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Originally Posted by Javi
You'll be towing a little more weight than I am but I've noticed that towing weight isn't as big a factor once you get up above 10,000 - 12,000 pounds.. it's all about frontal area and all these full size 5th wheel have about the same frontal height and width..
My truck has averaged 13.2 MPG over the past 6 years; that's every mile and every gallon that the truck as traveled and every gallon that has been pumped into either tank.. hand calculated on an Excel spread sheet.. for 67648.60 miles.
Towing is 9 to 11.3 depending on wind, towing speed and hills... although I did see 12.6 over 300 miles with a 20-25 mph tail wind..
Running empty on highway is 16.5 to 18.6 again depending on wind, speed and hills.
Around town it pretty much 12-13 regardless
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Thanks, Javi. This is really useful information and confirms what I have been seeing in other forums. Just trying to get a feel for what I should expect. I like to know when things are not running to spec.