Kyle Peters
Junior Member
2020 5.7 Laramie Longhorn with 5000 miles. Just went 440 miles towing a 14' enclosed trailer with some wind. 220 miles empty and 220 miles with maybe 2000# in trailer. I averaged 7.8 miles per gallon going 60-70 mph using the adaptive cruise control. Now I am used to a 3.5 ecoboost in my Ford f150 but man this hemi never got into 8th gear and spent a lot of time in 6th gear at 2500 to 3000 rpm and occasionally went into 5th and up to 3500 rpm. I could see the gas gauge move!!!! Is this normal? I am not loving this at all.
This reminds me of the old chevys in the 70's where they would be screaming 3-3500 rpm going down the road at 60 mph.
I really like the truck but Jeez.
It would be nice to hear what others have experienced.
I did notice the transmission shifts a lot even with no load like when pulling small grades and such. I would think modern engines should be able to pull a little better than that.
Am I missing something? I switched back and forth from trailer mode when towing and I didn't see a lot of difference.
This reminds me of the old chevys in the 70's where they would be screaming 3-3500 rpm going down the road at 60 mph.
I really like the truck but Jeez.
It would be nice to hear what others have experienced.
I did notice the transmission shifts a lot even with no load like when pulling small grades and such. I would think modern engines should be able to pull a little better than that.
Am I missing something? I switched back and forth from trailer mode when towing and I didn't see a lot of difference.