2014 Ultimate 1 Ton Challenge results

4x4ord wrote:
The results don't really surprise me. The Duramax is tuned to be aggressive. It will rev a little higher and is eager to downshift and run at the rpm where it makes power. The Ford is tuned to be more laid back. The fact that the Chevy can save me fuel might be enough to put another bow tie in my garage.

Didn't it say the Ram got the best mileage with no trailer attached?

For a lot of people, myself included, that's the more important number. I'm not a contractor with a trailer behind me all the time - in an average year I'd put quite a few more miles on it unloaded as my daily driver. I've been following a Cummins forum lately too because I'm thinking about buying one of the new Rams and the mileage those guys are reporting on the '13 and '14 models (with the DEF) is impressive. I shouldn't say I've been thinking just of the Ram, I've been shopping all three - it's just that the Ram is my fairly strong lean at this point.

I've always heard that the Cummins tended to get the best mileage of the three motors because it has fewer cylinders and tends not to rev up as much. Maybe that was only true back in the 5.9 days, though.