Gas Milage on 95 mini cab

I have a 95 mini cab and am using it on the farms. The trip between farms is 8 miles. So I spend about 1/4 of my milage driving around in the pastures. My gas milage seems to be 20-25 mpg. All reports I here are better than that. Any ideas.?

 

Could be driving habits. Low gear driving ='s high rpms ='s more fuel. A few small things like
a couple of doses of sea foam in the tank, a new air filter or maybe a set of plugs would not hurt if that hasnt been done.
On the farm driving I would think 25 to 30 would be closer.
Those advertising 50 mpg are blowing smoke up our skirts.

 

I have a 92 Jumbo that I use daily on the farm with a couple of miles on the raod. Last year in Dec I kept track of the fuel for a couple of fills and I was getting 31 mpg (imperial gal /4.54Litres). My Quad, 500 Can Am, doing the same run, burns way more. The jumbo will go for three weeks on the same fuel that the quad would burn in one.

 

The 50 mpg thing is driving down a flat paved road at 60 kmh ( 35mph) and using Imperial gallons ( 4.54L vs 3.78 )
I've measured over 40 (using Cdn) driving low speeds, empty, in town, in our town that's flat and so small it has no traffic lights to idle at. On the highway, with all the aerodynamics of an upright sheet of plywood: way less.

 

My Hijet seems to love 80kph as far as fuel mileage goes...I have honestly topped 50mpg (using 4l per gallon as a measure )but only on long flat trips at a constant 80kph...average is 38mpg around town and 29-32 mpg on the highway 100-110 kph..lots of hills

 

I drove my truck for 185 miles the day I picked it up. Stock pizza cutter wheels, 85-90 kph the whole way carrying my motorcycle in the back. Filled the tank before I left, then filled the tank again when I got home and ended up using 3.9 gallons of gasoline; roughly 48 mpg. Now after lifting the truck, fitting 10" wide ATV wheels and doing the vast majority of my driving off road with 4x4 engaged I get about 20-25mpg

 

All the dust from the farm might be clogging your air filter. Wheel spin or driving in low gears may contribute as well.

so many things will affect these trucks. The average Japanese male weighs around 139lbs (wiki) and these trucks tend to drive in around the city areas. In canada, with our city centres so far apart, our cold weather, poorly kept roads and average north american body weight being greater than 139lbs, I'm not surprised we're not seeing the advertised numbers in mpg.

I drive my Sambar to and from work, with a large portion cruising around 80kmh, I weigh 168lbs and I drive solo, I get 35mpg. I'd get more in the summer with no cold starts and things running more free. I hope to get more by doing an alignment, wheel balancing, engine flush and fluid swap, airfilter check, plugs, timing etc.

I've considered taking the bed sides off and dropping a few pounds.