Hey guys...last weekend (Fri thru Sun) i traveled 6 hrs and around 300 miles each way to Milwaukee WI. I also drove around and screwed around some in Milwaukee over the weekend, then proceeded to drive back home to Mason City, IA (ran into some nasty sleet/snow covered roads about 2 hrs out from MC). Anyway, when i came home, i finished off my tank of fuel (DTE read 0 mi) and i filled it up. In the 655.5 GPS calculated miles i drove, i used 30 gal of fuel (when pump clicked off) and i calculated the mileage 655.5/30=21.8 HAND CALCULATED MPG. Lie-o-meter in overhead read 20.8

Needless to say, ive NEVER gotten a tank avg. that high EVER especially in these cooler temps. I'm VERY proud of the mileage i obtained and so was my father (who rode with) ALONG with my cousin and uncle that we were visiting in Milwaukee. I never in a million years figured id see a tank average over 20 MPG, especially since ive never seen over about 18 or 19 when driving like a grandma. This makes me wonder how much better my tank avg. would have been if i had either kept my truck parked at the hotel all weekend or not screwed around through Milwaukee with it.

Just figured id post up about the awesome mileage i got and never expected to see. Let people who haven't seen the 20+ range know its possible.

 

Must've gotten a hold of some real good fuel.

 

the best ive ever gotten in mine is 21.2 solid highway miles no in town drivin and takin it perty easy.

So yeah it is possible and it makes ya love your truck even more

 

Congratulations, you've earned your membership in the 600 mile club!

I've gotten a few 600 plus mile tanks... in my 07 CTD. Going 65mph, letting everyone pass me. (Probably even do better at 55mph.) But, I don't want to be shot at for going so slow. My lie-o-meter shows over 24mpg.

I'd probably get a few more higher mileage tanks, but I get worried I"ll be stranded when the gauge gets that low. Plus I don't want to be pumping the sludge out of the tank or letting the lift pump not have fuel to cool it or whatever other wives tales I've heard.

 

cool i made the 600 mile club haha.....