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Offroad on trails and MPG

Discussion in 'Off-Roading & Trails' started by urchim, Mar 25, 2018.

  1. Mar 25, 2018 at 12:35 AM
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    urchim

    urchim [OP] Well-Known Member

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    what do you guys average get MPG when you offroad long trips like 50 miles over offroad trails, some technical some forest service type roads, just curious, think my white rim last year trip i was getting 13mpg curious what others get
     
  2. Mar 25, 2018 at 5:42 AM
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    Harvo

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    I didn't specifically check my MPGS for only this trip... but a few weeks ago we did 93 miles of mostly offroad and steep mountain roads. The rest of that tank was used doing my normal commutes for the week. At the end of that tank of gas I expected a bad overall tank MPG, but it was the same as previous tanks that were used completely commuting.

    17.5 MPGs with 2" lift, 265/70-17 e range Ridge Grapplers. DC TRDOR
     
  3. Mar 25, 2018 at 5:55 AM
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    iK0NiK

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    I usually lose anywhere from 2-6MPGs Off-road. If it's a lot of dirt roads or forest roads, it drops mainly from the repeated slow downs and accelerations. If it's technical trails there's a lot of crawling and idling so it drops pretty steeply. Worst I got was around 12.5 after about half a tank worth of off road. Normal average is ~18.
     
  4. Mar 25, 2018 at 5:58 AM
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    tetten

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    Somewhere around 10mpg. Depends on how aggressively I'm driving, if I'm smashing the gas and the brakes repeatedly it almost looks like I can watch my fuel gage drop.
    :anonymous:
     
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  5. Mar 26, 2018 at 10:30 AM
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    so i am not to far with 13mpg. helps to calculate how much spare fuel to take.

    thanks all.
     
  6. Mar 26, 2018 at 10:32 AM
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    eon_blue

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    It's too depressing to calculate. I filled up Saturday before going out to a trail, about 40 miles to get to the trail and did about 50 miles of dirt over the course of the day, most of it in 4lo. By the time I got back home 24 hours later, I went through nearly the whole tank of gas. Depressing
     
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  7. Mar 31, 2018 at 5:16 AM
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    I average 13 on the highway. How the hell are you ppl getting that good of mpg on trails
     
  8. Apr 3, 2018 at 3:25 PM
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    jbrandt

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