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Old Jun 22, 2010 | 05:32 PM
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Mines a 5 speed but I get 20 empty and 13.5 with my 11,000 pound trailer in tow.
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Old Jun 23, 2010 | 08:12 PM
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I got 14 loaded into the mountains and 19.5 mixed city / highway.
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Old Sep 18, 2010 | 08:08 PM
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Wanted to bump this thread back up to get more input.

Last weekend I had to go up to my camp to do some work. The trip is about 40% of hilly 65 MPH 4-lane highway and 40% of dead flat 65 MPH 4-lane highway. There is one stretch through Natchez, MS and across the river back into LA that has city driving and a stretch driving through Baton Rouge headed north that adds stop-and-go city driving and interstate driving respectively.

This trip involved hauling a 16' trailer loaded with a Yamaha Rhino and a Honda Foreman going northbound and the same load plus a Polaris Sportsman 500HO in the bed southbound.

I averaged 15 MPG in both directions.
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Old Sep 18, 2010 | 08:30 PM
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24.2mpg on flat ground at 65mph. 727 with a Gear Vendors. With a timing bump I am hoping for more!
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Old Sep 18, 2010 | 09:08 PM
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19 empty & 12.5 hauling 14,000 pound toy trailer
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Old Sep 18, 2010 | 09:56 PM
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22.4 mpg last tank, driving it like it's stolen
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Old Sep 18, 2010 | 10:05 PM
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I've done 24MPG with my $900 goerends tighest available converter. Having my POT shift me into OD at 32 MPH seems to help around town too.
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Old Sep 19, 2010 | 08:11 PM
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I got somewhere in the very high teens, estimated 23 on the one tank, on my way to ND from PA. Ran about 65 most of the way. My speedometer is off by about 9 or 10 percent, so that's just an estimate.
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Old Sep 20, 2010 | 06:50 AM
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21.6 driving highway the only way i can check is with google maps because my speedo dont work and that doesent work well for around town driving.
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Old Sep 20, 2010 | 11:41 AM
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20 - 21 all highway, 16 - 17 in 50/50 rural city/highway driving.
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Old Sep 20, 2010 | 04:54 PM
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i rarely get over 17 mpg and my last tank was closer to 11...

but I typically get 15-16 mpg mixed driving. I don't know why my mileage sucks so much... it always has though.
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