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Thanks for this, great record keeping.I recently completed a trip from East TN to WA and points in between. The trip covered 7675 miles over varied terrain and driving conditions including 200+ miles of off road driving some in 4WH and 4WL. The trip began with roughly 2300 miles on my Trailhunter and finished just shy of 10k. I ran the truck across a scale and it was 6660 lbs loaded about 175 lbs below the GVWR. Here is a synopsis with actual data below. Note the truck includes the OEM roof rack and an Alu-cab contour canopy top with roof mounted MaxTrax, otherwise wheels and suspension are stock.
Average: 17.25 mpg
Plains SD, KS, etc. 75-85 mph Speed limit 14-15 mpg
White Rim Trail 2WD, 4WD H & L 12 mpg
Reduced speed and lack of wind 19-20 mpg
In some cases where gas mileage was high it wasn't clear why based on driving conditions. The same is true for some lower mpg results. It's possible the exact gas formula plays a role. Most but not all driving was in ECO mode, but since 4WD kicks it out of this mode I didn't always notice it was off. As others have noted, it is not clear that ECO has a significant effect on highway driving which covered much of this trip.
While the average MPG wasn't as bad as I anticipated based on others comments. The most frustrating thing as that I had to stop for gas at 200-250 miles where I generally drive 300 before stopping. There is one result below at 282 miles in ID where I ran 10-20 miles below what the truck says was empty. According to gallons added there should have been 1.5 gallons or more left so there is a little wiggle room in what "empty" is per the gauge. Nonetheless, it is concerning when you are in remote areas where gas is limited and far between. Needless to say, I would love to have a tank that adds 4-6 gallons to increase the real world range of this truck.
Date State Octane Odometer Miles Gallons MPG 8/30/2025 TN/KY 87 2547 229.3 14.486 15.83 8/30/2025 KY 87 2631 84 4.994 16.82 8/30/2025 MO 87 2896 264.9 15.006 17.65 8/31/2025 IA 87 3138 242.2 14.151 17.12 8/31/2025 SD 87 3397 258.4 14.45 17.88 8/31/2025 SD 87 3633 235.7 15.987 14.74 9/1/2025 SD 87 3830 197.3 12.758 15.46 9/1/2025 ND 87 4077 246.6 13.587 18.15 9/2/2025 ND 87 4252 --- 6.202 NF 9/3/2025 ND 87 4414 337.6 12.412 18.14 9/3/2025 ND/MT 87 4597 182.3 11.964 15.24 9/3/2025 MT 87 4851 254.1 14.54 17.48 9/4/2025 MT 87 4958 106.7 6.125 17.42 9/4/2025 MT/ID 87 5154 196.3 9.765 20.10 9/4/2025 ID/WA 87 5290 136 6.704 20.29 9/4/2025 WA 87 5484 194.7 10.308 18.89 9/5/2025 WA 87 5734 249.8 12.604 19.82 9/6/2025 WA 87 5931 196.6 9.928 19.80 9/6/2025 OR/WA 87 6171 240 13.415 17.89 9/6/2025 WA 87 6327 155.5 10.205 15.24 9/7/2025 ID 87 6609 282.1 16.391 17.21 9/8/2025 MT/ID 87 6783 174 11.141 15.62 9/8/2025 ID 87 6923 140 7.605 18.41 9/9/2025 ID/UT 87 7165 242.4 13.579 17.85 9/9/2025 UT 88 No EtOH 7342 177.4 9.264 19.15 9/10/2025 UT 87 7582 239.4 12.653 18.92 9/10/2025 UT 88 No EtOH 7725 142.7 8.811 16.20 9/11/2025 UT 88 7896 171.1 10.268 16.66 9/12/2025 UT 87 8072 176.5 10.803 16.34 9/13/2025 UT 87 8150 77.6 4.01 19.35 9/14/2025 UT/CO 87 8399 248.7 18.755 13.26 9/14/2025 CO 87 8597 198.3 11.434 17.34 9/14/2025 KS 87 8866 269.3 14.817 18.18 9/15/2025 KS 87 9066 199.3 13.368 14.91 9/15/2025 MO 87 9301 235.5 13.435 17.53 9/15/2025 MO 87 9530 229.1 12.523 18.29 9/16/2025 KY/TN 87 9764 233.8 13.922 16.79 9/16/2025 TN 87 9995 230.3 12.474 18.46
This is more proof of the problem . A marriage of a hungry power train and a small tank.
I honestly do not think that a replacement tank will ever arrive and that we will have to use portable tanks forever.
Otherwise it is a great truck.
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