Well first of all, My truck is a F-450 4x4 crew cab, 6 speed, DRW 4.30
gears. This truck has a 9.5 foot long 8 foot wide flatbed with two 18x18x36
side boxes and weighs in at 10,300 pounds full of fuel (59 gallons) and
empty of cargo. The 2005 F-350 SRW configured the same, 6.0-liter, Loaded
Lariat etc. weighs in some where around ~7000 pounds.
I have over 15,000 miles on my '05 6.0-liter Power Stroke diesel, 10,000 of
that towing. Not a hiccup, not a single drop of anything leaking from
anywhere. Zero oil consumption. The entire truck has been totally trouble
free.
Driving easy without a trailer, mixed around town short highway trips, I am
getting between 13.8 and 14.7 MPG each fill up. If I stomp on it all the
time it gets 12.5-13.5 MPG. Not as big a difference as I expected between
driving easy and not.
Pulling one of 4 different trailers, 5th wheel RV ~9000 pounds, 4 Horse
Goose Neck ~7500-15,000 pounds depending on load, 18 foot long extra tall
covered Wells Cargo trailer ~4500-10,000 pounds depending on load and a tilt
bed flatbed trailer ~4500-10,000 pounds. If I keep it under 60 miles per
hour, I'm seeing 11.5-12.5 MPG no mater how I drive and traveling 65-85 MPH
I get 10.5-11.5 MPG each fill up. All of this mileage is with windows up
and the automatic temp controller on in the warm weather so the air
compressor is engaged.
The pulling power is OUTSTANDING. I just pulled a Corvette (3218 pounds) on
a tilt bed flatbed trailer (4500 pounds) just under 8000 pounds from
Sacramento California to Detroit Michigan east on Interstate 80, and for the
most part left it in overdrive on cruse control. When I stomped on it up
the hills most rigs had trouble not being left behind.
The best information I can gather, talking about the 2005's is all else
being equal, the diesels will see 25%-50% better fuel mileage than the same
truck with a gas engine. If you drive above sea level, or do a lot of
hill/pass driving, you will notice that the turbo charged diesel does not
suffer from that dreaded -10% power loss per 1000 feet of elevation gain
that the naturally aspirated gas engines do (thinner air).
I actually seriously considered the 6.8 liter 30 valve 362 Horsepower 457
Torque gas engine when I ordered this truck, I am SO GLAD I decided to go
with the 6.0 liter 32 valve 325 Horsepower 570 Torque diesel engine.
"Mellowed" <nospam.DeleteThis@newsgroups.com> wrote in message
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> What kind of mileage do you get with the 6.0?
>
>
> "351CJ" <351CJ.DeleteThis@msn.com> wrote in message
> news:drPMe.18868$Rp5.14287@trnddc03...
> : Not much. Most solutions people will offer up won't change your
> mileage at
> : all unless they involve you changing your driving habits.
> :
> : Things like:
> : Slow starts and stops, no stomping on it...
> :
> : That low mileage is a big part of the reason I selected the 2005 6.0
> Diesel
> : over the V10...
> :
> : Good luck
> :
> :
> : "TJ25012" <travisj1.DeleteThis@alliancecom.net> wrote in message
> : news:1124313860.939485.133930@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> : >I currently have an 02 F250 SD with a V10. I get 12 - 13 MPG. Are
> : > there any tips or enhancements that i can make to increase the MPG?
> : > I'm not overly concerned with the mpg otherwise i wouldn't have
> bought
> : > the truck. But it doesn't hurt to ask
> : >
> : > TJ
> : >
> :
> :
>
> >> Stay informed about: 02 F250 SD V10 
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