New or old trucks & gas mileage

[tjg]

I have had and do have a old and new truck. Right now I have a 99' Chevy 3/4ton 4x4 Ex.cab short bed w/ the 366 or 6.0 liter engine that get 7 to 8 mpg loaded or empty, also have a 85' Chevy 3/4 ton 4x4 that gets 7-8 mpg all the time and doesn't have a $600.00 monthly payment. Tried a brand new Dodge 24 valve 2 wheel drive Quad cab short bed w/ 5-spd that got around 12-14 mpg loaded it was a 99' model trade it for the Chevy because I had 3 99' before. I pull a 20' bumper and 24' gooseneck trailer, only once I pulled both at the same time, the bumper trailer weighs around 5500 or so w/o grass clippings, and in the beds of the trucks I have 3 tool boxes which all together might be 1000lbs. Would like to know if you guys prefer a good old truck or a newer truck and the fuel mileage. Thinking of bidding on a 95-96 Ford F-350 sigle wheel 4x4 w/utility bed that is coming up at our Kay Electric Co-op (rural electric company) would change the bed to a flat bed, last year the sold one for $9600 w/bed, it does have around 120,000 miles on it. They get new trucks often it is getting replaced w/a SuperDuty Crew Cab w/utility bed, the have about a dozen of these trucks. Any comments help and thanks.

[grasscapeinc]

the next truck will be a dually, or dump, sp i can stop paying for landscape deliverires.

[DMC300]

I HAVE A 99'CHEVY 1/2 TON,I WILL BE BUYING AN OLDER MODEL AS SOON AS FINANCES PERMIT.HOPING TO GO WITH A CAB-OVER LANDSCAPE DUMP.THE MILEAGE NOW IS ABOUT 8-10MPG LOADED.

[JML]

i have a 96 Ford Bronco and a 96 F250, both auto with the 5.8L 351. I am getting about 10-13 miles to the gallon.

[yardsmith]

All I can afford at this time is my '87 Silverado 4x4. Had the engine rebuilt this spring, & it seems each season something needs done. Once I get it ALL done, I'll be ok; I'm just doing all the previous' owner's neglected maint. up keep.<br>BE SURE & do this type of search on the snowplowing forum; we had a discussion just like this this past Jan. or Feb. with alot of replies.<br>In the next year or 2, I plan (hope) to lease a new Dodge 3/4 ton truck- payments are only 260 or so a month; that's hard to beat! Plus it's a writeoff.<p>----------<br>Smitty ô¿ô<br>

[MOWER DOCTOR]

97 F-250 3/4ton ext cab 4x4 with 7.3 diesel<br>around 22 to 24 mpg.

[Lawnstar]

1999 GMC Sierra extended cab, 2 wheel drive,<br>5.3 liter engine, 12-13 mpg pulling trailer.

[tjg]

DMC300 I found a 1986 NPR 2ton w/new 7'x16' 350 GMC in a truck trader it will sell for $4000.00.

[Jason]

1978 F250 Supercab 4x4, mildly built 460, c-6, 205 t-case, Dana 60's front and rear, 1 ton springs. 35&quot; tires. Eight mpg laden or unladen, 55 mph or 80 mph just doesn't matter always get's 8 mpg.

[Richard Martin]

I have a '95 F-150 5.0. I get around 14 all around unloaded and 10 when pulling my trailer.

[DMC300]

THANKS TJG,BUT I'M STILL RECOVERING FROM SHELLING OUT $9500 FOR MY LAZER EPS.<p>----------<br>DON<br>LIANNES' MOWING

[southside]

My 1990 Mitsubishi Canter is cheap to run.<br>It has 3.3 litre diesel.70litre tank lasts<br>about 400 kms.(15gal.=250 miles).My 1973<br>ACCO has a 8.3 litre V555 Cummins v8 @210hp<br>with a 10 speed direct roadranger box.<br>Fuel cap. 300 litres (66 gal.) I get about<br>a month of city driving out of it,carrying<br>the tractor.The thing with diesels is that<br>there is no substitute for cubic inches.<br>The bigger the diesel the more power it puts out,the easier it works,the less fuel it uses.<p>Karl<br>

[HOMER]

98' Silverado 2 wheel drive.......11 mpg towing...........? don't know how much without, haven't been anywhere on it.<p>Homer

[PLS]

96 F-250 Diesel, 2 wheel drive, ex-cab, auto trans. I have never gotten less than 15 pulling a trailer. Most of the time it is about 16 with the trailer. I get 17 to 18 empty, I have never gotten 20 yet. I have alot of stop and go driving, very little highway use.

[TPC]

99 F250 PSD-avr 16 mpg-5 speed-373 rear

[Keith]

95 F150 302/5sp, gets about 13 w/o trailer and about 9-10 w/ trailer. I need to put 3.73 in it, I think it would do better. I bought it with 19,000 miles in August of 95.<p>I had a 79 F150 4x4 before that, it got like 5-6 towing the trailer.....plus I couldn't keep the thing runnin. It broke something every week.<p>Before that I had a Toyota, it would get like 14 towing but I went through 3 engines in two years.

[tjg]

Has anyone tried a newer Chevy diesel our heard about the mileage,I found a nice 1994 1ton 4x4 reg. cab flatbed for-asking 11,995 w/ 5spd diesel or should I wait on the old Kay Electric Ford PSD.

[DMC300]

IV'E BEEN TOLD TO STAY AWAY FROM THE CHEVY DIESELSUNTIL THE NEW ONES COME OUT.<p>----------<br>DON<br>LIANNES' MOWING