Dwosgood
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- First Name
- Dustin
- Joined
- Jun 18, 2019
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- Location
- Oceanside, CA
- Vehicle(s)
- 2020 JT, 2000 TJ
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I’m on the last leg of a trip to Tomball, Texas - the halfway point/my home for a PCS move to Camp Pendleton, CA. Wife and three kids are zooming down the highway in her Honda Pilot, I am paced about 45 minutes to an hour behind their position on the highways with the dogs and towing my TJ.
I was originally going to do a long, detailed thread and have a chart with calculated gas mileage, exact miles, kind of like a travel log - but the morning of my departure got hectic and I got lazy.
I’ve calculated three separate tanks of gas on fill up and can say with confidence that I’m averaging around 15.5 mpgs while going 55-60 mph. I didn’t get a chance to weigh the JT and the load, but I’m calling it 6,000lbs. Going up to 70 mph drops my JT down as low as 13.2 mpgs for flat areas and 11 mpgs on inclines. I’m fine going around 60 mph because I’m in no hurry.
JT : Sport S Max Tow
Trailer : BigTex 70CH
WD Hitch : Curt 17500
Brake Controller : Tekonsha P3
I was originally going to do a long, detailed thread and have a chart with calculated gas mileage, exact miles, kind of like a travel log - but the morning of my departure got hectic and I got lazy.
I’ve calculated three separate tanks of gas on fill up and can say with confidence that I’m averaging around 15.5 mpgs while going 55-60 mph. I didn’t get a chance to weigh the JT and the load, but I’m calling it 6,000lbs. Going up to 70 mph drops my JT down as low as 13.2 mpgs for flat areas and 11 mpgs on inclines. I’m fine going around 60 mph because I’m in no hurry.
JT : Sport S Max Tow
Trailer : BigTex 70CH
WD Hitch : Curt 17500
Brake Controller : Tekonsha P3
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