Overall weight will be under but close to the limit. We average 9 to 9.5 towing and 10.5 without the tow. sacrifice some room but we travel so it s not that big a deal.would post pics. I do not have a tow vehicle so I cannot comment on how that would effect your MPG. Class A Ford V10 Motorhome Performance Parts Upgrades V10 Ford Custom Engines Motor Engine V10 Engine Ford Ford 68 Triton V10 Performance Engine Build Undercover Bossa Look Inside Fords Prototype V10 Mustang ... Upford Ford V10 Ultra Rv Tune Ford 68 Sohc V 10 Triton This Production Engine Is Used Masking this is the fact that the class A is heavier so engine technology allows the newer engine to get same mileage with heavier unit but tow or no tow only results in about 2 MPG difference in newer rigs. After 30,000 miles we average exactly 7.01 mpg. High Performance 8 PACK Straight Boot Ignition Coils 15% More Energy F-150 for Ford Lincoln Mercury V8 V10 4.6l 5.4l 6.8l Compatible with DG511 C1541 FD508 ⦠For me and my mileage, the savings is substantial. 10% is a pretty nice increase. Got a 2016-2019 6.8L V10 RV? I will probably put 50-70,000 miles at the most before the keys are taken away from me. Thanks for sharing! (We have a cat who stays in the RV but the dog comes with us and either stays in the car -not long and always in the shade (trees and window covers – with the windows open & a bowl of water) or comes with us. ) Good luck. Would also love a comparison by you guys of your impressions on the handling and driving comfort of your former diesel Fleetwood Excursion and your new gas Bounder. We are not towing anything, our trip was from Ohio to Kentucky and back. and wanted to stay under 30 or less feet long: and a veteran who does not need disability access but is disabled. Next year my family of 4 is switching to full time rving. Thank you for your time. The difference is $1248 more per year for the gasser if you are going 20,000 miles. We more recently got 10.3 MPG towing our Subaru Crostrek to New England and back at speeds 55 – 62. Across level ground we averaged about 8.25. It had a big bed and everything else was small, nice, that was 22 MPG combined, 26 was my best tank. SAVED 50% OVER FLYING OR DRIVING A CAR, NO HOTELS CHARGES AND ALL FOOD ON BOARD. i was blow away. Discussion in 'Ford Superduty Trucks' started by GOTSVT?, Oct 8, 2010. But gas milage is not so good! Planning on upgrading frm class c 4Winds to class A. I have zero desire to go more than 300 miles/day. Douglas – are you telling us an RV is expensive to own? Our via is a 2012 with 45000 miles on it. I’ve driven Ford trucks and pulled travel trailers for years. We are both retired now, in our late 60’s and have been camping locally in our little cozy 23 ft Trailite camper towed behind our Chevy Suburban. 9.5 to 10.5 mpg. We didn’t find any with tb but fell in love with the Bounder 36E tonight. Hey Alex. I’m going to bump up the tire pressures in the Jeep and see if it will produce better mpg when towing.. We’ll be heading out next summer in the Dolphin for 5 or 6 months to start our retirement and see the country. I love the truck! You have an entire website with a lot of interesting material and one article on fuel economy?! Lots of hills. towing a 3400 lb nissan ROUGE ON A DOLLY. We’ve just officially joined the full time RV community!! We have a 2008 Winnebago View. I will give you another perspective. It works well for our purposes. Happy to help, we love our Bounder and it’s been our favorite floorplan of any RV we’ve had. Do Not Sell My Personal Information -, By logging into your account, you agree to our. We have a 2007 Leisure Travel Free Spirit, Class B Mercedes Sprinter. It is a bit of a beast to park this thing, but man is it comfortable! Keyword *HAD*. Just love all these stories of hope and inspiration. Thanks Nikki and Jason for sharing your adventures and experiences within the RV lifestyle. Incidentally, I realize I have Minnesota and Wisconsin out of order. Ha guys, we are buying a new class A MH in the range of 36 ft. With the gasser you are in now have you had any problems in the mountains, AKA climbing and or over heating problems. Conclusion…. Yes, there are some physics involved in RVs that you can’t get away from. I drive it and love it. Have food for two plus weeks and drag a VW beetle on a car dollie behind. Thanks. I expect to get between 7 and 8 MPG but the comfort level is hard to beat. I own a 2008 Fleetwood Fiesta 34lx, with the Triton v10. They are only 20 to 26 ft. but they get 15 MPG or higher. Travel light and choose a good dingy. The 6.2 motors get about 1mpg better than the V10s and the v10 out toques the snappier 6.2. But as the family grew, in 2012, I purchased a new 2013 Coachmen 23QBC. It appears the milage is similar to what I get with my Dodge 3/4 ton and 30′ trailer. In the far future I would love to see an hybrid-electric drivetrain with multiple gensets driving electric motors for redundancy and scalability. 2001 bounder V10 only 33,000 miles on engine. Install one or more of our Ford gas motorhome aftermarket upgrades and see what your motorhome can really do. I run between 60 and 65 mph and get a steady 7 mpg driving around Southern California. We recently purchased a Winnebago Fuse 23a. I am anxiously awaiting your impressions of the handling of the Bounder as compared to your previous RV’s. Keep up your good work. + The highway performance, especially pulling a tow car and driving on an incline. It is powered by Ford’s 5 cylinder, 3.2 liter power stroke diesel. I have noticed this trend lately. In 12,000 miles on our 2014 Tiffin Allegro 36LA we have gotten 8.2mpg. It turns out that I am considering an identical unit for us. The following errors occurred with your submission, Lightning, Harley-Davidson F-150, Roush F-150 & Saleen F-150, Conventional (Bumper Pull) Towing; Travel Trailers & Pop-ups, Toy Hauler Towing; Fifth Wheel & Bumper Pull, Flatbed, Car, Boat, Utility, Horse & Misc. I am interested this spring to see how my 5-STAR TUNE impacts that mileage. I have put well over 100,000 Miles on a wide variety of (mostly) Class A motorhomes of all makes and sizes both Gas and Diesel. Love your site. Call me lazy or just very appreciative that you two took the “kinks” out! They put on the miles to overcome the higher upfront cost. Oh and my gas milage didn’t improve too much with the banks. . For those trying to decide which way to go I believe its got to come down to a lot more than just mileage. Figured it was the wind. Why didn’t you guys track the mpg in the Avanti? So our combined weight is around 28,000 pounds. Banks Power want you to change the exhaust, but it only improves the torque of drive train. Our Vesta came in a very close second averaging a fuel economy in the almost 11ish MPG area (you can find those reports here: Monaco Vesta MPG). I had extra seat belts installed! Plus there is no CO2 sensor in your car. With no other changes, our MPG went from up 1 to 1.5 MPG. I decided to get a part time job Transporting new motorhomes to the dealers. This has been true for almost 20 years for this engine. Thanks for your info. Ruth and I have a 2012 Thor Astoria 36mq 360hp Cummins / Allison Trans. I will let you know how it all works out. I agree with you about Diesels being more fuel efficient but also diesel fuel costs about 20% more than regular gasoline so a 7 MPG gas RV and 8.5 MPG Diesel RV will be almost same (fuel) money…. Thanks for the update and very surprised as you on the fuel mpg! I also tow a 2011 Toyota Prius on a toy dolly and average around 8.5mpg while toying. I have gotten over 12mpg while driving on a flat surface doing on average 52mph. My current tow average is 12mpg (Airstream) with other owners posting similar mpg with a gasser or around 14-15 with a diesel. Maybe you should be banned from using the internet. Keep up the good work. There are a lot of very low millage MH for sale by folks that thought they would use them more. The below 7 mpg has me concerned. Frost heaves will destroy everything in their path if you don’t go easy. Ya fuel economy, we deal with it no matter what kind of RV one has. This big difference might be expected considering the higher price of Canadian fuel, and probably more mountainous terrain. Hey Carol, the best way to know if a manufacture will make a swap for you is to contact them directly and ask. Grand information, Your going to find fuel savings when you move onto the Catamaran. Robert, Just like red79 said. Ford should really make the Powerstroke diesel an option on the F53 and you would think we will see an Ecoboost replacement for the V10 at some point, but it will be a while considering they are just getting around to the 6-speed upgrade.
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