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Old 04-29-2016, 11:08 AM
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NICE!
To bad you are so far away from Seattle!
I'd like to see her in person!

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Old 05-06-2016, 07:50 PM
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I just recently upgraded to my 2012 5.0 from a 2002 Tundra 4.7 that would consistently get between 6.5 and 8mpg. I was over the moon at 10-11mpg with the 5.0
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Originally Posted by All Hat No Cattle
So if you increase the base weight of the truck by 1/3, you should expect about a 1/3 decrease in gas mileage.
This isn't really an accurate statement. Aerodynamic drag is a much larger source of resistance than the force of gravity, particularly on a boxy truck.

And it is accentuated by towing a boxy trailer behind the truck. For example, this weekend I towed a 20 ft, 8' tall enclosed trailer about 1500 miles. Half of the trip, the trailer weight was about 7000 lbs. The other half, returning unloaded, it weighed 3900. I got nearly the same mileage both ways.



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