6.4 hemi getting 22 mpg???
I was a little hesitant to buy a 2500 Ram with the 6.4 gasser, especially after reading the low mpg drivers in this forum were getting with theirs. however, I couldn't justify the price of a diesel fo...
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Thanks, Grit Dog. You’ve quite a few good ones yourself.
The MX13 Paccar in this 2019 579 Pete cruises 66-mph at 1150-1200 rpm. 12-speed Paccar (Eaton-sourced) automated Manual. The only time I drop to the sevens in a trip is loaded to gross and/or terrain.
On the TT the plan is to make the repairs and improvements necessary to hit 17 on the flatlands, no wind. That’s at the usual 1,700-rpm and 58-mph. 17k usually and 63’ long.
Whether I hit that or not isn’t as important as my knowing I’ve expended every effort of which I’m capable to minimize fuel burn. Understand that I’ve also planned HOW to make the drive. Lowest friction. As an outgrowth of a living as a driver, putting depth to the details to keep those tenths. (As it isn’t new to me, it isn’t “work”; what I assume is the barrier for most).
Big truck or vacation rig. Some planning and some discipline.
Were the roads as they were in the 1960s and 1970s without the explosion of truck traffic and now the wholly-unexplained phenomenon of WHO THE HELL ARE ALL THESE PEOPLE CROWDING THE INTERSTATES WHEN THEY SHOULD BE AT WORK, operating the vacation rig was less work. More enjoyable. Better.
In the earlier post I noted that solo miles can underwrite vacation miles.
In a technical sense, why is there any discrepancy between town & country driving? Most report a large change. THAT is where to start. There shouldn’t be one of real significance.
My highway AVERAGE is 25. On that bet I got my city AVERAGE to 22. (And as I said, I’m not serious. That Cummins engineer was into the 40s).
Plans: combine errands. Never idle, and never stop. Use Mapquest for best order routing (like UPS delivery; no left turns, etc).
The average RVer travels 5k annually. At 10-mpg with $3 fuel that’s the need to save $100 worth of fuel monthly. $25/week.
Use FUELLY or other to record every gallon. One is looking for a PERCENTAGE CHANGE. That’s the ticket.
It’s not the absolute number. Just bettering what we already have.
Can a 6.4 get 22-mpg. I’d take that bet.
.
The MX13 Paccar in this 2019 579 Pete cruises 66-mph at 1150-1200 rpm. 12-speed Paccar (Eaton-sourced) automated Manual. The only time I drop to the sevens in a trip is loaded to gross and/or terrain.
On the TT the plan is to make the repairs and improvements necessary to hit 17 on the flatlands, no wind. That’s at the usual 1,700-rpm and 58-mph. 17k usually and 63’ long.
Whether I hit that or not isn’t as important as my knowing I’ve expended every effort of which I’m capable to minimize fuel burn. Understand that I’ve also planned HOW to make the drive. Lowest friction. As an outgrowth of a living as a driver, putting depth to the details to keep those tenths. (As it isn’t new to me, it isn’t “work”; what I assume is the barrier for most).
Big truck or vacation rig. Some planning and some discipline.
Were the roads as they were in the 1960s and 1970s without the explosion of truck traffic and now the wholly-unexplained phenomenon of WHO THE HELL ARE ALL THESE PEOPLE CROWDING THE INTERSTATES WHEN THEY SHOULD BE AT WORK, operating the vacation rig was less work. More enjoyable. Better.
In the earlier post I noted that solo miles can underwrite vacation miles.
In a technical sense, why is there any discrepancy between town & country driving? Most report a large change. THAT is where to start. There shouldn’t be one of real significance.
My highway AVERAGE is 25. On that bet I got my city AVERAGE to 22. (And as I said, I’m not serious. That Cummins engineer was into the 40s).
Plans: combine errands. Never idle, and never stop. Use Mapquest for best order routing (like UPS delivery; no left turns, etc).
The average RVer travels 5k annually. At 10-mpg with $3 fuel that’s the need to save $100 worth of fuel monthly. $25/week.
Use FUELLY or other to record every gallon. One is looking for a PERCENTAGE CHANGE. That’s the ticket.
It’s not the absolute number. Just bettering what we already have.
Can a 6.4 get 22-mpg. I’d take that bet.
.
