer and my mule every week end up to the property. Towing heavy I am seeing 11 MPG. Just recently I picked up a friends tractor and hauled it to my house which was about 300 miles round trip of course going the trailer was empty and I am not sure what an old Ford 4100 weighs and I was on 2 lane roads where max speed was 55 - 60 and I got 13.1 MPG. I for one just don't see the benefit of a diesel for the extra expense. If I was towing heavy every day then yes a diesel would be my choice.

I agree. After 2007 I have refused to buy a diesel.

Chris

jk96 · Oct 13, 2016

Diamondpilot said:
I agree. After 2007 I have refused to buy a diesel.

Chris

You must have owned the same 6.0 diesel that I did. Although I'm still driving a diesel due to the load sizes that I haul.

Diamondpilot · Oct 13, 2016

jk96 said:
You must have owned the same 6.0 diesel that I did. Although I'm still driving a diesel due to the load sizes that I haul.

Actually, I have had 2 6.0's, a 04 and a 06. Both SRW 4x4 3.73 gears. Only issue with both and about 200,000 miles of total miles was a bad fuel gauge on the 06.

I have about a dozen friends with them. EGR valves and a few other items is all. Not a one has had a head gasket or any of the other stories.

I have had 4 diesels. A 99 Ford F350 7.3, a 04 Ford F250 6.0, a 05 GMC 3500 Dmax 6.6, and my current 06 Ford F350.
Only problem child was the Dmax.

showcattle · Oct 13, 2016

2005 Dodge Quad cab, short bed here. I average 15-16 around town. Drove it straight to Columbus and back one time (300 miles), never exceeded 70 mph, and averaged 20.1 mpg, hand calculated. Drove it to the beach in North Carolina, running 80-85 mph a lot, averaged 18.9. In the winter, it'll drop to 13-14.

bspeedy · Oct 13, 2016

Farmer495 said:
When I bought my 7.3 used I was specifically looking for a manual trans, there were next to no used manual trucks unless I wanted a 2wd cab & chassis. That was looking at an era of trucks that could be commonly bought in a manual versus like 0.5% of new HD pickups today. guy I bought it from had a hard time selling a 6-speed, everyone wanted an auto. If I bought a NEW pickup I'd be torn on getting a RAM just for the 6-speed or thinking more "big picture" for future.

Same here. My 7.3 crew cab long bed 6 speed is a rare bird.

For guys like me, a six speed would appeal far more than an autobox. Automatic transmissions are frustrating to me for some reason. I will be one of those few people looking for a manual pickup second hand if my F250 lets me down.

I actually was surprised the first time I ever saw an automatic pickup as a youngster. Just thought all pickups had standard trans and AM radio and no air conditioning... What else was Dad not telling me???

Farmer495 · Oct 13, 2016

bspeedy said:
Same here. My 7.3 crew cab long bed 6 speed is a rare bird.

For guys like me, a six speed would appeal far more than an autobox. Automatic transmissions are frustrating to me for some reason. I will be one of those few people looking for a manual pickup second hand if my F250 lets me down.

I actually was surprised the first time I ever saw an automatic pickup as a youngster. Just thought all pickups had standard trans and AM radio and no air conditioning... What else was Dad not telling me???

Mine is crew cab short box, wanted the 8 footer, but 6-speed was more important. Got the manual transfer case too

Hard enough parking this one, 8 foot crew would be two parking spots instead of 1.5 lol.

8 footer got the bigger fuel tank as well....that would be nice.