Fuel economy when towing

[Mark from Brisbane]

Speed makes a big difference as well. with those figures i'm guessing you where going 100kmh or as close as you could get to it. We towed our off-road 2000kg van 6000km when the Prado had less than 15,000 on the clock and averaged less than 14Lph. Sat on or around 90KMH.

Nope used to sit on 2500 RPM, which gave me about 92-93 on the clock but about 85-87 on my Hema App tracking on the IPad

I think the weight is the issue, we had the van loaded to capacity ( yes put it over a weigh bridge ), but we did have some stuff in the Prado.

[Mark from Brisbane]

What size tyres do you run Mark? If you run 70 series tyres did you factor in the difference to your calculations?

Cheers Andrew

65's mate, 265 BFG A/T's

[barajak]

Speed makes a big difference as well. with those figures i'm guessing you where going 100kmh or as close as you could get to it. We towed our off-road 2000kg van 6000km when the Prado had less than 15,000 on the clock and averaged less than 14Lph. Sat on or around 90KMH.

[120D4D]

, by the way most 200 owners I talked with were getting between 22-25 per 100, so perhaps I shouldn't be complaining.

Cheers all

I have heard similiar. A family friend 'stepped up' to a F250 from an LC, much bigger rig obviously and in the low 20l/100kms where as he used to burn high 20's with the toyota.

I guess there really is no replacement for displacement...

[AJ120]

What size tyres do you run Mark? If you run 70 series tyres did you factor in the difference to your calculations?

Cheers Andrew

[Mark from Brisbane]

Having just returned from 13000 Kms towing my Lotus 2.5 Tonne (fully loaded ) van I thought I'd share with you how I went fuel wise .

I tow in S4 ( except when going downhill and I flip over to D for a bit , not that it makes much difference I guess), 2500 RPM, and about 92 showing on the clock but 87 on the GPS.

Best I got was 15 litres per 100, worst 22 ( short trip into a raging headwind), but averaged about 17 per 100.

I had hoped for better, and after my first short trip with the combo returned 15 I budgeted for that for this trip, how wrong I was!!

Clearly by the time I load up the Prado with extra gear, stick the Waeco in and load it up wine and beer, stick the Gennie in the rear, and fill the drawers with dry food it ads considerably to the load and thus the fuel economy.

I should add mine is the Diesel version.

Just thought for anyone considering towing a large van with the Prado that this might be interesting , by the way most 200 owners I talked with were getting between 22-25 per 100, so perhaps I shouldn't be complaining.

Cheers all