6.2 behind the 5.4? Or the other way around?

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So, if you owned a 10' with the 5.4 or a 13' with the 6.2 and was going to trailer one for say 23-24 drive hours, which would give you more "bang for the buck" pulling, or be the cheaper gas wise? Gear head question I guess. Power vs. fuel economy.

23-24 hours of driving from Baton Rouge, some of my ole friends know where I'm going with this question. Starting to get desert fever again I think.

 

[Fred]

Depends on what your towing...so, what are you towing...all else being equal I would take a newer truck with a larger engine for towing...less strain on the larger engine...but there are sooo many other factors that come I to play other than engine size...

 

[OUTCAST]

Depends on what your towing...so, what are you towing...all else being equal I would take a newer truck with a larger engine for towing...less strain on the larger engine...but there are sooo many other factors that come I to play other than engine size...

Pulling one truck with the other. The 10' would pull the 13' easly enough but the 13',inherently, won't want to pass too many gas stations anyway.

 

[Westside Offroad Group]

I've never gotten good gas mileage towing with any of the older 5.4's

 

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I've never gotten good gas mileage towing with any of the older 5.4's

That's true enough and can vouch for that, but how much would the 6 2 suffer in gas mileage, more than the 5 4?

 

[Fred]

Use the 10 to pull the 13...keep the miles off the new one...

 

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Use the 10 to pull the 13...keep the miles off the new one...

I like the way you think Fred!

 

[Hockster]

Owned the Scab 2010 5.4, towed my 24ft enclosed to michigan loaded 2 times and got 10 mpg. Traded it in for a Screw 2012 last june, pulled the same trailer loaded and got 11 mpg. You do the math... ha ha ha

 

[OUTCAST]

Owned the Scab 2010 5.4, towed my 24th enclosed to michigan loaded 2 times and got 10 mpg. Traded it in for a Screw 2012 last june, pulled the same trailer loaded and got 11 mpg. You do the math... ha ha ha

Michigan from where? Flat? Hills? Sry don't know much about Michigan.

 

[Hockster]

Michigan from where? Flat? Hills? Sry don't know much about Michigan.

From Winchester, Va to Lake City, Mi
Lots of hills for the first 150 miles