I ran a 460 ford for 287000 miles and i was pulling a 28 foot goose neck for 2/3rd's of that . And i never hauled more then i could get on the trailer and never drove it any faster then what it would go . I did some tweaking to it and i never felt that the fuel mileage was that bad . This was a 88 F350 4X4 with a 9 foot custom made STEEL flat with wood floor , truck light weighted 7500 lbs and the trailer weighted in at 7500 with all the chains and binder . I kept track of every gallon and every mile empty truck and truck with trailer Empty truck running to a sale avg. 14 empty truck and trailer 12 truck with load and i am talken full load loaded either with plows and disc's and what ever i could stack on up to 13foot 6 inches and up to 12 foot wide 10 -11 . The only time that she really sucked gas was hauling a Gleaner E 3 with both heads out of Plymouth Ind. and found out that the way i loaded it was the wrong way and i am here to tell ya that with both tanks full i just made it to Ft. Wayne , Had a bad head wind and i loaded the combine with the back end to the ft. of the trailer thinking that it would cut thru the wind better NOT . Best i could get out of it was 50-55 mph foot flat on the floor in 4th . Stopped just out side of Ft. Wayen wright on the berm unloaded it and drove it up on much better now she would run with it . Fueled up in Ft. Wayne and made it almost home and had to stop and fill the one tank just to be on the safe side as i was getting into my hill country and there were some good hills that i knew i was going to be down in second on.. Biggest mistake i made when i sold that truck should have bought a new short block put in two new rear springs and a new fender and kept on running it till the wheels fell off then welded them back on and drove it somemore.
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