BF Goodrich KO3s - a comment

[Zachanadandy]

Yeah, our driveway isn't quite like that!

Looks beautiful though. I undertand full well that some people don't off road. If I didn't I probably wouldn't even own Jeeps to be honest with you. Instead, Jeeps are all we own at this point. A hellcat would get better mileage and be far more fun on the street. By the time we but the Jeep and then build it with lift, winch, tires, skids the hellcat probably cost the sane too.

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[Gladiatorguy]

Our recent trip to Colorado and Moab, including mountain driving, off-road trails, and 75 mph freeways. 2024 JT Willys with those noisy OEM Firestone MTs.

 

[bd100]

When we moved from California to Tennessee I drove our motorhome, towing my JT, and the wife follewed behind me in her JLU. I had the motorhome's cruise control set on 60 mph the entire time on I40, and she drove without cruise control - she actually got up to 35 mpg average on that trip! Decent fuel economy is possible with judicious use of the skinny pedal!

Drafting the whole way!!!

 

[NC_Overland]

I know in MD they change the fuel over to winter blend in oct-nov, which drops my fuel mileage 2-3 mpg.

My fist thought too. Even in GA, I notice a few mpg dip every winter.

 

[fastfreddie]

aggressive looking treads cost money. There's a reason Rubicon and Mojave mpgs are garbage compared to Sports: Street Tires.

Tru Dat! I would kill for 20 mpg.

 

[Baxter]

I don't know how anyone is seeing 25mpg in a JT or JL with the 3.6L. Even stock I didn't see 20mpg. On 37 in the JT and 39s in the JLUR its 12-13mpg at best.

I don’t know how they could see 25 mpg either. I just took a little trip that was about 4 hours round trip for the first time since I have had my JT and with the cruise set at 75 got 19 mpg for the total trip.

 

[Janster]

I know in MD they change the fuel over to winter blend in oct-nov, which drops my fuel mileage 2-3 mpg.

Absolutely…... I live just above you in Pennsylvania…. All the trucks I’ve ever owned lost 2-3mpg during the winter (not including idling or remote start, etc - which will make it worse). All colder states get the winter blends.

 

[Pat Witt]

I haven't seen 20+ mpg in the last 4 jeeps I've owned and my Mojave gets 15mpg for everyday driving and about 11 when I'm towing that's with 35x12.5x17 and an aggressive tread

 

[KevinC]

I just returned from a trip Florida>Tennessee and back. I75 90% of the trip. 50% of time cruise control on, speed maintained at 72mph.

Take out the up and down the mountain we did once a day, my JT averaged 17.5MPG. If you include the daily mountain drive, 16.5MPG

2023 JT Mojave / 37x12.50x17 BFG KO2 Load Range D / 34psi
Half Rack with only recovery boards and a 10lb CO2 tank in the bed.
Steel front bumper
Two people and luggage

 

[Glaados]

I get 24mpg at 65-68 mph cruise on with the OEM AT3W 33's and summer blend . Anything over 70 and im dipping to 20-21. We're driving a brick yall

I have no armor or aero killers like racks and lights though. Those can make a huge difference.

 

[Jteakus]

I just looked at BFG's website. No longer can you look at all the sizes and load ranges of a tire. The tires in KO2 that I own now are no longer available in C and must be purchased in D, or F load range for the KO3.
I don't care for either of the changes.

 

[Jteakus]

I won't share my mileage with you guys.

 

[NC_Overland]

I have no armor or aero killers like racks and lights though. Those can make a huge difference.

Huge difference. I get significantly worse mpg with the top off or anything above the bed. I normally have my bed cover closed. Literally 3-4 mpg less. Most people don’t realize how much work the Jeep engineers put into aerodynamics on our vehicles. It’s really apparent when you disrupt it.

I’ll give another example. I had a 2017 Canyon All Terrain before my Gladiator. It had a 3.6l/8AT like my Jeep, but it weighed significantly less, had smaller tires, it was a lot closer to the ground, and by appearance had at lot better aerodynamics. I always thought that it was remarkable that it got similar mpg. Only 2 mpg better. It had a lot more power too. 24 mpg hwy vs 22 mpg hwy. City was about the same on both.

 

[Deric]

I'm running 37x12.5 KO3's on my 2021 mojave, and getting about 13-15 mpg, and haven't had any problems. It goes down to about 8-9 mpg while I'm pulling my travel trailer...I'm content with that...I didn't get it to save gas...

 

[Sw00per]

I just returned from a trip Florida>Tennessee and back. I75 90% of the trip. 50% of time cruise control on, speed maintained at 72mph.

Take out the up and down the mountain we did once a day, my JT averaged 17.5MPG. If you include the daily mountain drive, 16.5MPG

2023 JT Mojave / 37x12.50x17 BFG KO2 Load Range D / 34psi
Half Rack with only recovery boards and a 10lb CO2 tank in the bed.
Steel front bumper
Two people and luggage

Due to the government shutdown I ended up driving from Ca to AZ and was surprised to see the ave mpg at 18.5 with the full @Metalcloak undecloak, front and rear bumpers plus winch on 35 K02s. I will have to check today since I ran trails yesterday.

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