Perhaps you can mathematically figure out your mileage and use that as an example. Reset your trip odometer, fill you tank. Run it as low as you wish but try to use at least 1/2 tank. Fill it up and take note of how many miles you covered and gallons you refilled with. Divide miles by gallons. 124/9.8 for example. For more accurate readings, repeat this a few times then take the average of the 3. Total miles divide by total gallons over the 3 or 4 fillups.

It is highly unlikely everybody drains it to the exact same level as you are doing. Unless everybody fills it until the truck runs out of gas.

And estimation of 'gallons on a tank' is not a very accurate unit of measure.

I feel you will get better and more accurate information comparing miles to gallon across the board.

 

2005 3.5 4WDext cab, all stock, I remember recently pushing out to 337 before filling. Can't remember how many gallons it took but it was of course a lot, I was definitely on fumes. Warning had been on well over 20 miles.

 

I fill up Sunday evening and commute 64 miles a day (round trip). That plus a little running around here and there during the week and I'm on fumes by Friday night. I've checked my mileage many times and it's always been 20/21 mpg. Seems like I remember going 365 once on a full tank when I used to check it.

'05 I5 2WD Crew Cab

 

Man... 365 miles outta a tank? I wish mine got that! And thanks 08Canyon Ill give that a try!

 

Don't we have 19 gallon tanks? 20mpg and that's 380 miles.

 

Sort of OT, but may help someone.
I fill up every Saturday. I got this Mobil Speedpass thing, it's a transponder you use at the pump, and you can attach it to any credit card you want to (I have a card I use that I get points on, just a normal Master Card or Visa).
Anyways, with the Mobil speedpass, on Saturday Mobil takes off 6 cents a gallon, has been a promo they have had for quite a while I guess, I just found out about it last summer so I gas up my truck and my wifes car every Saturday now.
http://www.exxon.com/speedpass
Doesn't cost anything to get it either. If you link it to a Mobil credit card I guess you can save even more.

 

Next time you fill up, reset the trip odometer. The time after that, fill the truck again, look at the number miles traveled and divide by gallons. That'll tell you what fuel economy you got for that tank.


You also neglected to mention the gear ratio, if you want to continue to attempt to compare to others.

 

My 2012 2wd Crew cab Z85 package.. i get 400 miles to a tank usually. Average 21.5 and up mpg. Adding a Camper shell this week

 

19.6 gallon tanks by the way

 

I average about 15 mpg, but I mostly have in town driving. Out on the hyway I can just squeak in 18 mpg, but I have the V8. 2010 Ext Cab LT2 4x4.

 

I've noticed by replacing the variable valve solenoid I got an extra 40 to the tank I have 170,000 mi on my 06 inline 5 crew cab

 

The tank on these trucks is no where big enough. Probably my biggest pet peave. I get about 320 if I'm lucky.

 

I have been averaging about 400 miles per tank.