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4x4ord
Explorer III
Jan 28, 2017

Crummy fuel economy

I towed a tag trailer 450 km down the highway at 55-60 mph and got 37 liters/100 km. (6.4 mpg). Can you get a Dodge or GM to go through that much fuel?

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  • Towing with 11 RAM Dually combined weight 29k into 40mph head winds at 75mph I was 6mpg.
  • 4x4ord's avatar
    4x4ord
    Explorer III
    With a 5.9 Cummins....wow you must have had your foot into to it pretty good. Were you able to maintain 60 mph?
  • YEP......

    Jamestown ND to Dickinson ND roughly 200 miles.
    Towing 5th wheel and was sweating whether or not would make it to Dickinson.

    6 mpg or less...could see fuel gauge changing. 36 gal fuel tank

    Course I was bucking a 35+ mph headwind