3.2 Fuel Consumption.
Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2023 8:55 am
On our recent trip April to June to the NT and WA we covered a total distance of 14,132 kilometres.
We started off with a full fuel tank and I religiously recorded the litres of fuel we topped up the tank with - to the nearest litre - not rounded up or down - nor did I concern myself with the cost per litre, that would have been depressing as it varied from around $2.20 to 3.50 per litre depending on the remote location.
On our return home I again topped up the tank so we knew exactly how much fuel we had used.
Okay, the total fuel used was 1556 litres. that works out to 11.0 litres per 100 kilometres and for the most part that was towing our 2.3 tonne off-road camper-trailer. The two water tanks in the trailer were empty saving 200 kgs. We had the 125 litre tank in the Wildtrak and this was more than sufficient while we were touring.
I did note that on the return journey over the Eyre Highway gloing east we had a 90 kph tail wind for close to three days and almost 1000 kilometres that the gauge on the dash indicated a fuel consumption of just 6 L/ 100K so that would have been a contributing factor in our very low fuel consumption.
On this trip we didn't do a great deal of off-road touring, I'd estimate thet we did less than 100 kms off road in all and that my tyre pressures were cold 48 fronts, 50 rears and the trailer also at 50 psi, all the Tyre sizes are 285/70R17 - ( BFG KO-2 ) our normal cruising speeds were in Sports mode (5th gear) 86 kph at arround 1680 rpm.
We started off with a full fuel tank and I religiously recorded the litres of fuel we topped up the tank with - to the nearest litre - not rounded up or down - nor did I concern myself with the cost per litre, that would have been depressing as it varied from around $2.20 to 3.50 per litre depending on the remote location.
On our return home I again topped up the tank so we knew exactly how much fuel we had used.
Okay, the total fuel used was 1556 litres. that works out to 11.0 litres per 100 kilometres and for the most part that was towing our 2.3 tonne off-road camper-trailer. The two water tanks in the trailer were empty saving 200 kgs. We had the 125 litre tank in the Wildtrak and this was more than sufficient while we were touring.
I did note that on the return journey over the Eyre Highway gloing east we had a 90 kph tail wind for close to three days and almost 1000 kilometres that the gauge on the dash indicated a fuel consumption of just 6 L/ 100K so that would have been a contributing factor in our very low fuel consumption.
On this trip we didn't do a great deal of off-road touring, I'd estimate thet we did less than 100 kms off road in all and that my tyre pressures were cold 48 fronts, 50 rears and the trailer also at 50 psi, all the Tyre sizes are 285/70R17 - ( BFG KO-2 ) our normal cruising speeds were in Sports mode (5th gear) 86 kph at arround 1680 rpm.