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[HoustonPerson]

The two things I like best about my truck are its ability to “tow” and the “mileage”. The boat I pull is 8,600 pounds plus about 1,300 of people and equipment in the truck.

When the truck was new, it got about 12 mpg and on the first day I drove it to Dallas and back, and traveled at different speeds to break it in. 50,60,70,80,40 etc. By the time it had 5,000 miles on the meter. The all around mileage figure was about 14-15mpg. Now at 24,000 miles it is 16 average (and that includes pulling the boat).

Add the boat only decreases my mileage by about 1.5mpg.

The F150 was a joke, it could not tow at all, and is way way way way over rated for towing. Without the boat I would get about 17 to 18, but put the boat on it, and I would be lucky to get 6 mpg, and most trips only got 4mpg. It was basically impossible to get the thing over 60mph. The “real” tow rating on the F150 should be 5,000 lbs not 8,200.

If I were to drive the Super Duty at just 60-70mph on the freeway, and not let it change gears I can get about 20 mpg………but that is not how I drive. I stop and go, tow the boat at 80mph or more, hence my overall average of 16. Oh yes, about 1/3 of my mileage is towing that boat all over the state.

That’s my 2 cents