Just got home from Sam Rayburn Lake in Texas.....Round trip was almost 2000 miles...I was towing my 21' Triton bass boat that weighs almost 4000 lbs with gas and tackle...I averaged 11.7 mpg for the entire trip driving 75 mph on the highways when i was not going through constuction zones...This was with the overdrive off...my figures and the truck computer numbers were close....the truck computer said 11.5 mpg......

 

Not bad, I'm getting between 14-15 pulling my Skeeter but its not near the boat yours is, 16 1/2 footer, probably only a little over half the weight... Now what I want to know is, did ya catch any of dem big ol bass??

 

Rja150.....

We did catch alot of fish but no "big" ones....an 11 year old kid won the tourny with a fish that weighed 11.57 lbs....all in all it was a great trip...the wind blew 30+ mph the second day and 10 boats were sunk....most were pulled up on shore at camp spots when they sank but the search and rescue guys had to get some people that tryed to cross the lake in the 5 foot waves.....I saw them towing out a brand new Skeeter after they pumped the water out.....some had to wait till the next day to get their boats......

 

Not bad at all... I think it shows how strong the 5.4 is.

Doing 75 in 3rd WITHOUT a boat would yield 12 mpg

 

Glad to read these bass rig posts. I'm in the Northeast and just getting ready to grab my Nitro (Hence my Username) from the marina after its long winter nap.

Keep castin'!!!!!

 

Gtullous,

What part of Kansas are you in?

I usually go to Kansas to fish being I live on the Kansas/Colorado border.

I usually get about 13.5 @ 70MPH haulling my little Alumacraft. (Much lighter than your big boat!)

If the weather clears, I'll be going over to Cedar Bluffs this weekend. Sometime in the fall though, I'm wanting to hit Lake Texhoma (sp?).

These trucks make it such an enjoyable ride!