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I have always been pretty impressed with my tacoma mileage when babying it.
I have been concidering looking into a 3/4 ton or 1 ton diesel truck to be able to more easily pull my holiday trailer and just offer greater flexibility as to what I can do with the truck. Especially since the bottom has fallen out of these vehicles price wise they are starting to look more attractive.
Fuel Economy is a big concern to me because I put on a lot of miles
today i test drove a used 04 6.0 Ford powerstroke 1 ton 4x4
before you guys go crazy about 6.0 powerstroke reliablity dont worry I'm not pulling any triggers just yet, however I was shocked at the kind of economy I got with that big fat one ton I drove that truck and my tacoma on the same 30 km route this afternoon. mileage was measured using my scan gauge.
On this trip that one ton ford got 12.5L/100km or 18.8 US mpg I couldn't believe it I never thought that truck would get that kind of mileage.
my tacoma got 10.5L/100km or 22.4 US mpg on the same route back to back.
the trip was done in both cases accelerating like a grandpa and proabbly 2/3 of that route was done on paved backroads going approximately 80km/h however its a fairly apples to apples comparison becuase I drove both trucks at the same speeds and the same day both with no weight in them and both fully warmed up to start.
I have been concidering looking into a 3/4 ton or 1 ton diesel truck to be able to more easily pull my holiday trailer and just offer greater flexibility as to what I can do with the truck. Especially since the bottom has fallen out of these vehicles price wise they are starting to look more attractive.
Fuel Economy is a big concern to me because I put on a lot of miles
today i test drove a used 04 6.0 Ford powerstroke 1 ton 4x4
before you guys go crazy about 6.0 powerstroke reliablity dont worry I'm not pulling any triggers just yet, however I was shocked at the kind of economy I got with that big fat one ton I drove that truck and my tacoma on the same 30 km route this afternoon. mileage was measured using my scan gauge.
On this trip that one ton ford got 12.5L/100km or 18.8 US mpg I couldn't believe it I never thought that truck would get that kind of mileage.
my tacoma got 10.5L/100km or 22.4 US mpg on the same route back to back.
the trip was done in both cases accelerating like a grandpa and proabbly 2/3 of that route was done on paved backroads going approximately 80km/h however its a fairly apples to apples comparison becuase I drove both trucks at the same speeds and the same day both with no weight in them and both fully warmed up to start.