Gas mileage while towing

[ARIEYELLOW]

Quick question, we will be towing a light TT around 2500 lbs with an expedition. Anyone have any idea how many MPG we will get? Thanks

 

[ftwildernessguy]

Well, since you probably don't get very good gas mileage with the Expedition to begin with, I doubt that towing 2500 lbs will cut it down much. I can give you some data to compare, and you can take it from there. I tow about 4200 lbs with a Sport Trac. I normally get 18 mpg on the highway. Towing drops me down to about 11 mpg. But as I said, your bigger truck and lighter load will affect your mileage much less, unless you're packing about 3000 lbs of gear in the back.

 

[elastigirlfan]

Well, we have a TT, too (3000 lb.). We normally get 22 MPG w/o towing. With towing we get 15 MPG. I don't think you will notice too much difference in your case since an Expedition uses more gas typically than smaller SUV's or mini vans. Hope that helps. Happy Camping!

 

[ARIEYELLOW]

Thanks guys! You all are wonderful and so helpful!

 

[rbork]

We towed our ~2500lb. pop up with a 2004 Expedition last year. From Maryland all the way to Florida! We averaged 15 mpg. We made it in 14hrs with 2 meal stops. We used to tow with an Explorer Sport - WOW what a difference with the Expedition! NICE!

 

[wildernessfamily]

Towing with a 1997 Expedition 22ft Sunline we get about 11 MPG. Usually safe to say about 300 miles a tank full.

 

[Memph1s]

We tow a 2700 lb popup with a 2002 Expedition and the mpg went from 15.7 to 15.2 but we have not towed over 120 miles one way on a single trip. I think with only 2500 lbs more will depend on your wind area of the trailer. Popups and high-lows have almost no wind area.