PapaRaptor
Tremor Maniac
- Joined
- Jan 22, 2020
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- Location
- Wisconsin
- Current Ride
- 6.7 F350 Tremor "Velocity" Blue Lariat Sport
- Current Ride #2
- 7.3 F350 Iconic silver THE SILVER FOX
I went on a trip to Colorado with enclosed trailer and my buddy followed me in his brand new 2020 F150 with the V-8 engine ( not an eco poop). His trailer was half the size of mine. I had to constantly pull over with him so he could refill his tank. Oddly enough ( I though he had a 20 gallon tank) His tank was almost same size as mine. I had to wait for him all the time going up the mountain grade. I did not notice the elevation and the diesel just torn up the steep mountain grades.Unfortunately in MT a few months ago was the first time in about 15 years that diesel was cheaper than gas. Prices do really go up with winter blend here as well. In the mountains 16 with trailer would be awesome but have not been able to achieve that even in the new 6.7 10speed combo. My buddies 2020 6.7L CCLB can’t squeeze much more than 14 with a 16 ft tiler jet boat. I on the other hand with the same boat I can’t seem to squeeze much more than 10 with the 7.3L so definitely not great. The hills seem to really hurt fuel economy gas or diesel.
The MPG goes down when they "blend" the diesel fuel but oddly enough here in SE Wisconsin, in the summer we get a "special cocktail" for ozone action prevention and they add something or more ethanol into the gas and the mileage goes down in the warmer season( summer). I trailer more in the warmer months and almost not at all in the cooler months so it works for me. Summer blend diesel costs less ( than winter blend) and yields more MPG while gasoline costs more in the summer ( due the EPA bull shit and our wimpy governor mr yes man) and MPG drops on the gas vehicles. I can drive about 40 minutes to the next county and purchase non ethanol fuel for my gas vehicles but its only the 91 octane premium and the greedy station owners charge a 25 Cents more for premium non ethanol than the local stations. Example if premium is $2.45 with ethanol by me and I go next county over the non ethanol would be $2.69 ( todays price) While $1.99 for gas and $2.09 for diesel right now. Last week gas was $1.69 and diesel was $1.89 so not sure what is going on. I figured since it just started getting cold the diesel has more additives and #1 blend to prevent gelling. Not sure why gas went up.
I will agree or admit, that I hate all the emission bull shit on todays Diesel engines. Kind of reminds me of the smog equipment from the mid 1980s. The technology got better and they made cars more reliable. I figure that will happen to diesels to at some point.
sorry long rant...... if I did not need to pull heavy things, I would sell my V-8 Raptor and run a F250 Tremor 7.3 ( only have one truck then )