Hauled 5 horses in a steel gooseneck to Healy from Kenai and back a couple years ago. Truck was not fully broken in yet; don't recall miles at the time.
Weighed across cert. scales at 22,100 lbs; 12+ mpg.
FWIW.
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time. --Pat Parelli
American by birth; Alaskan by choice. --ironbender