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rjstractor wrote:fanrgs wrote:
Thought this post was interesting--a 1/2-ton 4x4 truck with an aluminum body and a 3.0L turbodiesel V-6 getting 25 MPG. The 6.7L Cummins in my all-steel, 3/4-ton 4x4 Ram got a calculated 23.4 MPG on a 1,000-mile all-Interstate highway trip from Denver to Chicago (not towing!). Not much difference considering my truck weighs a ton more and the engine is more than twice as large.
That's terrific mileage for sure. Most HD diesel pickups don't do quite that well. As far as the diesel F150 goes, an EPA rating is just a rating. In similar driving conditions many drivers of Ram Ecodiesels report 30+ mpg, and I imagine the Ford will do just as well. Mileage will be the main selling point in this class, since the little diesels don't offer the huge towing performance advantage that their counterparts in the HD trucks offer.
Yeah terrific. I have 3 words for mpg claims like that. Tail-wind and downhill! Oh and you were probably slugging along in the right lane at 62.4mph. Love these mpg claims.
I can get 30 mpg hand calc on my old Cummins on Snoqualmie Pass! Down hill at 60 mph.......
The beauty of the world we live in is you can have virtually ANY combination of truck your heart desires. Some just feel the need to chit on anything that isn’t theirs......it’s either jealousy or grumpy old man syndrome!
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