MPG, take heart

[chips]

How many miles per gallon do you get on your RV? Be honest. This is just between you and cyber space. 6 or 8 or 10? Take heart. it could be worse. The cruise liner, QE 2, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.

[cb5300]

I get 5.5 mpg...2008 Monaco Signature, 600 ISX Cummings

[dxsmac]

Being the a*** retentive numbers person that I am, I track my mileage on a spreadsheet with each gas fill-up. I'm happy to report that I'm averaging 8 mpg. Forest River Sunseeker, Class C, 450 engine.

JJ

[murffdog]

My 2000 Tioga 31 450 got 8, my 2007 Tioga 31 gets 8, 8 mph or 80mph, I get 8mpg. (play those numbers) :)

[donnie]

On the last and only trip, so far, with our 05 Monaco, we got between 8 and 9 using a spreadsheet I have.
This was doing between 60-65 mostly.
I thought that was good considering we had wind most of the way.

[ladyliberty]

I get 8.52 mph in my 87 Ford with a 460 big block engine when traveling 65 -70 mph. This was tracked on my longest trip between Dayton, Oh and Tupelo,Mississippi/ Memphis, Tn. Alot of hill driving in that trip. The previous owner said he got 9-10 mph on flat groung going west. I averaged 9 on a shorter trip to Indiana on the Illinois border though.

[bmk01]

My heart goes out to you at 8 mpg, On the flat I get 17 mpg, and in the mountains it goes down to 15 mpg, I have a chevy 250 HD With a Duramax diesel, I tow a 30' Airstream Classic, at about 9000 lbs, Cruse at 60 mph.

[sjt43]

WE just made a trip from fl. to WVA. in a 1994 tioga 460, 29' with a 96' nissan sentra in tow,:p at mostly 60 to 65 mph. up 95 to 26 to 77. We got 9.5 mph.not bad with the wind, :D but most of the trip was at night because of the road construction.:eek: with was still going on at that time. Going back 81 to 75 hope to do better on the mph. Who knows.sjt

[utmtman]

BMK you braggin or complainin, if I was pulling 9000 lbs I would probably get 35 mpg but my truck I pull as a toad weighs half that much by itself.

I get 7.5 at 2000 rpm in a 37 ft motor home weighing in at 26000 lbs with an 8.1 ltr gas. I also pay 3.95 a gallon right now.

[bmk01]

I suppose I'm Bragging, I have everything you could want in 9.000 lbs, plus you have the truck to site see with, (no toad needed) Think about it?????.

[dxsmac]

BMK you braggin or complainin, if I was pulling 9000 lbs I would probably get 35 mpg but my truck I pull as a toad weighs half that much by itself.

I get 7.5 at 2000 rpm in a 37 ft motor home weighing in at 26000 lbs with an 8.1 ltr gas. I also pay 3.95 a gallon right now.

I know where you are. When is the last time you bought gas? It's up to $4.29 where I live, which means the Costco, which is 20 miles away will be selling at $4.10 or so...... And this means, where you are gas is gonna cost even more than that!

JJ

[darwin]

I have a 2007 Crosscountry with a 300 HP cummins, 5 speed allison, according to the Freightliner dash read out I am getting between 9.5 and 10.
My coach weighs approx 26000 lbs.
Darwin

[utmtman]

JJ I get my gas at Arco on Sedro Woolley or Burlington, yesterday it was was 4.19.

[dxsmac]

JJ I get my gas at Arco on Sedro Woolley or Burlington, yesterday it was was 4.19.

I know where that Arco is, it tends to be cheap for that area.....

Sedro Woolley also has a Gulf Station, it's on the west side on your way to Burlington. That one tends to be lower than other stations, but it's an "older" type gas station.

JJ

[northerncedars]

My heart goes out to you at 8 mpg, On the flat I get 17 mpg, and in the mountains it goes down to 15 mpg, I have a chevy 250 HD With a Duramax diesel, I tow a 30' Airstream Classic, at about 9000 lbs, Cruse at 60 mph.

Animal Crap !!!! You are now talking to long time RV'er !!

[northerncedars]

I suppose I'm Bragging, I have everything you could want in 9.000 lbs, plus you have the truck to site see with, (no toad needed) Think about it?????.

The Toad is getting 40 mg ----- your truck, maybe 15.

[bmk01]

The Toad is getting 40 mg ----- your truck, maybe 15.

My truck has 129,000 miles of RV'ing, and running light gets 20 -22 mpg. sorry to make you angry, but as a full timer since 2002 I keep good records.

[tekhanto]

Last trip from Fla to WV and back we averaged at 10 mpg, doing about
60 - 65 mph have 2007 FourWinds Funmover 36' duramax 6.6 diesel
haul two polaris 500 ATV in the garage part.

[murffdog]

How many miles per gallon do you get on your RV? Be honest. This is just between you and cyber space. 6 or 8 or 10? Take heart. it could be worse. The cruise liner, QE 2, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.

I just reread this, The QE2, how do you know that, is that while leaving dock or underway?

[dlrupper]

My "03" Ram 2500 Dodge Cummins Diesel gets 11.5 towing my 12,000 lb 5'er and gets 24 mi/gal empty cruising at 60/65 mph.

[rferrara]

I get 8 mpg towing a dolly with a chevy cavalier.

[pratt]

We are getting, depending on the trip 9.8 to 10.3 mpg with our 2008 Forest River "Berkshire" with a 330 Mercedes engine. The coach weighs 26,000 lbs and we tow a PT Cruiser 4 wheels down.

Happy RVer Lynn

[utmtman]

Well I now have a new toad a Saturn Vue, they say 29 mpg with it. We shall see once we have run a few tanks thru it. And if its like my toyo that was rated at 22 and got 30 to 35 we may get 35 to 45. Seeing its 1000 lbs lighter than my last toad I may also get better than what I get now for mpg on the motor home as well. Wont know until Sept Oct time frame.

[sederjerry]

My "03" Ram 2500 Dodge Cummins Diesel gets 11.5 towing my 12,000 lb 5'er and gets 24 mi/gal empty cruising at 60/65 mph.

one thing about gas milage is the first liar doesnt have a chance .

[raccoondsfc]

I get 8 to 8.5 on my 06 adventure 8.1 L 6 speed trans. 7.6 towing XL 7


raccoon

[cb5300]

It sure seems to be a lot of fishermen on this site....:D , of course, everybody gets 20 mpg while parked in the parking lot....:rolleyes:

[dlrupper]

Think what you want, but the Dodge gets exactly what I said both with the on-board calculator and hand calculated. It's not my fault y'all have the wrong vehicle. It's a reg cab 4x2. No added weight with extra cab space and 4 wheel transmission and it has 3.73 rear gears. I have got up to 29/mpg at 50 mph in 6th gear. Eat your hearts out.

[msbhaven]

21 mpg - 2003 Forest River MB Crusier, diesel

[dxsmac]

Even though I get 8 mpg on average, I had this brilliant idea! I would fill up when it was half empty, so it wouldn't be as painful. Obviously, I would be filling up twice as much as usual under this plan, but it should be less painful. NO IT'S NOT! I filled up when I was at half full and it was still over $100! I'm surprised the Costco took it all, normally Costco clicks off at $99 and you have to do two transactions.

JJ

[oldguybc]

Got a 2000 F250 PSD with about 60K miles on it, pull a single slideout 27ft 1999 model 5er that goes about 9K GVWR, been averaging about 11 MPG but last time out got about 12.5 or so, engine is finally getting broke in... with diesel at 5.00/gal out here in CA don't go all that far anymore, get these oil people out of office and sanity back in!:) :) :)

[dlrupper]

Hey oldguybc, when you get the oil people out of office what do you intend to put in your tank. I don't think GREENIES and pie in the sky will run an engine. I know corn oil ethanol isn't the answer and wind power won't get my diesel up the hill. BIG OIL is the only people that can get us out of this problem if the left will only get out of the way.

The other guys are the ones that vetoed drilling here every time it came to a vote. Heck that man that played around in the Oval office, instead of implementing an energy policy, vetoed drilling in ANWAR 10 years ago. We would be pumping that oil now. The U.S. will be history if we don't start drilling now.

[utmtman]

Hey DL, if you ever can get to Utah and or Colorado take a run along Hwy 40 thru utah to 139 in Colorado down to Rangely, that area and you may see more drilling than in oklahoma and texas combined. We dont need to do offshore drilling or alaska drilling. They are begging for drillers in Vernal, Utah paying from 16 to 80 dollars an hour for riggers. Offered me a job two years ago. My son has a drilling company and he has 15 drilling teams out and has a hole come in every month. Most of his oil wells he has been capping until they can find someone to refine it. He drills in Utah, Colorado, and Wyoming. What wells are not coming in oil have come in natural gas which is keeping him in business cuz questar is buying all of them.
Utah also has one of the largest oil shale deposits in the world they claim. Also they say the area off shore would only produce 15 years of oil max. Why bother?

[oldguybc]

OK, DL, what I meant was Big Oil sticking MY money in THEIR pocket. I'm just a retired guy trying to get from point A to point B without it costing me my entire SS check... as far as availability why are we sending the Alaskan oil we are pumping out to the far east? Answer: more money to be made for the big oil people:mad: . I'm not a left wing guy by any stretch but I'm also not a fool. We zip up the Dubya & Chaney people's pocket & we'll put a significant dip in what we see at the pump. That's a no- brainer!!

[dlrupper]

PEACE, I'm just ready for somebody to do something besides jaw bone the problem. We need to do all possible alternatives right now. Nuclear, oil shale, coal to gas, wind power and solar. The environmentalists are stopping ALL efforts.:mad:

[utmtman]

as far as availability why are we sending the Alaskan oil we are pumping out to the far east? Answer: more money to be made for the big oil people:mad: . I'm not a left wing guy by any stretch but I'm also not a fool. We zip up the Dubya & Chaney people's pocket & we'll put a significant dip in what we see at the pump. That's a no- brainer!!

No you are so wrong we ship it out to be refined because enviromentalists and greenpeace and save the dang world and whining liberals who cry not in my back yard you dont, all block refineries from being built. I am afraid to tell people like you who seem to think that old Dubya caused Hurricane Katrina and own all the oil wells in the world that your wrong but none of you believe it. Your too blind to see reality and truth for what it is. Your so far in the left wing your right wind cannot see the left.

[whodo]

Good Grief! I leave the forum for a couple of hours and you get cranky with each other. C'mon. We're all terrific people here and everyone has a opinion/view. So please lets all try and act like adults and respect each others opinion/view even if we don't agree with it.

I don't want to have to lock this thread!

[dlrupper]

I think the high price of fuel is bringing out the best in us.:D :D We all have our own opinion and are getting quite emotional :eek: . After filling up the RV for the next move down the road, it's hard to not respond to what we think is wrong. However, we are all RV'ers so as I said PEACE.:) Happy Camping.

[donnie]

Funny thing just happened.
Gassing up at Costco, I had a gal pull in with a brank new Hummer.
She said what a great vehicle it was then asked me, with a smile, what I got for mileage.
When I told her, her grin turned to a frown and she said she wished hers could do that good..
Made my day:)

[darwin]

I did some research on ExxonMobil, I found that their return on investment was 8% (Reported on Fox News). Who owns the big oil companies, if you have a retirement account as I do, we are owners. I found that I have stock in several oil companies. Would we invest in companies that do not have a good return on investment. Many of the companies in my account have higher returns.

[j3villanueva]

made my contribution to www.americansolutions.com

my 38ft monoco 8.1 workhorse gas get 8 mpg can't complain

how about we all drive our rv to washington dc and park it at lincoln memorial

[oldguybc]

No you are so wrong we ship it out to be refined because enviromentalists and greenpeace and save the dang world and whining liberals who cry not in my back yard you dont, all block refineries from being built. I am afraid to tell people like you who seem to think that old Dubya caused Hurricane Katrina and own all the oil wells in the world that your wrong but none of you believe it. Your too blind to see reality and truth for what it is. Your so far in the left wing your right wind cannot see the left.

Hey, I live in the CA Bay Area, go by those huge refineries at Richmond, Pinole, San Pablo, they seem to be running at about 10% capacity, draw your own conclusions!! So the Exxon Valdez is bringing the refined petroleum bac here? Yeah, right! Reality and truth.
6/1/2000 gas- $1.78 diesel- $1.26 !!!!!
6/1/2008 gas- $4.23 diesel- $5.37 !!!!!
Keeping up with inflation? GNP minus 5.8% during that period...
Quoting Judge Judy "don't pee on my leg and tell me it's raining!"

[dlrupper]

How in the world could you drive by the refineries and see that they were running at 10% capacity. Could you see the oil inside the lines and tanks?:confused: I think the problem is that you live in California.:rolleyes: Everything is suspect there.:D JUST KIDDING. We don't want this thread shut down by BIG GOVERNMENT.:p LOL

[dramaminedragon]

Just back from a roundtrip to Louisiana, form California 1,730 miles each way. Got 11 mpg. Drove a 94 Winnebago 22' Warrior wirh a 454 engine.

All systems worked well, had a great trip.:)

[utmtman]

Im with you on that one DL. I guess that feller has xray vision. Hate to burst his bubble by telling him that we have three countries that I am aware of that refine oil from UNITED STATES and sell it back to the UNITED STATES. For the rate oil and fuels are going at.
Famous Saying;
Some people should keep mouth shut and appear stupid than open it and remove all doubt.

[davtil]

We just made a trip from Prescott, AZ up to Bothell, WA then down to West Covina, CA then back home to Prescott.

Our 07' Chevy 3500 CC LB D/A pulling a 30 foot Discover America Hitch Hiker went 3647.9 miles on 330.68 gallons of fuel and got 11.03 MPG. Our travel speed was 60. The truck is stock.

Dave