First drive Ram 1500 diesel

BillyW wrote:

sky_free wrote:
It will be interesting to see the towing MPG results. We are averaging 27.5 in mixed driving with our Touareg 3.0 diesel, but only 14.5 towing our 4,500 lb trailer. If the Ram is averaging 24 in mixed driving, I'm thinking 13-14 towing. I hope I'm wrong because the market has been waiting for a truck with a smaller diesel for a long time, but the economics seem to favor daily driving rather than towing given the price difference.

I don't see any problem with 12 - 13 towing mpg, and don't expect to see anything on the market exceed those numbers anytime soon. Your experience is probably about as good as it gets. I tow a similar trailer to yours at about 8 mpg right now. 14 is at the high end of my mixed driving (not towing). I would be all over a pickup with those reported numbers.

My point is that I see people reporting 12-13 towing larger trailers than mine with the more capable HD trucks with larger diesel engines. Since this is a forum for towing, I just don't see the point of this truck for towing vs the HD's. As a daily driver it looks good, but the new Silverados with 5.3 gas can tow way more and I've seen reports of 12-14 mpg towing. If the Ram could get 16-18 towing it would makes sense.