dodge guy wrote:
Since this has gone diesel vs gas, right I don't own one. I do work on them. And as I stated I wouldn't own a late model def equipped diesel. Ide rather stop for one more gas fill up rather than wait on the side of the road for a tow truck or be limited to 50mph because of an issue.
And ide love to see a diesel PU getting 15 mpg towing 15k plus lbs!!! Since that seems to be what people are claiming. If not, the actual mileage of 11 wouldn't sway me one bit to get a diesel. If and when the time comes and I wanted a diesel it would be a pre DEF Cummins.
We no longer have it but our 05 Dualie F350 pulling, bear with me,19,00lbs, I think got, at 62mph, 1900rpm on cruise and average of somewhere around 20mpg.There is a post somewhere from when we had it with the exact figures. Nail it and it went down.
That figure was averaged over one mountain and a total, mostly Interstate in the US and some congestion in Ontario, and west over Superior and back down. Our 02 7.4 F350 did better than that with a tune, on tow setting. Empty it would run like a race car.
