I am trying to find the right tow vehicle. If you could post your truck plus any additions youve made and your towing mpg pulling a bass boat that would be great.

Old truck or new truck??????????????

Gasoline or diesel?

2000 Dodge 2500 Quad Cab diesel.

20 plus non towing.

16 to 17 towing the Allison. The boat is on the light side for a 20 footer. Its about what most 18 footer weigh.

I have a 2006 Dodge diesel standard shift empty at 65 mph it gets about 21 mpg. Put a trailer on it (27 ft Avion, 20 ft tractor trailer, 16 ft stock trailer or 18 ft Al Starcraft bass boat) and it drops to 16 mpg.

I sure wish I could drop that engine in a Ford.

OK since we are talking diesel I have an 05 duramax with 80K. It gets about 20 empty and depending on the terrain 15-17 towing my 20' glitter sled that weighs in at 3500-4000#.

My wife has a Jeep Liberty CRD that gets 25 empty and 20 pulling my boat.

03 Chevy duramax pulling 295 stratos get 14 - 16. Empty 22 - 24. Intake exhaust and efi live.

yeah i dosnt matter old or new diesel or gasoline im in the market for a new tow vehicle and i know what i want but now im trying to narrow it down by towing mpg. anyone have a newer tundra? wandering the mpg on that.

Only because I`m partial to ford u might look at the new 302 365hp,385ft lbs.6sp.auto or the v/6 twin turbo.I have the 302 and I`m really impressed .I tow a 16ft trailer with my 66fairlane streetcar will do 65/70 and not hardly break a sweat or my 17 ft boat hardly know it`s back there, Gas mileage 12-15depends how hard I push it empty 14 -17 around town ,just come back from a trip to Austin right at 20mpg.....Bill

I've got a 2004 Silverado 1500 with the 5.3L V8, 3.73 rear end and 4-speed auto. I get about 17-18 on the highway if I'm going 65-70 and about 14-15 towing my 17' Triton fiberglass boat at the same speed. Pretty decent towing mpg, but it's a small boat too. Probably around 2500 pounds total with boat, motor, gear and trailer. You could probably add 1-2 mph to those figures if I had the 6-speed transmission.

I have a 2011 ecoboost f150. Just towed my 19 ft nitro bay (about 3000lbs loaded) 225 miles. I got right around 15mpg hand calculated driving 65-70. NEVER left 6th gear and maintained speed. Normal driving on the highway I have gotten as high as 23mpg hand calculated. For a gas engine this thing is a torque monster.

I've learned that when I read MPG threads on a forum, to take the mileage reported and reduce it by 25% to get closer to real world MPG.

I have a 2010 Tundra Crewmax 4x4 and I get on avg. 12 mpg pulling my Ranger. I have gotten as low as 11.7 and as high as 13.2 it all depends on wind, terrain, and interstate driving or not. Also I get better mpg with Exxon gas than any of the others but I'm not sure why unless it's just a better grade of gas. Bought my Tundra in Feb. 2010 and have not had one problem with it.

I had a F250 with the V10 Gasoline engine, 9mpg when towing a Ranger 518VX.

Currently have a 2010 Tahoe, 4X4, towing package, etc., 12.8 MPG when towing a Skeeter FX20.

[quote=tamale]I've learned that when I read MPG threads on a forum, to take the mileage reported and reduce it by 25% to get closer to real world MPG.
[/quote) You know what they say, "figures don't lie but liars will figure."