first tank and 12 days old

[FlyBoy007]

OK first tank today (not counting what was in on delivery)



1. Computer said 14 mpg



2. Hand figured was 15. 8 (milked to same spot in neck)



3. Comp. was showing distance to empty added to distance

traveled and divided by 34 gal (tank total) at 15. 9 so I think the Average MPG on the overhead is a bit low, but will let you know.



4 No vibration at any speed (up to 85) nice and smooth with a kinda nice drone to the motor that I like



The driving was adult (no racing) but not granny, I am 42 and have had no speeding tickets in over 20 years. The break down is as follows,





Empty



A/C on and no ideling over 2 mins



25 % city

15 % Hwy.

60 % Country (some stop signs and a few lights, not stop and go but not Hwy) most roads 40 to 55 mph.



The calcuated ave speed was 37 mph and I filled up at 1/8 th tank.



I now have 879 miles on the truck with no problems and am quite content.



I had an F-150 4X4 with a 4. 7 Triton and with the same driving I was getting from 11 to 13 mpg and never got better then 15 on the Hwy. towing my 3000 lb boat to the keys would drop to 8 or 9 mpg and this 200 hp slug was working hard. I am looking forward to pulling the boat and not knowing it.



I a happy with this smooth, quiet 6000 lb beast and think if the mpg goes up any it will be iceing on the cake.



color me on happy camper







Hope this helps with anyone on the fence, I will keep you all informed, and thanks for this site.





Regards,



Scott

 

[champspa]

it's a lot closer to 7000 lbs and wellcome to the club

 

[EEngel]

Congrats

Congrats on the new truck.





Remember that the DTE is actually based on 8% of the fuel remaining in the tank. It's a "safety" factor.



Hope ya love the truck.

 

[RobertBolinger]

I fill up to the neck about every 4th fillup-then reset everything, and add the total gallons since the last "full" fillup. I have similar results with the overhead being off by about 1. 5MPG (low). Mine is about 1 MPG better than yours, but it is 2WD, and I have 7000 miles, although I have been getting the same mileage (16. 7) since about 2000 miles. Like champspa said, your base curb weight is closer to 7000-it's 6775.