murdr

What are the 6.2 and 5.0 getting mpg while towing?
Or With big wheels and tires?

mechanicboy

Well I towed roughly 7k pounds in a 30ft enclosed trailer with a 20-25mph tail wind and returned 20 mpg but when I towed against the wind I returned 9mpg! I have a 5.0

Fulltimer

My Jeep got 9mpg driving around town. That is why I traded it in on my Ford. Monday I'll be towing my camper for the first time. I hope I get better mileage than 9mpg!

Terry

PS: Good thread!

murdr

well no wonder why everyone talks about the ecoboost... You ask a simple question about the 5.0 and 6.2 and you get two replies.

Back to the ecoboost talk.

Raybdogg

Back to the real thread. I have the 5.0. Running on 35s with a 6 in lift. Getting around 14-15 mpgs

reward69

Towing a 3500lb to 4000lb boat package mine will get 12.5 to 13.5 depending on conditions.

my67falcon

I just towed a 1996 Saturn SL1 (2400# plus trailer) about 25 miles hwy at 65mph and 10 miles secondary roads at 55 mph. Reset the trip computers just before I started out and got 16.5 mpg.

montanaman

3300# trailer - two lane at 65 mph - 15.6 mpg.

Not bad - my 2003 5.4 got about 11 doing the same thing.

Twisty

?!

zx12-iowa

When towing, weight, wind and the shape of what's being towed are more impact full than the engine. As you can see, lighter loads 3-5k in open trailers don't hit mpg as hard... 6.2, 5.0 or 3.5tt.

Op you have an Eco, so why the question, do you want to trade or just asking theoretical