TD42t economy

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Originally Posted by HuskyInAuz

Around town and short trips <3 hours from Jervis Bay to Canberra 13.2 on 265 TOYO HT's .. Heading north in two days towing a small CSU (Camping Support Unit) will post as I'll fill up at Costco in Casula, NSWand then again in Brisbane.

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That would be great! How heavy is the camper do you think ??

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Originally Posted by liftlid

33" with 4.6 diffs on gq 31" with 4.1 diffs on mav

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For some reason i thought your where running 35's... Never mind mate, thanks for the info anyway!

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Originally Posted by Alitis007

For some reason i thought your where running 35's... Never mind mate, thanks for the info anyway!

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35's in the high country that's why I have 4.6 diff gears, so I'm under geared with the 33's and could possibly get better economy on long runs at 100 kph

I have just fitted 35's to mine once I have used the tanks I will report back

The 4 cyl diesels economy is on par with the 6 when heavily loaded, on the recent trip we did the hilux's best economy used 10 lt less fuel than my 4.2 , sometimes less than that, seen similar with the GU 3 lt and prados.

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Originally Posted by liftlid

The 4 cyl diesels economy is on par with the 6 when heavily loaded, on the recent trip we did the hilux's best economy used 10 lt less fuel than my 4.2 , sometimes less than that, seen similar with the GU 3 lt and prados.

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Just to clarify Liftlid, you are talking about ~10lt less per tank? When you were doing same K's and terrain?

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Originally Posted by Crate

Just to clarify Liftlid, you are talking about ~10lt less per tank? When you were doing same K's and terrain?

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Yep surprising isn't it, the cars were following me

Only measured fuel consumption once on my 2005 4.2 TDi ex Telstra ute with the pod on the back and got 16lt/100km. I'm still running cheesecutters. haha.

99.99% of my driving is on country roads and is mostly driven in a head/cross wind. It doesn't help that the pod protrudes externally of the cab, as it basically acts like a wind anchor.

That's probably why I sit on about 90k's everywhere I go. lol.

Rossco.

Just did a economy check from Casula to North Lakes with a 2 hour stop and go stint in Sydney. I usually drive at or above the posted speed pulling a camper trailer and one box on the roof.
16.2L/100

Okay update now that I have some reliable internet.
$145.99/L at Casula
$147.99/L Brisbane
Casula to Brisbane, 16.2 L/100 with the speedo at 110+ most of the time, only one small box on the roof rack.
North Lakes to Gympie (going up and down the hills in Mapleton multiple times) 15.9 L/100
$145.99 /L Gympie off to Emerald 100k/hr
Emerald (biggest fill up) $146.99 /L (Navigator got some cold coffee drinks for another $0.04 off per liter) 16.02 @ 100 km/hr (as close as I could keep it)
Emerald to Charters Tower with a side trip to Townsville, 16.03 (yup the same)
Charters Tower to Atherton, 16.3 (I put two storage containers on roof rack in CT) $165.99/L

Hi Sonof
How are those 285/75's going.
Notice any difference to fuel economy.

Thanks,

Neil.