Ram 2500 Cummins Furel Mileage
In my ongoing effort to decide to trade my Hemi for the diesel first let me say this: THIS IS NOT ABOUT TOWING CAPACITY. This is about FUEL ECONOMY.
My 5.7L Hemi tows my 8000# trailer over anything without trouble or working hard. The diesel will do the same.
What I would very much appreciate from some of you out there that have the Cummins is to post the FUEL MILEAGE that appears on your vehicles Electronic Info Center. (Please NOT what you figure by filling up)
Please note the approx weight you usually haul and the percentage of time hauling vs non hauling.
Some facts and figures for my towing: For the past 19779.5 miles (14 months) I have used 2141.02 Gals of gasoline with an average fuel mileage of 9.32MPG. Now for me MOST of those miles are towing and in generally hilly or mountainous areas.
My average fuel price/gal over that time was $2.54. I spent $5440.19 for gas.
Now if the Cummins Diesel will reliably give me Just a 2MPG avg better, IE 11.32MPG Then I would have only purchased 1747.3 Gallons of fuel. Resulting in a savings of $1000.76 At present the prices for diesel are very close to or up to a dollar less than gasoline and that would have added to those savings since I figured this on the price for gasoline.
Now these figures come from my Fuel Buddy App which is not as accurate as the Electronic fuel mileage readout in the truck. So in reality my savings would be a bit lower since my mileage is actually higher than indicated here.
Even with the additional cost of DEF and the higher cost of oil changes I will still come out ahead because. The Cummins Diesel is rated to go 15K between oil Changes, almost twice the 8000 of my gas engine. My present oil changes cost me about $80-90 (I use Synthetic oil) The same oil changes at most Dodge Dealers I have been to will run $124 to $140.
So I welcome your comments on this but PLEASE lets not get into the relative merits of hauling for the diesel vs the gas...that is NOT part of this decision.
Thanks in advance to all who answer
My 5.7L Hemi tows my 8000# trailer over anything without trouble or working hard. The diesel will do the same.
What I would very much appreciate from some of you out there that have the Cummins is to post the FUEL MILEAGE that appears on your vehicles Electronic Info Center. (Please NOT what you figure by filling up)
Please note the approx weight you usually haul and the percentage of time hauling vs non hauling.
Some facts and figures for my towing: For the past 19779.5 miles (14 months) I have used 2141.02 Gals of gasoline with an average fuel mileage of 9.32MPG. Now for me MOST of those miles are towing and in generally hilly or mountainous areas.
My average fuel price/gal over that time was $2.54. I spent $5440.19 for gas.
Now if the Cummins Diesel will reliably give me Just a 2MPG avg better, IE 11.32MPG Then I would have only purchased 1747.3 Gallons of fuel. Resulting in a savings of $1000.76 At present the prices for diesel are very close to or up to a dollar less than gasoline and that would have added to those savings since I figured this on the price for gasoline.
Now these figures come from my Fuel Buddy App which is not as accurate as the Electronic fuel mileage readout in the truck. So in reality my savings would be a bit lower since my mileage is actually higher than indicated here.
Even with the additional cost of DEF and the higher cost of oil changes I will still come out ahead because. The Cummins Diesel is rated to go 15K between oil Changes, almost twice the 8000 of my gas engine. My present oil changes cost me about $80-90 (I use Synthetic oil) The same oil changes at most Dodge Dealers I have been to will run $124 to $140.
So I welcome your comments on this but PLEASE lets not get into the relative merits of hauling for the diesel vs the gas...that is NOT part of this decision.
Thanks in advance to all who answer
