Gas Mileage @ 65mph

[AllOfTheData]

I drove 1600mi from AZ to SD going anywhere from 65 to 80 depending on posted speed limit and used cruise control for almost all of it and got a trip average of 26.9mpg.
2020 FX4 stock aside from bed cover.

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[AllOfTheData]

I drove 1600mi from AZ to SD going anywhere from 65 to 80 depending on posted speed limit and used cruise control for almost all of it and got a trip average of 26.9mpg.
2020 FX4 stock aside from bed cover.

Does anyone have data on an otherwise stock ranger 4x4 mpg but with a level kit installed?
Thanks!

 

[ekraus]

I can't drive 65!

 

[Matsterious]

I can't drive 65!

I understand. I try and go slower b/c I have seen so many bad accidents where the damage was primarily caused by the high rate of speed.

 

[MikeyTX]

Yeah that ! Example, I-35 W closed in both directions just south of Burleson this past Sat. Box truck towing a loaded lowboy trailer. sideswipes a big rig. Goes into the median and rolls. Splits the box truck open. All the lumber inside scattered as did the load on the trailer. Took hours to clean up.

 

[Woodn88s]

I reset my avg mpg and drove ten miles going 65mph. I didn’t expect to get over 30. Truck does great on the freeways when you don’t speed ?

Last week I drove my 21 xlt from Louisville Ky to Philadelphia Pa and back. A little over 1400 miles. I set the cruise at 75 for most of the trip and my average mpg was 25.7.
It was very comfortable. No butt ache or back ache from the seats. I'm a big guy 6'1" 245lbs.
My old f150 used to kill me on that trip.

 

[Matsterious]

Last week I drove my 21 xlt from Louisville Ky to Philadelphia Pa and back. A little over 1400 miles. I set the cruise at 75 for most of the trip and my average mpg was 25.7.
It was very comfortable. No butt ache or back ache from the seats. I'm a big guy 6'1" 245lbs.
My old f150 used to kill me on that trip.

how high do you have your seat? I struggle with how to position the height. If I go up higher then I feel like I'm leaning forward. Right now i have it set it to the lowest position.

 

[MikeyTX]

I have my seat set to its lowest point. That way I can wear my official Steven Tyler top hat. I be styl'n !

 

[harringtondav]

My 2019's mileage is all about wind, temperature, and hills.
Eastern IA is hilly and windy. Winters are cold.
I reset trip #2 each time I take my regular 106 mi drive east or west from our main home to the river house, or back. 70 mph. I've seen 18-29 mpg on the same route.
Wife and daughter took a 440 mi round trip to Minneapolis. 26 mpg.
...thinking the claimed 24 mpg avg highway is reasonable.

 

[GregsFX2Ranger]

It ceases to amaze me then people boast their 30MPG average when they only drove 50 miles on that average.
Drive a couple of hundred(or thousand), THEN come back and post.

 

[ekraus]

The speed limit where I live and drive is mostly 70MPH. I have never gotten over 23MPG.

 

[GregsFX2Ranger]

I seem to have stabilized on 25.7 in 710 miles. 50/50 city/highway. never over 65.

 

[Matsterious]

It ceases to amaze me then people boast their 30MPG average when they only drove 50 miles on that average.
Drive a couple of hundred(or thousand), THEN come back and post.

The point of this thread was going 65 mph getting 30 mpg and it was just a silly post. Not boasting about I have a truck that gets 30+ avg mpg

 

[GregsFX2Ranger]

The point of this thread was going 65 mph getting 30 mpg and it was just a silly post. Not boasting about I have a truck that gets 30+ avg mpg

Over what range of miles?

 

[HenryMac]

We did a road trip Aug 2020 in our FX4 SuperCab, about 9 hours of driving. What I'm finding is setting the cruise control @ 65 mph is the "sweet spot" for good mpg, we averaged 28 mpg (hand calculated).

Anything faster and the mpg stars to drop.

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