I installed the CM ALRD on my 1999 F350 DRW. Added 30" boxes instead of the built in versions which gives me room for larger individual items rather than the 4 smaller boxes. And yes, the short bed crew cab looks funny...I prefer the full 8 ft. beds on trucks at the expense of turning radius. Never checked MPG before installing the flatbed but glad your results were positive! I'm averaging a little over 10 MPG towing a 6600 Lb. gooseneck trailer with loads up to 9000 lbs. on board with my 7.3 Power Stroke diesel. Hauling 8-1/2' diameter tanks lowered the MPG to 8.8 MPG due to high wind resistance. On the highway I run 68 - 75 MPH.
Unless my math was really bad...The CM aluminum bed has a steel frame and I believe it weighs 80 pounds less than the same bed in all steel. Last year, I considered putting one on a dually pickup. The factory bed , I was told, probably weighed 300 pounds and the CM steel bed weighed 1200 pounds. An ALL aluminum bed will weigh a little more than a factory bed, but wouldn't hold up as well to heavy loads.
Great review. You guys remind me of my buddy and I traveling in his Tundra. His wife packs carrots and apples but we hit Walmart for orange candy slices, Raisinettes, and Doritos before we leAve town. The big Ford might change my mind from a 6.4L Ram.
Regular pickup box with tailgate up produces best MPGs due to low pressure area that develops in the bed. But what I'd like to see more study on is how tonneau covers affect it. I haven't seen a good study on that.
OFFRD I don't have a with/without comparison but I got 20mpg out of my 2015 F-150 5.0 going from south central PA to Chicago IL and back, with 4 days of city commutes in between. 1,303 miles in all. No towing. I ran the speed limits with cruise control and took all interstates where possible, even if they cost tolls. Also had an EZ Pass to minimize toll stops to pay ie was able to keep rolling even if only at 5mph through the gate. That's with the factory Ford soft folding tonneau cover. The vinyl one with the rail system. Oh and I did stop for rest and coffee a couple times. Lol. Didn't drive straight through. 600 miles each way is a little much for me anymore.
I have an 09 Sierra 2500 ex cab 4x4 6.5' bed with a liter. My highway is 16 mpg my average is 12 mpg and my towing is 7 or 8 mpg. So 14.6 is not bad at all.
In the United States, the Magnuson-Moss act makes it so that modifying your car doesn't immediately void your warranty. The manufacturer/dealer must show that the modification caused the failure of the warrantied part.
Gotta learn how to eat on the road, Andre! Lol. On another note: I was not expecting to see such a drastic improvement over the original mileage. That is pretty great!
Never would I buy an aluminum flat bed. They dont hold up to agricultural use. They crack, they're more expensive, and harder to modify. Yea a steel bed is heavier, and that's not a bad thing especially on a work truck that's probably going to see some off pavement and bad weather use so a heavier steel bed offers more traction and better handling. Not to mention the welds on the CM look like garbage.
LOL! you guys are funny at how brutal you are. I don’t think MrTruck is using that truck for anything other than highway queen duty hauling a camper. And with SRW you need as light a bed as possible to keep axle capacity rating for the fifth wheel.
I've had flatbeds before that were just beds and almost made that mistake again. But this CM SK with the side skirts and fender flares hides the ugly frame and looks more like a finished bed.
Play Seether small bug shield on a front bumper or air fan on the headache rack right behind your cab that will stop the air from circling down and packing in behind the cab of the truck this causes resistance Fighters not going to gain enough mileage to make it worth cost of the fin. But I do recommend the bug shields they will save your windshield in your truck from pretty good size gravel and they are full lift that it gives you does help with fuel mileage anything you can do to keep the air from damming up behind the truck
But you know the headache rack is the same height as the cab roof ribs and the bed is narrower than a Raptor bed. So I can go through all the car washes. Even with my barb wire headache rack on my old bed wouldn't allow me to use the better car wash settings.
Steven Ruble do you mean the length ratio? If so I agree. I think trucks look odd when the cab is “longer” that the bed. For example: a crew cab 6’ bed. It should be an 8’ bed OR have a shorter cab. It doesn’t matter much though.. purely looks
TFL was this test done at the same speed? At 1:41 it looks like 80mph. MrTruck mentions he was setting the cruise control at 75mph after the aluminum bed install. Thank you Jim
Was the test done the same day ? Was the wind speed and wind direction the same ???? PROBABLY NOT. I'm hauling vehicles all around Canada and USA. From my experience, wind speed and wind direction can change MPG approximately up to 50% when trailer is loaded, up to 40% when empty and with out trailer up to 30%. So your MPG test probably is incorrect . The best way how to make MPG test - take 2 the same vehicles with the same tires and the same mileage, drive the same time and leave half mile distance between both vehicles. Then you will get correct MPG numbers !!!
Way too many atmospheric variables between Oklahoma and Colorado for this to be anything but for entertainment. On that note, however, it was a good vid.
Kent's truck isn't 'blown'. Notice, also, that Colorado is lower in octane until you move up to premium. Vacationing in Colorado from Kansas and Oklahoma, I used to have to use premium in the mini-van to avoid pinging at the higher elevations. 85 and 87 octane would have killed me, performance-wise, in Colorado.
Philip Muth Well, octane is not what I was referring too and has nothing to do with 1mpg increase. I-35 is 4000 ft lower in elevation and the truck is effectively pushing through air that is 12% denser. Also, they filled up and measured the fuel economy on the way south to Kingston, Ok. Predominant winds are south on I-35, so that means a head wind. Octane ratings are less at elevation because it's not needed. The decrease in air density at elevation effectively lowers the compression of the engine, hence fuel that has less octane.
@@EkzdeeLFT It's a well know fact that fuel economy decreases with speeds over 50 mph because aro drag increases, especially on a brick shaped vehicle like a truck.
I was in shock when I saw Mr. Truck in a ball cap instead of his usual cowboy hat... and then we see him with no hat at all! BTW, a hot dog without any condiments isn't a "real" hot dog.
i get better milage driving down to phoenix than i do driving back up to tucson even though its only about 1500 feet in elevation difference...ambient air temperature has a big affect on gas mileage too...try the same truck at 75 degrees and again at 20 or less and the cold temp will usually suffer
Looking at a grandby truck camper wouldnt mind getting the SK flatbed but do not know what to do with the truck bed. Who would want to buy just the 8ft bed?.
Not a valid test. The distance wasn't long enough. The pump may have clicked off earlier than when it was last filled. We get a lot of winds in Colorado so that alone could account for more than the difference. Vehicles get worse mpg when it is colder, were the temperatures similar? Were the tires and pressures the same? What if the standard bed had a topper or cover making it more aerodynamic?
The results from the 2 test are skewed. If it was a standard tailgate intead of a v shaped for a goose neck it would create a neutral air bubble. That would allow the air flow to pass over the tailgate. By having an open flow you create downforce on the bed. Mythbusters tested something similar by testing tailgate up or down for fuel gains. Tailgate up got 45 extra miles to the tank.
Brendon Kelly they’re fun to play with in her twenties, but by thirty five they’re playing tag with her bellybutton. The smaller ones stay up longer it’s simple physics.
Okie Rider I tell my sons go ahead and date those D cups now, but don’t marry bigger than B+. Actually I tell them never get married ever, but if you have to get married......
Kcducttaper1 it's a heavy duty truck with a gas engine, 14mpg is damn good in my book. It's not like a half ton truck that was designed to be fuel efficient as most half tons are driven and simple transportation with occasional towing in mind.
Right. I'm just surprised that it's literally no better than my F-250 that's almost 20 years old. Depending on elements, I usually get 14.x with the cruise at 75. I figured they would've done something too increase mpg at least a couple in the last 20 years. MPGs can be a big deal to fleet owners, but the vast market is indeed for 1/2 tons. I just figured some of that tech would've trickled into the SD's by now.
Technology costs Money, Money that the car makers rather keep in their pockets. After all a big heavy truck doesn't has to follow safety rules as a car does. So why implement them? If you can instead put in a nice radio.
The bump in MPG has to be due to the lighter weight of the aluminum flat bed. I'm not sure if it applies here but Myth Busters TV show did an experiment on a pick-up truck for the myth of getting better MPG's with the tailgate being left open/down vs. the tailgate being closed. The tailgate being closed got better MPG. Apparently the wind current hitting the tailgate caused it to swirl forward pushing on the back of the truck's cab resulting in higher MPG's.
80 pounds of weight difference won't matter. The test has enough variability that the difference between what they determined with the box and what they determined with the flat deck are essentially the same.
I was told that I'd get better gas mileage if I used my truck bed cover. I don't think so because of the added weight. 2000 C3500 7.4Ltr LS Crew Cab w/8ft bed. Don't know the weight of the cover, but it's all fiberglass.
Come on "Mr. Truck", you need to be driving a diesel dually even if you don't really need it. Something about that moniker elicits images of something like that, not a single wheel gasser.
I can't speed another $10,000 for a diesel and the drag of dual wheels just for image. I'm old, I don't need in impress the chicks anymore. My extra money is spent spoiling grandkids.
Haha, oh ok well as long as some point in your past you were Mr. Truck driving a crazy looking truck then my bad. And yes, spoil those grandkids, nothing wrong with that.
Hey guys I have a 2016-17 Ford F-250 and my dad is using it for work and but a utility bed on it to use it for construction. My dad recently put air bags in the rear so it won’t sag like it did. However, the dashboard says it gets 10 miles to the gallon how can I change that to get more miles for the dollar. Thank you Giuseppe
Almost every vehicle almost every time gets better fuel mileage leaving Colorado then it does going to Colorado. It's a steady incline in elevation going toward Denver. duh.
I live in utah i got a 2008 ford f250 6.4 powerstroke 30 gallons diesel tank and 5 peoples on it around 650 pound just in peoples . I getting 13 mpg at 80mph everything st0ck except pdf,egr delete and cold air intake. Thanks guys
he said the stock one was lighter, but thats because he added utility boxes and a headache rack on his aluminum bed. if he had just got the basic aluminum bed it would have been much lighter
I used to get better mpg from Oklahoma gas than I did Kansas gas. But I also find that I get better overall performance from Cenex gas than Kwik Shop gas.
Haha we in austria dont even have 91 octane ;) starts at 95 goes up to 102. BUT germany s not far away, so we do travel at 160mph and i gues therefore you need a powerfull engine and some "good" fuel , not ridn around with 60mph😂
Do they take credit cards in Kansas? Those farmers in Kansas will take your soul then complained it isn't worth anything. Then make you work for free for months because at that point you owe them something.
You could tell your results in Liters/100 km because rest of the world is watching too. Only 3 countries are using the imperial. Other than that good video!
Eugen Pop you're not wrong. However, they are testing an American truck, on American soil. The video was filmed and edited in America and uploaded to an American server on an American website. 17.30 liters per 100 km with the original bed. 16.1 liters per 100km with the aluminum bed. Writing this reply took significantly longer than a quick Google search for conversion. Don't be lazy.
Not lazy. I follow this channel and watch lots of videos here about fuel consumption. But when you have to stop the video all the time in order to convert then you're getting sick of it. And did exactly what you written here but thanks anyhow for the info :) Maybe I didn't asked the right way too. What I'm asking is when they write there the mpg it would be nice to write the L/100km in brackets somewhere. The writing only that's all. If they don't write it's not the end of the world but if they do more viewers for them and above all more happy viewers. Yes America is amazing of course. Leader in innovation and technology first country that went to the moon and so on. But I see you also intelligent enough to see that imperial is obsolete and belongs in the history books.
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Santiago Gonzale Thank you, good sir!
Santiago Gonzale best comment ever
I wonder what an actual test would conclude, although I was surprised. The lip at the back of the cab would disturb the air
You are a god sent
Thank you
Is it just me, or are short bed flatbeds silly looking on a 4 door?
Anything less than 8 foot bed is stupid either way
go big or go home
I ain't gonna tell a man what to do with his money or possessions. It doesn't take money from my wallet or break my bones, he can do what he wants
@@scottchapman8044 8 ft beds are gross
I like the look
Computer MPG is about as useless as a ashtray on a Motorcycle
I installed the CM ALRD on my 1999 F350 DRW. Added 30" boxes instead of the built in versions which gives me room for larger individual items rather than the 4 smaller boxes. And yes, the short bed crew cab looks funny...I prefer the full 8 ft. beds on trucks at the expense of turning radius. Never checked MPG before installing the flatbed but glad your results were positive! I'm averaging a little over 10 MPG towing a 6600 Lb. gooseneck trailer with loads up to 9000 lbs. on board with my 7.3 Power Stroke diesel. Hauling 8-1/2' diameter tanks lowered the MPG to 8.8 MPG due to high wind resistance. On the highway I run 68 - 75 MPH.
Unless my math was really bad...The CM aluminum bed has a steel frame and I believe it weighs 80 pounds less than the same bed in all steel. Last year, I considered putting one on a dually pickup. The factory bed , I was told, probably weighed 300 pounds and the CM steel bed weighed 1200 pounds. An ALL aluminum bed will weigh a little more than a factory bed, but wouldn't hold up as well to heavy loads.
Great review. You guys remind me of my buddy and I traveling in his Tundra. His wife packs carrots and apples but we hit Walmart for orange candy slices, Raisinettes, and Doritos before we leAve town. The big Ford might change my mind from a 6.4L Ram.
Can you do a test on how bed cover affects MPG?
Check out mythbusters
Regular pickup box with tailgate up produces best MPGs due to low pressure area that develops in the bed. But what I'd like to see more study on is how tonneau covers affect it. I haven't seen a good study on that.
OFFRD I don't have a with/without comparison but I got 20mpg out of my 2015 F-150 5.0 going from south central PA to Chicago IL and back, with 4 days of city commutes in between. 1,303 miles in all. No towing. I ran the speed limits with cruise control and took all interstates where possible, even if they cost tolls. Also had an EZ Pass to minimize toll stops to pay ie was able to keep rolling even if only at 5mph through the gate.
That's with the factory Ford soft folding tonneau cover. The vinyl one with the rail system.
Oh and I did stop for rest and coffee a couple times. Lol. Didn't drive straight through. 600 miles each way is a little much for me anymore.
Always nice to see pll just plain enjoying what they do
WOW !!! THAT IS A NICE ALL-ALUMINUM FLATBED!!! I LOVE IT!!!! TOTALLY AWESOME UPGRADE!!! LED LIGHTS AS WELL!!!
That fuel mileage is awful. I dont care if its a gasser or not. Its not even towing anything
Sabanite wait...it's gas? That isn't bad for gas
Wait till you put load on it. It get worse. Yea like 7.
Cruise control eats more gas than a control Foot.
@Time forRevolution
You get that in a semi truck
I have an 09 Sierra 2500 ex cab 4x4 6.5' bed with a liter. My highway is 16 mpg my average is 12 mpg and my towing is 7 or 8 mpg. So 14.6 is not bad at all.
Jorge Avila very true
In the United States, the Magnuson-Moss act makes it so that modifying your car doesn't immediately void your warranty. The manufacturer/dealer must show that the modification caused the failure of the warrantied part.
Gotta learn how to eat on the road, Andre! Lol.
On another note: I was not expecting to see such a drastic improvement over the original mileage. That is pretty great!
Curious about what mpg would be with just a regular steel flatbed
Never would I buy an aluminum flat bed. They dont hold up to agricultural use. They crack, they're more expensive, and harder to modify. Yea a steel bed is heavier, and that's not a bad thing especially on a work truck that's probably going to see some off pavement and bad weather use so a heavier steel bed offers more traction and better handling. Not to mention the welds on the CM look like garbage.
I have to agree, when I saw the welds on the flatbed I immediately hated it.
LOL! you guys are funny at how brutal you are. I don’t think MrTruck is using that truck for anything other than highway queen duty hauling a camper. And with SRW you need as light a bed as possible to keep axle capacity rating for the fifth wheel.
Single wheel axle trucks with a flatbed is close to the definition of ugly...
Yeah, at least leave off the fender flares.
I've had flatbeds before that were just beds and almost made that mistake again. But this CM SK with the side skirts and fender flares hides the ugly frame and looks more like a finished bed.
MrTruckTV
How far into Oklahoma did y'all go?
Standard beds
Almost Texas
Play Seether small bug shield on a front bumper or air fan on the headache rack right behind your cab that will stop the air from circling down and packing in behind the cab of the truck this causes resistance Fighters not going to gain enough mileage to make it worth cost of the fin. But I do recommend the bug shields they will save your windshield in your truck from pretty good size gravel and they are full lift that it gives you does help with fuel mileage anything you can do to keep the air from damming up behind the truck
The setup just feels weird to me. It’s the whole bed to cab ratio.
and rear axle width
But you know the headache rack is the same height as the cab roof ribs and the bed is narrower than a Raptor bed. So I can go through all the car washes. Even with my barb wire headache rack on my old bed wouldn't allow me to use the better car wash settings.
Feuerwehrmann sam
Steven Ruble do you mean the length ratio? If so I agree. I think trucks look odd when the cab is “longer” that the bed. For example: a crew cab 6’ bed. It should be an 8’ bed OR have a shorter cab.
It doesn’t matter much though.. purely looks
TFL was this test done at the same speed? At 1:41 it looks like 80mph. MrTruck mentions he was setting the cruise control at 75mph after the aluminum bed install. Thank you Jim
Mr Truck is a gem!
that 1 MPG difference is probably within the margin of error of the methodology
THANK YOU SO MUCH. THE FACTS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES. SOMETHING TO CONSIDER. GREAT VIDEO AND EDUCATION. THANKS FOR SHARING.
Was the test done the same day ? Was the wind speed and wind direction the same ???? PROBABLY NOT. I'm hauling vehicles all around Canada and USA. From my experience, wind speed and wind direction can change MPG approximately up to 50% when trailer is loaded, up to 40% when empty and with out trailer up to 30%. So your MPG test probably is incorrect . The best way how to make MPG test - take 2 the same vehicles with the same tires and the same mileage, drive the same time and leave half mile distance between both vehicles. Then you will get correct MPG numbers !!!
Way too many atmospheric variables between Oklahoma and Colorado for this to be anything but for entertainment. On that note, however, it was a good vid.
Kent's truck isn't 'blown'. Notice, also, that Colorado is lower in octane until you move up to premium. Vacationing in Colorado from Kansas and Oklahoma, I used to have to use premium in the mini-van to avoid pinging at the higher elevations. 85 and 87 octane would have killed me, performance-wise, in Colorado.
Philip Muth Well, octane is not what I was referring too and has nothing to do with 1mpg increase. I-35 is 4000 ft lower in elevation and the truck is effectively pushing through air that is 12% denser. Also, they filled up and measured the fuel economy on the way south to Kingston, Ok. Predominant winds are south on I-35, so that means a head wind. Octane ratings are less at elevation because it's not needed. The decrease in air density at elevation effectively lowers the compression of the engine, hence fuel that has less octane.
Points well made, Troy.
and on different days. they both looked clear but a heavy wind or big temp shift could make a diff
Troy Strain you just defined this channel
Approximately 10% reduction in fuel economy for every 10 MPH over 55 MPH.
the best fuel economy I get in my 2005 cummins is when Im driving it at 2200-2500 rpm which is 65-80mph so I don't think so buddy
@@EkzdeeLFT It's a well know fact that fuel economy decreases with speeds over 50 mph because aro drag increases, especially on a brick shaped vehicle like a truck.
I like the new bed. I see a lot of farm trucks use beds like that. Not all trucks need to be dualies.
I was in shock when I saw Mr. Truck in a ball cap instead of his usual cowboy hat... and then we see him with no hat at all! BTW, a hot dog without any condiments isn't a "real" hot dog.
i get better milage driving down to phoenix than i do driving back up to tucson even though its only about 1500 feet in elevation difference...ambient air temperature has a big affect on gas mileage too...try the same truck at 75 degrees and again at 20 or less and the cold temp will usually suffer
I Love the new bed but why is that truck gas?
Because diesels are expensive to purchase, maintain and usually unnecessarily powerful for most peoples needs.
AcePowdercoating Ace because it has a gasoline motor 😂🤦♂️
6.4 gas is in the new Dodge 25/3500s
He must be a previous 6.0 owner and lost ALL trust in Ford diesels. Lol
That 6.2 no one has yet figured the tuning out yet but once the truck guys find some Honda guy to play with it it will be a major hot rod engine.
How can you be accurate if your not running the same exact route?
The rear axle looks sooo narrow with that bed
Looking at a grandby truck camper wouldnt mind getting the SK flatbed but do not know what to do with the truck bed. Who would want to buy just the 8ft bed?.
Looks like that flatbed has a lot of room for improvement with that massive fender flares that do nothing but add drag lol.
Not a valid test. The distance wasn't long enough. The pump may have clicked off earlier than when it was last filled. We get a lot of winds in Colorado so that alone could account for more than the difference. Vehicles get worse mpg when it is colder, were the temperatures similar? Were the tires and pressures the same? What if the standard bed had a topper or cover making it more aerodynamic?
the first guy set his cruse to 80mph the other guy set it to 75 there will always be better fuel econ with lower speed
We averaged 75 mpg. And it's down hill from Colorado to OK. I thought the factory bed would do better.
@@MrTruckTV I would love to have a full size truck that can get 75 miles per gallon.
The differences in fuel mileage is air flow the area flows NW
The results from the 2 test are skewed. If it was a standard tailgate intead of a v shaped for a goose neck it would create a neutral air bubble. That would allow the air flow to pass over the tailgate. By having an open flow you create downforce on the bed. Mythbusters tested something similar by testing tailgate up or down for fuel gains. Tailgate up got 45 extra miles to the tank.
That's a bigger difference than I thought.
Do a 4 test MPG truck test with tailgate up. Tailgate down. Tailgate off and one with bed cover. It's only 400 miles
uphill to Colorado downhill on the way back..
0:29 that is the key. All diesel mileage tests are pretty meaningless because you never know when the diesel is regenerating.
Does a flat wife improve your marriage? No.
Brendon Kelly they’re fun to play with in her twenties, but by thirty five they’re playing tag with her bellybutton. The smaller ones stay up longer it’s simple physics.
Daniel Curtin
Lmao. Now, that was funny right there.
Okie Rider I tell my sons go ahead and date those D cups now, but don’t marry bigger than B+. Actually I tell them never get married ever, but if you have to get married......
Daniel Curtin your sons are like 5 and 8 dude lmao y u tellin them that shit
They make air bags for that issue
I'm kinda surprised they still only get ~14mpg. That's what my '99 F-250 gets.
Kcducttaper1 it's a heavy duty truck with a gas engine, 14mpg is damn good in my book. It's not like a half ton truck that was designed to be fuel efficient as most half tons are driven and simple transportation with occasional towing in mind.
Plus, they were running 70 and 75 miles per hour.
Right. I'm just surprised that it's literally no better than my F-250 that's almost 20 years old. Depending on elements, I usually get 14.x with the cruise at 75. I figured they would've done something too increase mpg at least a couple in the last 20 years. MPGs can be a big deal to fleet owners, but the vast market is indeed for 1/2 tons. I just figured some of that tech would've trickled into the SD's by now.
I was thinking the same thing. My 02 5.4 f250 with 35's get 13 with my toolbox (300lbs give or take) in it.
Technology costs Money, Money that the car makers rather keep in their pockets. After all a big heavy truck doesn't has to follow safety rules as a car does. So why implement them? If you can instead put in a nice radio.
Does opening the tailgate increase mpg?
My 89 F250 gets 10 mpgs towing or empty. So 14 mpg is good to me. I need to dump the c6 and get the zf trans.
Im guessing a 460 engine
The bump in MPG has to be due to the lighter weight of the aluminum flat bed. I'm not sure if it applies here but Myth Busters TV show did an experiment on a pick-up truck for the myth of getting better MPG's with the tailgate being left open/down vs. the tailgate being closed. The tailgate being closed got better MPG. Apparently the wind current hitting the tailgate caused it to swirl forward pushing on the back of the truck's cab resulting in higher MPG's.
80 pounds of weight difference won't matter. The test has enough variability that the difference between what they determined with the box and what they determined with the flat deck are essentially the same.
I was told that I'd get better gas mileage if I used my truck bed cover. I don't think so because of the added weight. 2000 C3500 7.4Ltr LS Crew Cab w/8ft bed. Don't know the weight of the cover, but it's all fiberglass.
the added weight of a fiberglass cover negates the fuel economy savings on the highway. get a vinyl or aluminum cover for your bed.
Jessa Phillips
Thanks
Come on "Mr. Truck", you need to be driving a diesel dually even if you don't really need it. Something about that moniker elicits images of something like that, not a single wheel gasser.
I can't speed another $10,000 for a diesel and the drag of dual wheels just for image. I'm old, I don't need in impress the chicks anymore. My extra money is spent spoiling grandkids.
Haha, oh ok well as long as some point in your past you were Mr. Truck driving a crazy looking truck then my bad. And yes, spoil those grandkids, nothing wrong with that.
Did they give you credit for trade in on the old bed, or did you just give it away?
Well, the only thing I can trust here is Mr. Trucks take on the proper way to eat a hotdog on the road and that is dry. Thanks for the laughs.
Hey guys I have a 2016-17 Ford F-250 and my dad is using it for work and but a utility bed on it to use it for construction. My dad recently put air bags in the rear so it won’t sag like it did. However, the dashboard says it gets 10 miles to the gallon how can I change that to get more miles for the dollar. Thank you Giuseppe
Gyello 72 pour a bottle of coke in the tank, it helps clean the injectors
Almost every vehicle almost every time gets better fuel mileage leaving Colorado then it does going to Colorado. It's a steady incline in elevation going toward Denver. duh.
What happened, you were getting 16 mpg with the Economax installed in your other video?
I live in utah i got a 2008 ford f250 6.4 powerstroke 30 gallons diesel tank and 5 peoples on it around 650 pound just in peoples . I getting 13 mpg at 80mph everything st0ck except pdf,egr delete and cold air intake. Thanks guys
Nice looking tow body!
1st half of video I thought the test was with aluminum bed then he gets gas and says let’s see how it does with a flat bed my mind exploded 😂
What about the weight? Was the stock one heavier, same or lighter.
he said the stock one was lighter, but thats because he added utility boxes and a headache rack on his aluminum bed. if he had just got the basic aluminum bed it would have been much lighter
Stock was 80 lb lighter.
heck yeah #Oklahoma ...be neat if yall went to smaller car events in different states. i know that might be time consuming though
They should have cleaned up the weld before selling it.
another Willie Nelson
The gas there in Kansas sucks ask me how l know...
Chris Cardoza how do you know??
tuiyadrana waqs He uses it as an inhalant. It just doesn't get him off as good.
I used to get better mpg from Oklahoma gas than I did Kansas gas. But I also find that I get better overall performance from Cenex gas than Kwik Shop gas.
love's is hot fuel..less volume per gallon..
rollawy This simply isn't true. I've had six years of chemistry, and I'll explain it, if you want me to.
Why did you put a flatbed designed for a dually on a single rear wheel truck or is it just the angles?
Rowdy Moore I think that’s just the way it’s designed. A DRW would likely stick out another 8+” or so on either side.
This bed is 7 feet wide and designed for a single rear wheel HD truck. A dually bed is much wider at 8 feet total.
I'm sorry but there were too many variables in your mpg runs to take this seriously, but the video was done nicely so there's that.
good stuff guys
What is more fuel efficiency gas or diesel engines
diesel
i just got a Hillsboro flatbed
What about normal bed with tail gate down/off?
Im confused .what is a 6 foot flatbed for ? A motercycle or golf cart ??
It's 7x7, my factory bed was 6'8" by 6'3", do you know which is bigger?
Dang.... I miss these gas prices
And gas here in Ca is $4...
Our similar specs '16 long bed with a camper shell and duratracs gets 11.5 if we are lucky...
MrTruck, what do you think of the 6.2 vs 6.8 v10?
I like the 6.2L, but in a class 6, I'd go 6.8L
Why do you choose the gas over the Diesel engine.
Haha we in austria dont even have 91 octane ;) starts at 95 goes up to 102. BUT germany s not far away, so we do travel at 160mph and i gues therefore you need a powerfull engine and some "good" fuel , not ridn around with 60mph😂
The rating system is different in Europe, the quality is similar but we use a different method for measuring octane then Europe measures theirs
if you had set your cruse at 60 you would have went 40 miles farther speed kill gas milage
where is the old bed?
Sold the old bed.
What about steel bed?
Dod you threw the bed?
Good info, thanks!
Lmao i know this video isn't completly new but in between houston and Kansas city Missouri gas was at most 2.14😆 that sucks to live in Colorado
They don't make good gas anymore like they did in the 70 s...
Do they take credit cards in Kansas? Those farmers in Kansas will take your soul then complained it isn't worth anything. Then make you work for free for months because at that point you owe them something.
CM beds are the best.
0:31 to 0:34 when it all started
80 lbs heavier yet 1.0 mpg increase
Cool, i guess that flatbed caused less drag, tis gain a gallon in gas mileage.
save a guy 10 mins. alu flatbed added 80lbs to the truck and got 1mpg better. 13.6mpg stock bed. 14.6mpg flatbed.
save even more: the aluminum flatbed was about the same weight and got about the same mileage as the stock box
My flatbeds have alway drop mpg. The beds are simple a lot heavier !
8:25 Hahahaahahahaaaa that is my company.
Great video!
Anyone know the song playing around 1:45??
Evan Tykocki "Please Don't Squeeze it That Hard"
Who's the song by? I can't seem to find it...
Evan Tykocki It's by Dicky Smalls and the Blue Balls band.
Get a flat bed on your truck n save $1 0n a 300 mile trip 🤣🤣
we got better gas milage when we stucka heavy ass wheel lift on our f350... go figure
That bed is ugly as shit. Ruined that fine truck.
Did you loose traction with the new bed. Less weight in the back?
kyjoe9 Mr Truck said the new bed is 80lbs heavier (likely due to thicker and more robust construction).
actually its heavier because of the extra utility boxes and the headache bar....
Gnarly welds
You could tell your results in Liters/100 km because rest of the world is watching too. Only 3 countries are using the imperial. Other than that good video!
Eugen Pop you're not wrong. However, they are testing an American truck, on American soil. The video was filmed and edited in America and uploaded to an American server on an American website. 17.30 liters per 100 km with the original bed. 16.1 liters per 100km with the aluminum bed. Writing this reply took significantly longer than a quick Google search for conversion. Don't be lazy.
Not lazy. I follow this channel and watch lots of videos here about fuel consumption. But when you have to stop the video all the time in order to convert then you're getting sick of it. And did exactly what you written here but thanks anyhow for the info :) Maybe I didn't asked the right way too. What I'm asking is when they write there the mpg it would be nice to write the L/100km in brackets somewhere. The writing only that's all. If they don't write it's not the end of the world but if they do more viewers for them and above all more happy viewers. Yes America is amazing of course. Leader in innovation and technology first country that went to the moon and so on. But I see you also intelligent enough to see that imperial is obsolete and belongs in the history books.
Well guess we need to keep our money here and not share with the imperial standard folks, wonder how long your country will last that way???
I don't get why people buy gas trucks....the equivalent diesel does 20mpg
Price difference and not everyone tows all the time
Eating in a 80000 dollar truck.
I think I found Arnold Schwarzenegger's brother
That's why I get chicken tenders or nuggets. Lol.
Love that test.