Motorhome selection.

Rory McNeil · 12-02-2021, 04:53 PM

Regarding gas mileage with a Ford V10, although it is not a motorhome, I have a 99 F350 Dually 2wd with a V10, 5 speed, and 3.73 gears. Last year, I did a 4000 mile move from the West coast of Canada, to the East coast. My truck was loaded, the 24 foot enclosed trailer was packed full of car, tools, parts, furniture etc, total combined weight was right around 20,000 pounds on a truck scale. I kept tracked of my gas mileage for the entire trip, the worst mileage was 6.97 MPG going thru the Rocky Mountains in British Columbia and Alberta, best was 8.59 MPG on the flat land.I towed in 4th gear (no overdrive), at 62-63 MPH, taching about 2700 RPM. Empty, the truck has gotten 15 MPG on the freeway in 5th gear. I really like the V 10, very smooth and quiet. My truck has the early version, which has 2 valves per cylinder, later in the mid 2000s, Ford went to a more powerful 3 valve version in the F series trucks, but my understanding is that the Econoline and motorhome platforms were all the 2 valve model.

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Rory McNeil VIP Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: from Vancouver BC Canada, now in Nova Scotia Posts: 1,306 Likes: 308 Liked 1,081 Times in 297 Posts	Re: Motorhome selection. Regarding gas mileage with a Ford V10, although it is not a motorhome, I have a 99 F350 Dually 2wd with a V10, 5 speed, and 3.73 gears. Last year, I did a 4000 mile move from the West coast of Canada, to the East coast. My truck was loaded, the 24 foot enclosed trailer was packed full of car, tools, parts, furniture etc, total combined weight was right around 20,000 pounds on a truck scale. I kept tracked of my gas mileage for the entire trip, the worst mileage was 6.97 MPG going thru the Rocky Mountains in British Columbia and Alberta, best was 8.59 MPG on the flat land.I towed in 4th gear (no overdrive), at 62-63 MPH, taching about 2700 RPM. Empty, the truck has gotten 15 MPG on the freeway in 5th gear. I really like the V 10, very smooth and quiet. My truck has the early version, which has 2 valves per cylinder, later in the mid 2000s, Ford went to a more powerful 3 valve version in the F series trucks, but my understanding is that the Econoline and motorhome platforms were all the 2 valve model. __________________ NHRA 6390 STK M/S 85 Mustang Last edited by Rory McNeil; 12-02-2021 at 04:55 PM.