Towing with Chevy Colorado

[Realgun]

I Bought the boat I have when I had a Ford Ranger Supercab.<br />The Ranger did a fairly good job of towing the boat.<br />I then Upgraded to an F-150 SuperCrew. It had no issues towing the boat.<br /><br />I then purchased a new Chevy Colorado Crewcab to replace the F-150. Gas milage. <br /><br />Basically it feels like the F-150 pulling the boat. There are no power problems at all and on the big hills it does downshift to 2nd but pulls the hills like a champ!<br /><br />The Ranger had a V-6 of 3.0L and a 5 speed Tranny. It was always shifting andd going in and out of lockup constantly but was smoot in doing so.<br /><br />The F-150 , 5.4L 4 speed auto, also went in and out of lockup all the time on the hills and also downshifted to 2nd.<br /><br />The Chevy 3.5L 5 cylinder 4 speed auto, hardly left lockup till it had to downshift to 2nd. Also I am towing at 5000-6000 Ft altitude.<br /><br />Boat is 2000 lbs.<br /><br />Basically I like the way the Chevy tows the boat. I thought it would be OK but its actually the truck I would use all the time If I had a choice.

 

[all thumbs]

Re: Towing with Chevy Colorado

Do you have the computer where it shows instant economy or personal trip? Just curious about mileage.

 

[Realgun]

Re: Towing with Chevy Colorado

All Thumbs<br /><br />F-150 @ 75 12.3 mpg<br />F-150 @ 65 13.2 mpg<br />Ranger @ 65-75 on E-85 13 mpg<br />E-85 is 85% Ethanol 15% Gasoline mixture. <br />Ranger @ 75 11 mpg<br />Ranger @ 65 12 mpg <br />Colorado @ 65 will let you konw tonight.

 

[Realgun]

Re: Towing with Chevy Colorado

The total trip was 191 of which 45-60 were without the trailer. I got a reading of 17.8 mpg.<br />My guess is about 16 pulling trailer. Will do the big trip from Albuquerque to Elephant Butte and back to test the milage. It was a streatch in the F-150 and the Ranger never could do the trip on 1 tank.

 

[all thumbs]

Re: Towing with Chevy Colorado

Looks like a winner would love to have 16 pulling a trailer. E85, thats alot of ethanol!

 

[Realgun]

Re: Towing with Chevy Colorado

Ok went to lake today. Filled up at lake drove home filled up.<br />Mileage was 16.56 with air @ 65 cruise 98% of the way.<br /><br />Hills were pulled just fine. these are some nice hills the truck shifted to 2nd near the top of some for 5000 rpm but stayed in 3rd lockup @ 2900rpm. Max torque is 225ft/lbs@2800rpm.<br /><br />Gotta love that 5 cylinder and 3.73 locker rear end.