fuel mileage

[ALLENY66]

i have a 2024 tahoe z71 when pulling a tandem 16ft trailer with a sub compact tractor on it running 70 miles a hour got 10.5 miles to gallon does this sound normal?

 

[wjburken]

i have a 2024 tahoe z71 when pulling a tandem 16ft trailer with a sub compact tractor on it running 70 miles a hour got 10.5 miles to gallon does this sound normal?

Yes

 

[West 1]

You do not state how much weight you are pulling. When towing 4,000 pounds or more my MPG drops to a little over 10.
I towed my car trailer with just a frame on it so maybe 2800 pounds total on a 900 mile trip with my Escalade 6.2L, drove 70-75 the entire trip and got 13.3 but the car trailer was light and had little wind resistance unlike a box trailer.

 

[ALLENY66]

1500 lbs

 

[wjburken]

1500 lbs

It’s not so much the weight, it’s the drag.

Sub compact trailers are not aerodynamic and if your utility trailer has a dropdown ramp that rides vertically, you’re basically pulling a sail.

I go from 18-20 mpg in my truck to 8-10 as soon as I hook up my 16ft utility trailer, no matter what the weight is.

 

[ALLENY66]

It’s not so much the weight, it’s the drag.

Sub compact trailers are not aerodynamic and if your utility trailer has a dropdown ramp that rides vertically, you’re basically pulling a sail.

I go from 18-20 mpg in my truck to 8-10 as soon as I hook up my 16ft utility trailer, no matter what the weight is.

ok thanks just figured with the 10 speed transmission it would be better

 

[JKeller]

I get about the same pulling a Kawasaki Mule on a 14x6 open trailer and when pulling my airboat trailer - both packages weigh in the 4,000lbs range. Like has been said, it's more a product of the wind drag than the weight of the trailer. I towed the Mule trailer empty once. With the rear lift gate up, I got 11-12mpg; when I lowered the life gate into the trailer and reduced drag, I went up to 16mpg.

 

[viven44]

Pulled 8200 lbs recently, got 12.4mpg, you can see it here

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