F150 Gas Milage

[Bama67]

My mileage is pretty much exactly what you get on your F-150. Mixed city/highway. When I added larger tires (34.4") it only knocked me back about 1mpg. My truck is pretty much the same but has 3.73, but I baby it pretty good. Even with the big tires, towing 10,000lbs or so, I get 10-12mpg, that ain't to bad IMHO.

For what these f-150's weigh, I think they are fairly fuel efficient.

 

[Bird]

I thought my dad was the only one who did that. I do check every time i fill up but don't write it down.

All I "write" is the odometer reading that I write on the receipt every time anything is spent on one of our vehicles, including fuel, of course. Then later, at home, I put it on a spreadsheet that I keep for each vehicle. So I know every nickel that's gone into them.

I had a 1999 F150 Supercab with the 4.6L V-8 engine that I bought with 49,612 miles on it, only drove it 12,790 miles before I sold it, and it averaged 18.114 mpg.

I now have a 2001 Ford Ranger Supercab with the 4.0L V-6 that I bought with 36,086 miles on it and in the past 30,814 miles it's averaged 18.489 mpg.

Of course I look at the long term average mileage because my mileage tends to go down in the Summer because I run the air-conditioner all the time, then the mileage goes up in the Fall and Winter because I'm not using the air-conditioner.

 

[Diamondpilot]

Very impressive mileage on that F350. Is that diesel engine stock or modified?

Actually its 23.6 last time I checked. I rounded up so shoot me. As for mods I have 4" exhaust and a different air intake/filter. I also run Quadzilla Chips in both it and my F-250 good for 120 RWHP gain. Like I said I run by the tach. With the gearing in my trucks, 3.73, they will run 79 mph at 1900 rpm. This is the sweet spot for the 6.0 diesel. I have played with it +- 5 mph and the mpg suffer.

I run the full 120 HP setting for daily driving. I run 80 HP gain for towing. I also have a stock setting and a 40 HP setting but never use them.

I had a 2005 Dmax and it got 21 mpg out of the box, no mods but only did 12 when towing the same load as mentioned before. Never owned a Cummins but had the Dmax, a 7.3 Ford, and the two current 6.0's and the 6.0's seem to be the best all around package for towing real loads.

Chris

 

[RobertN]

Remember, unless you re calibrated your speedo, the taller tires will throw off your odometer, and your mileage calculations.

Don't ask how I know

My mileage is pretty much exactly what you get on your F-150. Mixed city/highway. When I added larger tires (34.4") it only knocked me back about 1mpg.

 

[Egon]

Imperial Gallons?

Yes, Imperial gallons.
It's a Diesel extended cab 4x4 with the 3.55's

 

[thendricks]

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For what these f-150's weigh, I think they are fairly fuel efficient.

My truck gets about 13-14 when towing 5-6K (my 2305 and trailer with stuff).

If you look at the truck, you would never think it could do that well. I bet my truck weighs 5400# unloaded.

T.

 

[thendricks]

All I "write" is the odometer reading that I write on the receipt every time anything is spent on one of our vehicles, including fuel, of course. Then later, at home, I put it on a spreadsheet that I keep for each vehicle. So I know every nickel that's gone into them.


Of course I look at the long term average mileage because my mileage tends to go down in the Summer because I run the air-conditioner all the time, then the mileage goes up in the Fall and Winter because I'm not using the air-conditioner.

Thats exactly what i did, just put the milage on the receipts and stick it in a excel file later on. I burnt 696.26 gal at a average cost of 2.06/gal, or about .12 cents per mile in gas alone. These numbers seem low as we had cheap gas here up to June.

My milage was the exact opposite, the cold weather reduced my milage by about 1 mpg. We had a fairly cold Dec-Feb last year.

I kept this info as i see alot of gas milage claims for 1/2 tons but no real data to back it up.

 

[Bird]

about .12 cents per mile in gas alone. These numbers seem low

Seems low? Not to me. To be exact, my Ranger comes to $.1263515 a mile for fuel.

I suspect most people have no idea what it actually costs of operate a car or pickup, and you'll never know for sure until you dispose of the vehicle and see what residual value it had at the time. However, if I assume I could get Kelly Blue Book "Good condition" trade-in value for the Ranger, it would have cost me $.55 a mile overall, when you include everything; i.e., oil changes, tires, wiper blades, wash jobs, insurance, added accessories such as the keypad on the door and a frame mounted trailer hitch, annual safety inspection sticker required by law, etc.

 

[firefighter jim]

Seems low? Not to me. To be exact, my Ranger comes to $.1263515 a mile for fuel.

I suspect most people have no idea what it actually costs of operate a car or pickup, and you'll never know for sure until you dispose of the vehicle and see what residual value it had at the time. However, if I assume I could get Kelly Blue Book "Good condition" trade-in value for the Ranger, it would have cost me $.55 a mile overall, when you include everything; i.e., oil changes, tires, wiper blades, wash jobs, insurance, added accessories such as the keypad on the door and a frame mounted trailer hitch, annual safety inspection sticker required by law, etc.

Bird: I'm not sure I want to know the total costs! Might decide to park the vehicles and walk! Also: doesn't seem to be much difference between a full size (f150) and a compact (ranger) in regards to gas mileage. Thought the ranger would be noticably better.

 

[Bird]

Jim, you know the Ranger is available with a 4 cylinder engine, a 3.0L V-6, and a 4.0L V-6. I have that biggest engine in an XLT 4-dr Supercab with everything except power seats. And I now do a lot of short distance trips in traffic with plenty of stop signs and signal lights.

Twice in the past 2 months, I've gone a little distance on the Interstate and those two tanks of gas figured at better than 21.5 mpg.

And yes, looking at the total cost of operating a vehicle is scary. Twenty-five to thirty years ago, our police sedans (Ford Crown Vic and Chevrolet Caprice) were costing us $.51 a mile. Back then some officers thought we should be able to rent/lease cars cheaper, so I did some checking into that and the cheapest I found back then was $1.50 a mile.

Now if you go back far enough, and especially if you look at compact cars, it's a lot different. I bought a new 1993 Ford Escort Station Wagon in December, 1992. It had 121K on the odometer when my wife rolled it and totalled it in February, 1999. That little car averaged 32.585 mpg, fuel cost averaged $.0331 per mile, and my total operating cost was $.1855 per mile. Sure wish I could operate one for that now.