Thread: Fuel consumption towing caravan Defender?

I average 14l/100km towing a 2t boat up north. Sometimes up to 12l.

Originally Posted by cafe latte

I am considering either a new Puma Defender or a TD5, what is the normal fuel consumption and the consumption towing a caravan? My van is 16 foot if that helps, what can I expect?
Cheers
Chris

Hi Chris , I have a td5 110 and tow a 16ft" Windsor . It weighs about 1.15 Ton , and It's a pop top. I would say about 500km to a tank , but It does depend on a few things , " head wind , lots of hills , even the temperature " I know my mate tows a bloody big dual wheel van , that weighs loads , best part of 3 Ton with his 100 Series , and he said 22lts x100km is normal sometimes more . He said It's a long way from Melbourne to Darwin , and back . As for the newer ford 2.4 and 2.2 Defenders sorry can't answer that !!,, Jim

Originally Posted by jimr1

Hi Chris , I have a td5 110 and tow a 16ft" Windsor . It weighs about 1.15 Ton , and It's a pop top. I would say about 500km to a tank , but It does depend on a few things , " head wind , lots of hills , even the temperature " I know my mate tows a bloody big dual wheel van , that weighs loads , best part of 3 Ton with his 100 Series , and he said 22lts x100km is normal sometimes more . He said It's a long way from Melbourne to Darwin , and back . As for the newer ford 2.4 and 2.2 Defenders sorry can't answer that !!,, Jim

How big is the tank?
Cheers
Chris

Depends,mine gets 14 towing on the open road at 90 with 2.5T hanging off the back or 14 towing 1.5T in hilly country. Pat

That's not bad, my 60 series gets about that pulling just itself along.
Chris

Originally Posted by cafe latte

How big is the tank?
Cheers
Chris

I think the tank on a 110 extreme is about 80lts , I try to never let It get to low . Read somewhere that It's not good for the fuel pump . I suppose around 14 , 15 lts x100 klm. It's surprising the van doesn't seem to add to much to the fuel bill !!..

We're heading up to Shark Bay tomorrow with the 1.5 tonne camper on the back of the 110. I'll let you know what we get. We have kayaks on the boat loader so its a fairly big profile.

At Christmas using the 90 towing to Denmark without the yaks we returned about 12 - 13l per 100km averaging about 95kmh.

Originally Posted by loneranger

We're heading up to Shark Bay tomorrow with the 1.5 tonne camper on the back of the 110. I'll let you know what we get. We have kayaks on the boat loader so its a fairly big profile.

At Christmas using the 90 towing to Denmark without the yaks we returned about 12 - 13l per 100km averaging about 95kmh.

That is not bad going. At the range yesterday which is what made me ask a friend was trying to convince me to buy a Toyota 4 door workmate. He bought a 4 door cab chassis and had a nice box made for the back for camping gear. I admit it was a nice set up, but I asked him what his consumption was towing and he told me with a camping trailer he only got 17.5L per 100 km!! Not towing he was not so bad if he took it easy he managed 10.5l per 100. Then I asked him how much his rig cost He spent 66 grand just on the bear cab chassis and another 15 on the box on the back!! Gulp Not looking so nice anymore!! Anyway it got me thinking how Defenders go on fuel towing and from responses here it seems they do a LOT better.
Chris