Better Tow vehicle - big SUV or 1/2 Ton Pickup

[Fr. Frank]

Originally Posted by bigeasy1

You got me beat Don..
I got a whopping 8 mpg towing the Tsunami 400 miles with my 5.4 Triton F150 with 3.55 gears.
My truck bed is always is always full of stuff that would ruin the interior of a nice suv.My preference for dual use both as a tow vehicle and a trip to the lumber yard would be best with a pickup truck.

My 2002 F250 2WD 7.3 diesel Crew-cab with 3.73 gearing got me a bit more than 13 mpg average pulling my old 23' Tsunami, and still got 9.5 mpg tandem towing a 7000lb camper AND a 20' Seafari. (With the A/C on, of course).

At 55mph on the interstate, I recently achieved an average of 15.6 mpg pulling a friend's brand-new 19' Sportsman Island Reef from JAX to Destin. My truck has just under 300K miles. Unloaded I can get 24-25 mpg on the highway at 55 mph.