Real World MPG with 5th Gen?

I have a 2015 Trail with no mods and the stock size BFG K03s on it. I'm getting around 15-16 around town and probably 19 on the highway. I don't think it ever got the advertised 21 mpg highway.
 
Can get 20+ on trips, seeing typically high interstate speeds, full load vacation mode. 2WD helps! Station wagons rule, even jacked up. Rural driving is all about hills/stop signs/time spent in warmed up mode vs transitional warming up mode. That said I've gotten great fuel economy (22) if I keep the parasitic loss low from wind resistance by keeping it at 60.
 
I have multiple vehicles. Each has a log book inside where I log everything from oil changes, windshield wipers replaced, fuel added, etc. A couple times a year I enter the fuel stats into an Excel spreadsheet that calculates the actual fuel mileage. Over 26,000 miles my 4Runner has averaged 22.89 mpg. I've seen as low as 12 mpg when using 4Lo on trails, and as high as 27 mpg on level dirt roads.

My mileage is better than most people mainly because I live very rural and don't drive stop light to stop light - that's what kills fuel mileage. And the vehicle is stock - no big fat 10 ply tires, no crap sitting on the roof. Most of my driving is on dirt roads at 40 - 50 mph. I have been very impressed with how accurate the 4R's in-dash indicated fuel mileage is. Those in-dash fuel monitors on my other vehicles are usually 1-2 mpg optimistic, the 4R is usually dead on.
 
Around town (lots of S4) with some freeway I show 16.5 on dash. Stock with Pirelli AT tires.
On highway trips it is 20+ driving 70+.
CA gas is $4.499 Chevron reg.
 
I have a 2015 Trail with no mods and the stock size BFG K03s on it. I'm getting around 15-16 around town and probably 19 on the highway. I don't think it ever got the advertised 21 mpg highway.

Do you have tire weight on your KO3's

My AT pirelli stock size XL weigh 41lbs.
I think the stock All Seasons Grandtrek & Duellers are 39-40 lbs.
 
Do you have tire weight on your KO3's

My AT pirelli stock size XL weigh 41lbs.
I think the stock All Seasons Grandtrek & Duellers are 39-40 lbs.

It looks like 45.6 lbs for the KO2s in stock size which is a big difference from what you have for the Duellers. I took about a 2mpg hit when I put them on. They are great in mud and snow but awful in the rain after 25k.
 

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