6.4L Hemi empty hwy mpg - UPDATED w/VIDEO
Took a road trip this weekend, decided to take the truck instead of the Jeep. Conditions were 80*f, some wind, and we set the climate control to automatic so the A/C ran the whole time. At the 68 ...
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travelnutz wrote:
Something doesn't make sense on this thread. Just got my July 2014 Trailer Life magazine and they have a real world test of the 2014 Ram 2500 6.4 Hemi Outdoorsman truck with the 3.73 ratio driven both solo and with a 7,000 lb total weight XLR Hyper Lite 27' trailer behind. In black and white for all to read! Truck solo (unloaded) MPG was 11.5 and towing was 8.2. About the same numbers within tenths as the other two tests I've read the results of as printed. Not home right now so I can't get the publications to give the exact numbers printed.
It's an awful long stretch or wild exaggeration etc going from 11.5 mpg in actual tests to a claimed of 16 or 18 mpg's I've read in this thread! Matbe the test were only up hill against a stiff wind and the forum poster's claims were only downhill with a healthy tailwind, ya think? 11.5 empty is horrible and 8.2 pulling 7,000 lbs is certainly no prize winner at all. Is there any wonder why some of the posters stories are dismissed as total BS since everyone isn't dumb enough to believe in the Tinkerbell Fairy?
Lot of variables in any test. Location, temperature, ect. My 3500 srw 6.4 with 3.73's on the highway, cruse set for 68, will hit 17 mpg. Around town drops to 14's, add the landscape trailer and mowers, 11's. Now my mowing route is hilly secondary rds, and clients are fairly close together. Truck rarely get out of 4th before im stopping for the next lawn.
