Todays trucks where is the MPG's

[Fordman1981]

Ok I have read on here about all these new trucks and have experience with new trucks as well. So heres my question why are we still getting such bad MPG's out of trucks I have an 08 F350 6.4 diesel and it gets with work body on it 13.5 to 14 on the highway if i baby it. With 12' inclosed trailer 12 or so with my tractor 18' trailer and total about 10,000 lb load its 9.6 to 11 mpg. I made the same drive with my work truck exact same load and with my 71 let me say that again 1971 ford F350 with the 360 FE engine 4 speed manual transmission 12' dump bed. The 08 10.8 the 71 10.2 wow 38 years and almost the same fuel millage come on auto makers 38 yrs and no improvement I'll stick with my old school trucks for personal use and the company can use (waste) their money on the new trucks. OH and if you want to compare gas burners we have the new ford f250 6.2 gas i believe it is in fleet as well and it gets worse mileage pulling than the 71

 

[Wolfy]

I think the big problem is todays trucks trying to meet a overload of emissions. And who can work on them. I had a 1970 F350, 360ci, 4 speed. I don't think it got quite 10mpg. The tires would give out before the dump wouldn't lift. One of my dumbest moves ever was selling that truck.

 

[RobertN]

- Emissions
- Weight
- Horsepower Wars

Pickups are heavy; if you want better mileage you have to reduce weight. Emissions take some of that fuel mileage. And, horsepower wars; 400hp motors are not going to have great mileage.

 

[Fordman1981]

Yeah I have an edelbrock 4 bbl carb on mine and keep it tuned well running empty i've had it get 12.4 staying out of the 4 and when i pull i don't use 4 unless i'm in a really hard pull and I do agree its emissions. What the government needs to look into is clean bio diesel not strapping more and more cat and DPF's under one.

 

[Fordman1981]

Robert I like HP as much as anyone else but i can pull the load same load equally well with my 71 360 as i can my 6.4 can't remember the numbers granted i can't pull as fast but i almost bet i can pull as much. Who needs to pull a full load 100 mph I don't

 

[NCRetiree]

Well. I just drove home from the farm (100 miles) in my new 2011 F250 with the completely newly designed Powerstroke 6.7 with 4X4 (350 miles on the meter) and it got 22 MPG at 65 MPH. This was unloaded but I still thought that was pretty good. My F350 dually with 6.0 Powerstroke would have gotten 15 MPG. That definitely beats the anticipated 20% increase that I have read in the marketing stuff.

Go buy a new 6.7 Powerstroke but keep your foot out of it. It is hard to do that because the 800 lbs/ft of torque is hard to resist. :laughing:

 

[bullbreaker]

Not saying its good or bad but my 2011 f250 6.7 4x4 crewcab getting almost 18.5 hwy/city normal driving(empty).(3.55 rear end gear ratio)

Boone

 

[bp fick]

You're talking about heavy trucks, but just for conversation, I've owned three Ford Rangers (bought new) and some used ones, through the years. They're kind of compact car for me, while still being able to haul and tow a little something. All 4 bangers.

84 Ranger, 2.0 four cylinder. 5 speed, 27 mpg
94 Ranger, 2.3 (German design engine) auto, 21 mpg

05 Ranger, 2.3 (Mazda based) 5 speed, 30 mpg.

I get perturbed when Ford can build and market two newer "Rangers" everywhere else in the world, but we in NA are stuck with a 25 year old design. Ugh. When you're all hung up about protecting F-150 sales from so-called cannibalism from the Ranger, you concede the smaller truck market to Toyota and Nissan. Shakin' my head.

 

[Fordman1981]

Ok heres my problem with the 6.7 the urea having to buy another fluid to put in the truck factor that in on your fuel mileage. If the government would invest in making biodiesel no need for urea better fuel mileage and extremely decreased emissions and don't say french fry oil theres other stuff out there. i heard talk of biodiesel being made from an algae grew on ponds of some sort that had a very high yield of return

 

[Fordman1981]

yeah for a little truck bp the ranger can't be beat had 2 with 2.3's and my mom had a 93 mustang with the 2.3 got 28 to 34 mpg and ran 320,000 miles before we sold it still see it running around town from time to time.