New Ranger towing and fuel report

Submitted: Thursday, Apr 18, 2013 at 16:47
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Have just done a trial run form Mackay to Yeppoon to see how it would tow.

The vehicle has only done 3500k so it will still have a tight engine.

The trip took a fair bit of time which ended up being 5 1/2 hours due to roadworks and a B-double accident (how he kept it up right I will never know). Of that time the engine was running for 5 hours so idling would have used some fuel as well.

The total K's with the vehicle and van fully loaded was 390K and it used 55 1/2 litres or 14.25l/h. I gave the auto it's head and let it decide on what gear it required. It changed down perfectly when it needed to so I will be leaving it do all the work and not trying to out guess it.

Speed was between 93 and 100 k/h with no wdh as ford says no don't use one. Van tracked well with no pulling or pitching at all.

Although only a short run we are pretty happy with the result.

Will take a run up to Byfield tomorrow and go across to 5 rocks to try her out on the sand tracks up there.

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