Ram fuel mileage
I would like to know a ball park MPG figure for a newer Ram 2500 diesel, towing a trailer and empty. I don't want to start a typing war about which rig is the best. It looks like Hemi's are in short...
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Cptnvideo wrote:
Jeez, a bunch on here getting better mpg than me, and I try to stay under 65 mph while towing. I usually get between 8 & 9 mpg pulling our 42' fiver, total weight 27,000 pounds.
But I'm not complaining, we had a 40' and 43' diesel pushers that got at best 7 mpg staying under 60 mph.
Thats great mpgs for that weight.
Towed for a living in the '70s/'80s with one ton drw 460/454 carburetor big block gazz hogs. Fully loaded 18k-20k GN flatdeck trailers legally ran in the 4-6 mpgs.
I'm still amazed how fuel efficient/strong towing the LDT diesel are now days vs those old LDTs of that era.
Those better mpgs reported come from much lighter weight trailers and to some extent truck brands/year models.
