CRAZY RESULTS: F250 7.3 Godzilla MPG Normal vs ECO challenge!
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- Ford F250 7.3 Godzilla Normal vs ECO mod MPG test!
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Thanks for clearing that up!
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We do 1100 mile mountain trips every couple weeks through the winter. No trailer, but a sled deck and two snowmobiles. Truck is a 2022 F-350, 7.3L with 4.30 gears. Average hand calculated mpg is 11.7 (US mpg) and it is always within 0.2 mpg of what is displayed on the truck.
Is that single rear wheel or dual? I have a dual with the same gear ratio and it's around 10 mpg extended cab long bed.
@@WorknDirt It’s a single rear wheel. th-cam.com/video/PbCvI_l5uao/w-d-xo.html
I lived in Denver for 25 years. I always got better mileage going up and down the mountain. Every vehicle. You are basically coasting for miles and miles going down and that more than offsets the lower MPG going up.
My work vehicle is a 2020 Ford Transit, with the Ecoboost and 10 speed.
Eco-mode only helps in city driving by modifying throttle response, and shift points, straight highway not so much.
I have a 2011 F250 with 6.2 Gas engine, crew cab, standard bed, amd FX4 on it. Currently my tires are 295/70R17LT Mickey Thompson Baja Boss. Driving around unladen I usually average about 12 mpg.
I don't drive it that much due to my occupation as a OTR trucker. I've had it about 7 years and put maybe 15k miles on it. It's not super fancy or tricked out, pretty much all OEM. Gets the tasks done that I want, had been reliable, and most importantly is paid off.
Great video!! I have the same truck-2022 F250-7.3---3.55 gears. I keep my tires a bit harder than normal(72PSI) as I pull an RV on weekends and don't want to air up and down all the time. My daily drive to work is through my small town(2 red lights) and then 4 miles to work outside of town. I'm always on ECO and consistently show 14.1 mpg. On the highway, with ECO on, using cruise, at 70, I consistently show 17.9. I admit I have not used true fill up gallons/mileage as you did. I was shocked that the ECO mode actually showed worse!! Love the truck, and especially how it handles the RV-30' Coachman 259(7000lbs+). Good luck with yours!!!!
… I did a 300 mile round trip mostly going 70 recently and beat the truck would show was 15.1 mpg 🤷♂️. We plan on getting a similar setup. Looking at 30’ or so RV’s.
@@saltytrips Guessing you meant *best, not beat.
You actually beat or actually work that pig and she'll be lucky to even reach double digits.
It's a big block work truck, not an economy car.
(Edited for typo. Stupid worthless autocorrect.)
17.9 mpg?? Are you sure or am I misreading that?? I’ve seen 14.0 for a few minutes till I broke the egg and goosed her a bit!
@@timsimpkins3284 I am sure.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! There is no tire that you would need to inflate beyond 50- 60PSI, And even that is getting extreme, you would not gain any mileage out of it. Your. A lunatic, 72PSI is way over inflated.!! I guess when you buy a Ford, you have to expect it's going to feel like a covered wagon, because that's what it would feel like with seventy-two PSI
Awesome Info Man
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Another awesome video my friend
… thank you 🙏🏻 👍
As I've seen it explained that it only reduces the aggressiveness of throttle response, I could see how eco mode would help some for block to block city driving, or lots of stop and go on insane clogged freeways if one isn't a gentle driver on the pedal but otherwise from your testing if you normally drive easy and in your case a fairly steady pace, its dead even ( the slight difference you had would be slight driving differences, nothing more or less ). A great test you performed and proves its more of a gimmick to sell vehicles then anything with substance. Hopefully you have a good floor mat so when the egg breaks it doesn't make a huge mess on the carpet 😄
… not really concerned with fuel economy so egg isn’t an issue 😂👍
@@saltytrips Only Ford had egg on their face in this situation 😉
@@charlesb4267 🤣😂
I’m an old guy! No drag racing for me and I’ll be pulling a new travel trailer a bunch this year, the gas mileage just goes out the window anyway then. I didn’t want the cost and concerns of diesel anymore so I’m loving the Godzilla Engine!
@@timsimpkins3284 👊💥👍
You are spot on!! Got my 2022 7.3 Godzilla in May 2022 and my mileage is exactly the same not towing. Towing my 10,000 lb boat I get between 8.5 and 9 MPG and with my 5,000 lb travel trailer I get just a little over 10 MPG. I love my truck.
… right on 👊💥, our boat is only about 5,000 but haven’t done a fare test on MPG for that yet. It’s in the works. We are looking into RVs in our near future. What RV do you have and how do you like it?
I appreciate your honesty. Ford has always fudged their numbers to make a sale.
LOL. I have a 5-7 Hemi Dodge truck, an I Tow at 10,000 lb boat also and it never gets below 10 miles per gallon. And when it's empty, I average 18. LOL. There's no need for a 7.3. You would only buy this truck, an engine combination, if you had to tow heavy duty weight around. I'll do a real world toe with. Someone, too. Vet the numbers and then posted here in a video
Very well done
this is what i mean by great content! reality!!!!
… thanks man 👊💥, more to come 👍
The big beast of a truck what do you expect I love my 2021 F-350 Tremor 7.3 Gas with the 4.30 gears best truck I ever owned
I expected ECO to be a hair better than Normal 😂🤷♂️
I have a 3500 cargo van with 6.0. It is always loaded with about 1k# and ladders on top. My average is a consistent 12.4 mpg, that is over 20k miles highway, backroads, and a little bit of city driving.
… that’s not to shabby 👍, I’m guessing that doesn’t even have an ECO mode.
2022 7.3L 3.55 numbers changed at 10k miles
Now, highway empty 15-15.5 mpg love this truck.
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2015 Ram 3500 6.7l Cummins diesel. Tracked every tank of fuel since new with fuelio app. Now over 80k.Fuel economy from 11.2 with a headwind and 7 ft tall cargo trailer to 19.7 empty on two lane road through KS and CO with nearly no stops or taking cruise off. What lowered my mpg was avg speed being lower, longer idle time. Tracked truck avg speed, mpg, idle and drive hours. Truck calculated mpg from.2 to 2.1 higher than actual. Didn't buy it for fuel efficiency.
I love this truck! Never going back to deezul !!
.. right on 👊💥
If I’m spending the 75 - 80k to get that truck . . and I have the money to do so, mpg’s are of zero concern. BUT THANKS !
It probably would be if it was 8 mpg instead of 14.
'21 6.6L Duramax @70-75mph I avg around 19mpg just hauling some stuff in the bed. Never tried it empty... Towing 25' 6500lb TT, avg around 13mpg up in the Rockies.
I have the 3.5, I do use ECO mode regularly because it does improve .5 mpg to 1 mpg on the average mpg of a tank of gas. I check average by the tank I will average 19-22. I definitely get worse mpg's in the winter. You did mention you can't use cruise control, I find cruise is key to getting the best mpg's and you could use cruise you just don't want to, put in on 55 in a 55 and I'll bet you can use it. When gas hit $5 a gallon I slowed down more or less to the posted speed limits, doing so significantly stretches the gas tank. I rarely get less than 650 miles from a tank and occasionally will get better than 700 miles from a tank. Prior when I typically drove 75 I would average 525 miles per tank. Honestly doing 55 or 65 vs. 75 has minimal impact on when I arrive somewhere, at most I'd have gotten somewhere 5 minutes earlier, I visit the gas station on average once a month since I slowed down a bit.
… middle of Central Florida in the middle of the day on I-4, cruise control is impossible. This video wasn’t about getting the best fuel economy.
Great video!! I know my 2017 6.2 gasser isn’t great. But I didn’t buy it to save gas, I would’ve bought a Prius for that. I wasn’t expecting great gas mileage but for what the truck is, it isn’t bad. And I just found out that Trans Flow has introduced a replacement tank for gas trucks thats 53 gallons.
… yeah gas mileage is what is it on these big trucks. Just funny the ECO came out worse than Normal. Placebo 🤷♂️. I tried keeping it as apples to apples comparison as I could.
@@saltytrips you did great! Yeah when I saw the “eco” number I laughed out loud!
I've got a 2017 F250 with a 6.2. I tow travel trailers under 30' and 8000 lbs. At 62-65 and 2100 rpm I get around 7.5. When I'm empty it's about 15 at 75. When you go above 2100 rpms is when I start to see the fuel mileage go down.
@@ictpilot I’ve notice if I drive the 7.3 above 70+ mph it starts to creep into the 15+ mpg range 👍
@@ictpilotwhat gears? I get about 9 mpg with my expedition with 8k# travel trailer (3.73) with a family of 5. I'm convinced that any truck, aside from a diesel, will get about the same mileage towing the same trailer setup
Open road in central Florida doesn’t exist anymore. Maybe a better road to test on would be i95 😂
Great vid and proper testing!
I did , I ran up to Jacksonville and back got about 15, but that’s not really what this video was about.
I have a 2022 Dodge diesel, dually, with a 6 speed Aisin transmission, 3.73 rear end. Hauling nothing, my best MPG city is 13.9 MPG. I ordered a truck camper and I'll have to let you know how that comes out. NICE video thanks for posting. YES this is the true way to get your MPG.
@Bill Dixon : Do yourself a favor & do a full emissions delete to that 6.7L. You'll gain 3 to 4 mpg.
Why else? You'll not only save money by getting better fuel economy, but you'll also no longer waste money on useless DEF.
Your engine will gain some additional power & torque.
Finally, the overall reliability of the engine will skyrocket.
Pro tip: Simply keep yer mouth shut & enjoy the benefits of a non-choked-to-death diesel rig.
"But, but... I'll lose my warranty." Yeah... so what?! A downed truck in the shop all the time is worthless.
Is your warranty going to pay for all the downtime and all the losses incurred, from not being able to use the truck? Of course not.
It's the warranty going to pay for the tow bills and all the other associated costs when the truck leaves you high and dry, while out on the road, or out on a job? Of course not.
Think about it, then do a full delete... you'll become immensely happy with your mortgaged truck purchase.
@@turbodiesel4709 Thanks for the advise and I have thought about it. A guy in Canada said he could get 22-24 MPG on a full delete kit. Now I don't know if that's true but it doesn't matter anyway. My wife would never approve of a delete kit. She's a tree huger. My 2006 Ford, with a 6.0 quad cab, dually, 4:10 rear end 4x2 got 18 on a partial delete kit. But thanks anyway and I'll check my TRUE MPG later. We don't drive our truck much but we plan to haul a truck camper on weekends. Again nice video you made..
I have 2018 ram 2500 4x4. It has 342 gear. On a recent 300 + mile trip, I averaged 24 mpg.
@@toddfry7861 24 MPG? Come on now.
@Bill Dixon yes sir, with the cruise set at 70. The rpms is just a little over 1000 on the Cummins. The 342 gear really helps with the mileage. My 17 Duramax empty at 70 will get 20. But it has 373 gears. The Cummins down shifts more than the Duramax when towing.
I have a 22 with 65k miles on it. In all the different ways I drive, I have gotten everything from 10-18mpg.
I'd say the norm for me is 13mpg, that's a normal day of 75mph for an hour, idle for an hour, back and forth between the two with an average of 250-300 miles per day.
Good review. I get about the same, ‘22F350Plat, 7.3, SRW, crew cab, 3.73 ratio… Btw, I get a message if I’d like to go back to previous mode if that mode wasn’t normal.
Eco mode seems to mellow throttle response, to a point. It does seem to slow down acceleration when in cruise control mode. If you’re not doing alot of stops and starts it doesn’t affect my MPG.
In the summer I seemed to get 1-2mpg better on the highway…
… I wasn’t excepting it to be a lot better, but I definitely wasn’t expecting it to be worse.
Summer time you will get better mileage than winter because they have a winter blend fuel that doesn’t get the mileage that the summer blend gets!
@@barrywood8358 … this is Florida we don’t have a winter time, first I’ve ever heard of a winter time fuel blend.
I have a 22 powerstroke, mileage is worse in eco. I believe it's due to the hills, doesn't want to down shift until you press the pedal. Regular mode more suitable for our terrain, has a bit more response, shifts down sooner on hills. Also, there is a way to calibrate the fuel mileage calculator on the truck. I did mine to get closer to actual. Will never be perfect, depending on conditions.
… after doing this test, I just account 1 mph than what it’s reading. I was just really surprised at the results, I tried to keep it as completely fare as possible for distance and driving conditions.
Economy mode is basically a highway mode.
What are you averaging in your powerstroke?
Wow, lower than I expected. I have a 31’ Class C motorhome on a 2023 E450 chassis with the 7.3L. When towing my Jeep Gladiator, I’m getting 8 MPG (calculated). No complaints considering it has the aerodynamics of a rolling brick.
… how heavy is that setup?
@@saltytrips GVWR: 14,500 lb for the motorhome, towing a 5500 lb Jeep Gladiator. It has a 4.56 Axle Ratio and a 6 speed A/T (not the 10 speed like yours). I think this engine shines under load, not so much for daily commute driving. FWIW, this has no problem merging onto hwys, or passing when needed.
2022 F350 with 4.30 gears, normally around town and hwy 12.7, and hwy around 14 on a good day. I love the power of the engine, transmission 10 speed sometimes feels clunky, but with trailer it’s better. I wanted a manual transmission but Cummins is the only one with that option, but new diesel’s mileage suck, and cost $1.50 per gallon more.
Sound spot on 👍
7.3 Godzilla 430 gearing I usually get 11.4 to 11.8 a gallon
Enjoy your video. I think the Ford 7.3 gas will go over good. That’s not bad for a big block gas. Remember the old Ford 460ci. And the Chevy 454ci. Today I have a 04 Chevy 3500 gas 8.1 / 496ci. with a Allison transmission 4.10 rear gears. 10.5 mpg highway and 9 mpg city unloaded. When pulling a 25ft gooseneck heavy loads 20,000lbs+ 6 mpg. The new Chevy 6.6 gets better fuel mileage and has as much power as the 8.1.
I can verify those fugly fuel economy numbers.
Back in the mid/late 2000's I had a 2001 Chevy 3500HD, SRW, 4x4, reg cab, reg bed, with the big block Vortec V8 8.1L & the Allison auto trans. That thing would tow a load, and win many a drag race. Not gonna lie, it was fun to drive. What it couldn't do, was pass a gas station.
She was a 6 to 10 mpg rig. Most often averaging around 8 mpg, period. Unfortunately, that's the #1 reason I no longer have it & wouldn't buy another.
Also had a 1997 Dodge Ram 2500HD, 4x4, with a somewhat rare factory optioned Dana 80 SRW & 3500 rear suspension. She had the Magnum V10 8.0L & the 5-spd manual trans. Similarly equipped as the Chevy, but always returned a consistent 9 to 12 mpg, no matter how heavy she was loaded.
She was a great truck & I do miss her dearly... but rust absolutely KILLS our vehicles in the rust belt states.
I now run a few "old" (2) 1999's & (1) 2002 Dodge Ram 2500HD, 4x4, Cummins 5.9L, 24V, pre-emissions heavy pickup trucks.
You simply cannot beat their fuel economy (10 mpg to 17 mpg), reliability, or longevity. I will likely rebuild & resurrect them as necessary, until I pass on.
Sadly, no brand new trucks today are worth their excessive costs, gas or diesel.
I agree the new trucks are over priced. I have two other trucks a 1999 Chevy 2500 6.0 gas it does better then the 8.1 on mpg but not as much power. I also have a 2001 Chevy 2500HD Duramax lb7 with only 96,000 miles. It does great on mpg 15.5 mpg city and 22.5 + mpg highway
Same here, onboard computer is always optimistic on the mpg
I hear a lot of people call it the “Lie-O-meter”
My 2022 7.3 4.30 won't get over 13MPG unless it's falling out of the back of a C5 at 40,000 feet
… 😂🤣… right 👊💥, someone else here in the comments was saying he was getting 22 mpg city with your same setup. Some truck guys are worse than Fishermen and there stories.
@@saltytrips I am not able to come close to 22mpg, but with same setup of 7.3 4.30, I was able to get about 16.5 hand calculated once the truck got about 5000 miles on it. Until then it was the 13mpg.
I have a 7.3 tremor. 13 mpg tops town and highway driving
That’s good. My F-150, V8 gets 13.2 MPG
@@Alaska610ish … but does ECO mode get worse mpg 🤣🤷♂️
Yes
Great vid, I'm looking to move to one of these trucks soon from my F150. I noticed the bed cover you have, is that the factory Ford one, and if so, which one is it? They seem to offer several different ones. Would you consider a short vid on it, how well it works, locks or doesn't, how it is when it's folded, etc? Can't find much info on that stuff on Ford's site, all they say is it folds
… this is not the factory one but a video is coming soon, so subscribe and stay tuned 👍, thanks for the support!
01 f350 powerstroke. Four door, 4x4, long box, dually, automatic, 8000lbs, not tuned; running down the highway at 65 I get 14.5 mpg
My 2020 ram 3500 high output with a banks programer bank cold air intake intercooler and all the charge tubes and a little better than stock turbo, i can get 20 mpg high way on the econmy tune if i keeo my foot oit of it. When im towing equipment at work on my lower of 2 tow tunes i usually get between 6 and 9 with between 20k and 28k behind me. This is all in the northern ca hills where i live. This is y diesel is alleays best if your towing with your truck. Esspecially if your towing heavy gasoline can never compete
I have a 2020 f150 sport with a 2.7. For spring break I took a trip of 1926 miles and she got 22.1 mpg. 32000 miles and no problems at all.
We got decent mpg out of our 2017 2.7 EcoBoost until we put 34” M/Ts on it.
2009 F150 4.6L, 17.xx MPG
I get 13.1-13.4 on Normal mode hand calculated. Best I ever got on 535 mile interstate trip was 15.3.
My computer is usually off 1-1.5 mpg.
Thanks I don't see a difference with mines on ECO so since the second week I had it I didn't bother putting it on ECO
Love the sound of that 7.3! Might be my next truck if my 2013 Ram 2500 diesel ever lets up.
… we installed a 4” exhaust-> th-cam.com/video/-1hc9B0wG5o/w-d-xo.html
I know it’s not the case for everyone everywhere. But the 2022 7.3 farm truck we have has gotten 15-16 but that’s strictly 75mph Texas interstate where cruise is set for hours at a time. 100-110 mile round trip every day. Never touched ecomode. The second we have city traffic or idle time, it drops to 13 easily lol
I am with you. However, I had the lightest version. 2020 f250 xl single cab long bed. 2 wheel drive with 7.3 gas. Tucson city driving. They will not duplicate this set up. 0-60 in 6 seconds. 15.5 mpg average. 18mpg eco mode. I just traded it in for the 2023 and I had to upgrade to 4x4 xlt just to get the 7.3. My old truck can be found at LHM ford Mesa AZ. It is the only single cab for sale in the country.
Hey, it's good you bought an oversized engine to just drive down the freeway, towing air, like most Ford's do.
I've got the 23' 7.3 w/ 3.73 gears. I get very similar mileage to what you do. The best I've gotten on the freeway is 16.8 mpg in eco doing 75 in Texas, calm wind with a few hills. I don't know how some of these other youtubers are doing 18 mpg on the highway unless the wind was behind them both ways.
Right 🤣, thanks for the input!
My onboard computer mileage is rarely accurate - almost always off by ~1 mpg or 10-12%. If I am 100% highway driving, the difference is lower. I actually HATE Eco mode - lethargic in city driving and rushed transmission shifting that feels like it stays off the power band. I have seen slightly better Eco mileage but not enough that makes me want to use it over normal.
My opinion is that ECO mode would make a difference in in-town driving where you may have a lot of stop and go and varying speeds and the shift/acceleration pattern doesn't bother you. But if your driving pattern has a lot of cruising with CC on, then the difference is not going to be as profound because you are staying in basically the same high gears for extended periods of time - no way to have any differentiation. I think Eco only has an effect for low speed/varied speed city driving.
My mpg in dashcluster is 10 to 20% off on 2022 f250
Absolutely, mine is combined city, hwy mileage driving like an old man trying to milk every mile I can. My computer shows roughly one more MPG than what I'm running. Not even going to talk about towing.
Absolutely, mine is combined city, hwy mileage driving like an old man trying to milk every mile I can. My computer shows roughly one more MPG than what I'm running. Not even going to talk about towing.
Great comparison. I would be interested to see if you use a higher octane. I have a 6.0 Diesel and I decided that tracking mileage vs economy was not worth it. I have another vehicle that offers that "ECO" choice and lets just say it is a bunch of BS. Great video.
hi handsome at 4:19 did you or have you tried that slow cooked Brisket bowl? that looks yummi.
my 1996 ford f-superduty with 7.5 liter 460 ci gasser gets 9 mpg towing a 6k trailer and hauling 2500 on the flatbed
I have a 2020 with the 7.3 Godzilla. I quit using Eco mode a long time ago because it was apparent that Eco was not so…..well, Eco! I did not buy this beast for gas mileage though….it mainly tows a fifth wheel.
250 or 350, what kind of 5th wheel?
@@saltytrips 250 pulling a Grand Design 28BH. Gearing is 3.55
@@msheron … we are looking at getting a similar setup minus the BH. We started looking at travel trailers but wife really likes the 5th wheels. How’s the tongue weight on that loaded? Been to a CAT scale?
3300 miles on mine. 7.3 crew cab fx4 package 373 gears I’m at 16 mpg. 78 mile daily commute.
Not to shabby, what’s the avg speed?
I get better mpg when I use mid grade fuel. About 1.5 mpg better on the highway. 2006 F250 5.4 Triton with 125 k miles on motor. 18 mpg keeping it under 70 mph on relatively flat highway. Even though it cost more it still works out to be saving based on how much further I can go on a trip. I also have a lift gate installed so that’s an extra 500 plus pounds I am always hauling around. City driving mpg is terrible-around 11 to 12 mpg
The only way that can be true is if mid grade doesn't contain ethanol.
Octane level is only for resistance to detonation. Does absolutely nothing for fuel economy.
Regular fuel usually has 10% ethanol added and premium (91+ usually contains 0) so it would technically last a bit longer, but the price difference isn't worth it.
@@evictioncarpentry2628 I guess it has no ethanol then.
What happens if we use high grade fuel? Mileage up or down?
Eco Mode is designed for around town driving, and no faster than 45mph... otherwise youre better in normal. Eco takes fuel away and shifts points are closer.
2017 F-250 XLT, 6.2L with the 6 speed Trans. Average City/Hwy Combined = 11.7 MPG. Towing our 13k 5th wheel we average 6.8 MPG and that isn't going into the mountains either. Yeah, they are thirsty but if you want to play you gotta pay.
… just curious what’s your payload capacity on that truck and what’s your tongue weight of that 5th wheel? We may be doing a similar setup.
@@saltytrips the trucks payload capacity is 3174 lb.
Here are the the weights of our 5th Wheel: Dry Weight 10,562 lbs.
Payload Capacity 1,828 lbs.
GVWR 12,390 lbs.
Hitch Weight 1,995 lbs.
Towing Capacity 12,500 lbs.
Having said all of that, our last Cat Scale Weigh Bill had the 5th Wheel weighing in at
12,891 lbs. I know that is over the GVWR of 12, 390 lbs. and the trucks stated towing capacity of 12,500 lbs. The truck doesn't have any issues handling it but I wouldn't advise anyone to do this. At the time we purchased our truck, we only had a 32' ultra-light travel trailer that weighed just shy of 6,000 lbs. and around 6800 lbs. when loaded. We had no sights in ever upgrading to a 5th wheel until we did. Like me, our rig needs to go on a diet and I think that is what is in store for us this coming spring.
@@kckettridge … I hear ya, we are really looking at Travel Trailers too so we can keep out bed for fishing equipment. Have seen a few 5th wheels that have peeked our interest. Our Payload is 3,082 and Towing is 14,700.
My average on a 2022 F350 with the 7.3 and 3:73 gears FX4 XLT is between 13-14 most of the time. I drive 70-75 MPH on the highway and have very little in town miles. I drove the truck to Canada last fall for a fishing trip with a weeks worth of gear and supplies and 1 passenger. We ran eco for that entire trip and speeds were slower in Canada but the average mileage I saw over that entire trip was 14.5 -15 MPG. Considering my previous truck was a 2004 Ram with the Cummins and it only got 15-17 MPG on the same trip, I'm satisfied with the economy. An my numbers are based off of hand calculations not the computer.
… I didn’t think 3.73 where an option in the 2022’s, just 3.55 and 4.30. Best mpg numbers seem to come in the 70 mph range.
@@saltytrips 3:73 are the standard gear on the F350. 3:55 are standard on the F250. You can get 4:30’s on either if you want them. I’m not towing heavy enough to warrant the 4:30 and my empty highway speeds with 4:30’s would have me running 2300-2500 rpm so I stuck with 3:73’s. I tow in 7th and 8th instead of 9th and 10th. All is well.
@@robertweller2662 … 🤦♂️ I read that wrong, I thought I read F250 instead of F350.
@@saltytrips no worries
2021 7.3 with 3.73 rear 14-16 is about average. Va,Wv,Pa,NC travels
I really enjoyed your video. There is one question I have to ask if you have a factory installed keyless remote start?? I own a 2014 f 250 crew cab short bed 4×4 steel body with a 6.2 with 44,000 miles I only do City driving and the everage mpg is 8.5 to 9.5 around town. The best highway mileage I ever got going from Chicago to South Carolina using 92 non ethanol fuel was 17 mph. And when I'm plowing is 3.7 to 6.0 MPG I always calculate my mpg used when I filled up at the gas station and it was always more gallons than what the computer said I used. Until I talk to a ford technician and he said with remote engine start the computer does not calculate engine run time / fuel consumption until the key is placed in the ignition and turned on. I hope that makes sense. That is a beautiful truck you have godspeed and happy travels
… mines not remote start
I have a 2022 F 350 supercab cab+chassis srw with a 9 ft svc body, 7.3 gasser ,4.30 rear axle, keep tires at recommended psi, get a bit over 13 mpg hand calc truck calc always bumps it up to 14 mpg, can't rely on these damn computers!
… seems so, they call is a “lie-o-meter” for good reason 🤣
I have a ‘22 Platinum Tremor with the 7.3 and with premium I’m getting about 14 mpg
Good stuff very interesting results wh, I have a 2020 f250 PS I haven't done the math right at the pump yet. Touching base on what you said about when you have your truck in a driving mode and have to reset it in the morning. After my duty sits overnight and I restart it, it will ask if I want to go back in that mode. Does it do that with you as well?
… no, it doesn’t ask me, that would have been nice if it did, or just kept it in ECO and maybe gave and alert or notification that is still in ECO would be nice. This is an XLT model. Doesn’t really seem to make a difference so ECP is pretty moot.
I had a GMC 8.1 Allison. Got 14.7 Hwy no cruise. Drove the same trip the next time using cruise. Got 13.3. Cruise even on my 7.3 ps and 6.0ps gets me 8% less miles per gallon. Because cruise only knows one speed. And it will accelerate harder to get back to set speed than you driving. There is also a loss of fuel by idle time at stops and so. About a 5-6% loss to consumption.
… hardly any idle time in this test.
@@saltytrips I see, but it does factor for stops at red lights and suck.
I have the 6.2 gasser, but I'm usually 1 - 1.5 mpg below what the computer says. I have a 2018 w/ 85k miles and I'm only getting 10 mpg with mostly city driving and 13 mpg with lots of hwy driving (75 mph) mixed in. I really hoped for more coming from my '17 F150 3.5EB which I usually got 16-19 mpg.
… we just can’t expect to much out of the mpg but they sure can handle a load. We were about the same numbers on our 2017 F150 EB 2.7L
Hey, you got no worries. It only cost you 6500 gallons of fuel to drive. 1000 mile. Averaged at $3 per gallon. That's only 20 grand in fuel. Now my..5.7 Hemi Dodge never gets below 15 miles to the gallon in the city and on the highway. It averages 19. There's a difference. One is a quality engine. The POS Ford you're driving is just like the Tritons from 20 years ago, 'cause I owned one of them, and it never got better than 13 miles to the gallon on the highway, going only 65. Piece of junk!, which all Fords are. My neighbor has the same vehicle you're driving. And it sits in his driveway a lot because he cannot justify. Driving it, it's the same year as my Dodge, and it has half as many miles. It's a driveway queen. I drive mine because I can afford to
@@AmericanSurvival001 most anecdotal straw man argument I’ve ever heard. Where the Hemi is maxing out at torque at 4,400rpms the 7.3 has reached that Hemi’s max at only 1,600rpm. It’s the price of power. I’m no fan boy like yourself, no “brainwashed brand loyalty” , this truck fit all the points for the purpose I needed it for and nothing more. If the Dodge hemi would have met the need we would have got one.
I have a early 1994 7.3 IDI and I get 14 mpg but I still need to change the cover neck, downpipe upgrade the turbo will and upgrade my injectors, and that might change
… nice 👊💥
my 07 f350 6.0 6 speed auto (300+k miles) gets 16 mpg around town . its stock bullet proofed egr intact . no DEF inject , no particle filters emission regs just kill the new trucks .also my 2019 f150 5.0 gets the same 20mpg in normal or eco
It mostly just changes shift points and requires more throttle input for the same acceleration. Eco mode on highway does almost nothin.
It's way more fun to drive in tow mode anyway- the eco green leaf on your dashboard is a water pill.
Bingo
My F-250 doesn't have an eco green leaf on the dashboard it just shows the miles to empty numbers plummeting like our economy.
@@kckettridge button on the end of the shifter stalk cycles drive modes
Turns out you cant turn a 7' tall, 7000 lb, big bore engine thats shaped like a brick in to a Prius. Even if it says eco haha
… yep, don’t know why “ECO” mode is even an option 🤷♂️. I’ve seen people saying they are getting 16+ mpg and I’m calling BS on that.
@@saltytrips me too. The 4.30 put my engine load to fuel consumption at a disadvantage. The first tier is at 70mph. My Tremor runs about 2000rpm @ 13.8-14mpg. The 2nd tier is at 55mph and i turn 1500 rpm to save a whopping 1 mpg. Not hardly worth it nor practical here in TX with our speed limits. I will say its better than the big bore machines from the 80s and 90s did by a country mile...both in power and efficiency. But lets be honest. With that much displacement there is a definitive penalty in efficiency no matter how EFFICIENT it is
@@richvangorder3900 … these 3.55 do get hair better mpg running 70+ mph but that doesn’t happen very often. Just like owning a boat, didn’t buy it for fuel economy.
Eco is just a psychological button !
@@colbiecolbie6979 seems so 👍
2004 4x4 V10 Excursion with 3.73 gears gets me about 13.5 doing 65
I have a 2021 f350 fx4 with the 7.3L gas and I am getting 13.2 mpg in town and highway combined
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Ok, here is the deal with my F150 2018 Platinum with the 3.5 ecoboost.. Im getting the same readings as you. My actual MPG is worse at the pump than the gage by a little more than 1 MPG. on both tests, Normal and eco. Plus, just like you, I did NOT save fuel in eco. Normal was better fuel mileage in everyday driving than when I'm in eco mode... Plus, I tested start/ stop as well and saw NO improvement as well. So now I just leave my truck in normal mode without the start/ stop, and my mileage is consistent, and it is what it is.... My truck is getting 15 MPG around town and 19 MPG highway. I really don't spend much time doing city driving... Ford has some real problems right now. My recalls are out of control, and quality sucks as well.. The worst is my cell phone connection sometime is works, sometimes it doesn't, and they can't seem to make it work all the time. Brother, thanks for the test 🙏 your numbers are spot on... The Banks Family.
… I had some issues with my F150 as well, not to many but the phone thing definitely is a problem. Thanks for the input and support 👊💥
21 6.7 diesel 15-18.4 mpg. 60 gal tank. I can drive from St. Louis to Denver on 3/4 of a tank.
It could be the rear axle ratio, and that you have four-wheel-drive and off-road tires
My 2011 f150 5.0 gets 14.4 mpg on average. I have seen 17 mpg on a long road trip. One thing I know for sure is driving to work in the morning I'll have a head wind. Then the wind will change directions and I'll have a head wind on the way home too lol
I have the same truck crew cab 2wd 3.31 gears and get somewhere between 14-16 running around. Highway, I've seen almost 19. I actually lock it out of 6th gear around town. I think that helps.
11:03 great video. I got a 22 F350 regular cab 7.3 and I do about 10 miles city driving in about 30 miles highway. I do an 80 mile trip every day and it’s telling me so far I just bought it so still tweaking it but it’s saying 17 on the computer so I’m guessing 16 actual. Keep you posted. She’s only got 1000 miles on her just breaking her in so
Congrats on the truck, what gears?
3:73
Ty
Fun to drive my daily driver lol 😂
It's hard to find non ethanol gas, that also makes for shit miles per gallon
21 7.3 I have a spray rig with 3000lbs in it and average 8.8 mpg . Best empty 11.8 mpg
I think eco mode just dumbs down the gas pedal, where you just have to push the pedal more to get the same acceleration. Like if the 1st 1inch =40% throttle in normal mode then in eco that would be say 25% or something to that sort.
… correct, it delays pedal input to throttle response. Honestly I miss my Sport Mode in the F150, throttle response was instant when you needs it.
You notice it more in slippery mode. It's a little ridicules.
What octane did you run ? The low or medium or high ?
2022 7.3 4:30 gears 13.5 mpg
I have a 2022 6.2 with 6 speed trans and getting 10.2 mpg
Same thing with my 21 Ram Rebel with etorque. Sticker says19/21 and people claim to get that. I'm usually in the 12/13mpg range
… I heard some pretty outrageous mpg claims too, that’s what prompted me to make this video. I trued to be as far and even as possible, thanks for watching.
@davidschlarp1606
That is because RAM didn't do a separate rating for the Rebel and so used the regular trim RAM EPA rating. Some of the other manufactures re-rate the specific offroad trims (that have factory lifts, different air dams and more aggressive tires). RAM chose not to (I image to save the costs) but it make the already optimistic gas mileage ratings even further off for the Rebel trim.
I have a 2018 crew cab 8ft bed 6.7L DIESEL I get 22mpg on the Highway 19.6 city.
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Is the truck 4wheel drive? My Jeep Grand Cherokee 4WD gets 13-14 mpg in town with a 3.6 v6. So for your engine it’s not bad. I do get 26-30 mpg highway but city driving it’s bad. Liked the video.
FYI. My eco button doesn’t help either. The Jeep drives better in normal mode.
@@billsanders3604 … yes it’s 4wd, not sure why they even have ECO button 🤷♂️
@@saltytrips totally agree on the eco button. Also I hate the start/stop function. That doesn’t save me either. I like the F series but are way to much for me. Bought my GC in 2018 for $28k since it was end of the year and they had massive rebates. Sticker was $34k. What a bargain by today standards. I have 4WD and a 295 hp V6. Hate these small turbo engines of today. Yours will last a long time. Did you get a good deal on it?
@@billsanders3604 … Super Duty’s don’t have the start stop feature thankfully. We got a fair deal.
4.30 or 3.55 gears?? BTW....great real mpg test!!
… thanks, 3.55 sure keeps the rpm’s low at highway speeds.
2006 6.0 Powerstroke Supercrew short bed 2wd (95,000 miles) 16-18mpg city/22mpg Hwy (24 mpg on 350 mile trip mostly Interstate.
People, what we have here is an agreement between auto manufacturers and fuel producers. I drive a 2000 F150 extended cab with a 4.6L 2v and get between 15-17 mpg, with 238,000 miles on it. Funny how for 20+ years these vehicles have remained so close in gas mileage.... THINK ABOUT IT!!!!!!!
We just drove to Alabama from Ohio and back with my 2014 6.2 and got a consistent 15.5 to 15.8 mpg ...lie o meter said 14.8 and 15. 3 its off by about .7 mpg
Not to shabby 👍
55-65 miles per hour, that's almost hyper-mile speed. How bad would it be out west going 75-80 miles per hour?
What does it get Towing that's the important thing
Does the truck come equipped with rain and snow mode? I know on my a10 Mustang gt that snow mode gives me an extra 1.5 mpg and smooth as butter shift changes. Would make another good video.
Yes, I’ll think about trying it out
And do you have the lowest rear axle ratio available? Just wondering and hopefully you’re using a good zero40 motor oil
3.55 truck is new with oil from factory
I have same truck best i got was 13.7
Got a 2024 7.3 with 430 gears and i can only get 11.3 mpg . 4WD long bed. stand cab
2022 f 250 w/7.3
LOL! My 79 Cadillac coupe deVille gets 14mpg in a carderated 7.0L, but really a 4x4, heavy towing capibility, everything that truck can do really isnt that bad at 13.1mpg. How much does the truck weigh? My coupe is at 4600lbs. Anyway, id love to have a f350 godzilla! I love big blocks!
This truck is running close to 8,000lb with passengers and cargo.
A 4 day test! Nice😊 how much was highway though? Can’t tell much without that. The truck should give you average speed. My 2010 Chevy 1 ton van with the 4.8l engine gets better than the Ford! - (loaded up at around 9000 lbs.)
Lol but also making about half the power so not very comparable there. My Jetta gets 50 on the highway but it’s a 1.5T
It was an 8 day test, 4 days the first week and 4 days the second week. As I said in the video it’s about 2 miles to the highway and about 19 miles each way on the highway. So each day was about 4 city and 38 highway.
Video or it didn’t happen. No way you are getting over 14mpg with a loaded one ton van at 9000lbs with that peanut motor.
What gear ratio is in your truck, and is that a long bed or standard bed?
.. 3.55 with 6’10” bed 👍
What does eco mode actually do technically? I suspect it only affects the transmission characteristics like the tow mode. Also does the higher octane make any difference? I suspect temperature and humidity make more difference in fuel economy than eco or other modes.
Pretty much all ECO does is retard pedal to throttle response and adjust shift points.
@@saltytrips It is more political I suppose. I'll stick to my old-school ways that required driver competence and skill.
Sorry if this is a dumb question but I just picked up a 2023 F-350 7.3L on Thursday. How do I put it in eco mode? Searched the manual with no luck. Assuming I don’t have the option…
… if its the same as the 2022 then should be a button on the end of the blinker nob that you can toggle through, eco, tow and normal.
I've been wanting to get a used f250 but every time i see my camry getting 40 to 43mpg on freeway going 70mph I'm glad don't have to pay gas for a truck
…. Definitely don’t need an F250 to pick up groceries
big bloc 7.3 normal
This doesn't pertain to the 7.3 gasser, but to truck mpg in general. I have a 2010 Silverado with the 5.3 (just for disclosure) and my commute to work each way is a flat 50 mile 2 lane highway with no traffic. I literally leave my driveway and I am on the road, then have about 1 mile of town driving at the end of the highway before I arrive at work. So it is fair to say, I have no stops and starts along the way. If I run it at 70 mph, I average about 15.5 mpg. If I slow down to 55 mph, I am scratching at 22 mpg. This is calculated at the pump, not using the dash numbers. It has a 25 gallon tank, so if I leave 10 minutes earlier each day for work, I save 6 mpg, or 150 more miles per tank. At $3.50/gallon (here in Phoenix), I saved $5900 in fuel last year. That's a lot of fucking money! $6k buys a lot of guns and whiskey!
I know it's hard to discipline yourself to slow down, and obviously it all goes out the window when towing, but we do our wallets a disservice by continuing bad habits. Trust me, i'm no tree hugger... I would just rather have that coin to spend on my motorcycles and ammo.
Mr. Salty Trips... would you be willing to try your experiment again, just reduce your speed by 10 mph on your way to work in the morning where you wouldn't be holding up any traffic? I know it may not be possible in the PM. I don't care about ECO or normal, I just want to see the result of an mpg test at lower (yet still reasonable) speed. NONE of the MPG tests on youtube offer anything other than their findings at 70 mph, and I am not that driver but I am interested in the 7.3 gasser. Thanks for your consideration.
… most of the speeds where 50-65 mph. Faster in the morning and slower in the afternoon. I’ve done a test at 70 mph on longer trips and my mpg increases at higher speeds, owe that to the 3:55 gears. I’ll do some mpg video here in the near future, towing mpg will be coming soon.
Going from 70 to 55 cuts the wind resistance about in half and that's the main factor for mileage cruising on the highway. I drive a 1999 dually and at 65MPH can get 16.5 on tank with a 50/50 mix of highway and congestion. Might try dropping to 60 and see what it does. The speedsters won't be happy.
Anybody know if the new 6.8 mini godzilla gets better mileage than the 7.3? If so how much better?
cool! I understand you can only order fleet base models in 2023 with the mini godzilla v8. Is that true? or can you order a XLT or higher trim model?@mattmatt1761