Ram 3500 Real Life MPG

NC Hauler wrote:

FishOnOne wrote:

I'm Rick James wrote:

Bionic Man wrote:
You can see my details in my signature. My truck is a dedicated tow vehicle. I usually tow my 5er tandem with either my 5000 pound ski boat, my 2500 pound fishing boat or my 2500 pound utility trailer with ATVs.

There are a few trips with just my ski or fishing boat heading out on a 1000 mile round trip. I set speed control at 70 MPH and get 12 MPG on those trips. The last fill up was with my fishing boat going up to the mountains.

I don't have some neat picture like this guy but I can tell you that my '12 Crew Cab dually 4x4 with the "max tow package" NEVER produced that high of MPG's when towing. I average around 13 MPG's when driving around town empty and the best towing mileage was around 10 MPG's (11k load). I asked Mr. "Bionic Man" what his mileage was before I purchased my truck and his response was "around 20 MPG's."

Take the information provided on this site for what it's worth. Some people enjoy providing false information and some others failed basic math.

If you actually believed these soot clogging emission equipped trucks could make 20mpg with a tail wind... erhhh.... Never mind! :S

Though I wouldn't have said it as "crassly" as FishOnOne did...I find it hard to believe that Bionic Man is getting the mpg he reports he does. I had a 2012 Ram 3500 Dually, crew cab, long bed, 4X4 with 4:10 and HO in Longhorn trim...I DIDN'T have an auxiliary fuel tank which would have added an addition 438 pounds to the truck , and I didn't tow tandem....I never ran over 65, though I did all my towing in the mountains, I NEVER got ANYWHERE NEAR the mpg that Bionic Man states he get's with his 2012' identical truck...I hand calculated almost every tank...which gives one a much clearer picture of actual mpg. Empty or towing, I never got close to the numbers he saw...Something wrong with that App or whatever it is you're referring to.

I now have the 13' in my sig., which is my daily driver as well as my TV, (tow 16,000# 5er in the mountains, and even using DEF, don't get as good mpg as he does with his 12'...Believe the numbers are skewed quite a bit. I also owned a 2010 Ram, configured same as my 12 and 13', with 4:10 and never saw as high mpg as being reported by some.

So FishOnOne, you're telling me that Chevy and Ford have zero issues with their emissions and the only way a dodge/ram truck will survive, will be to delete it's emissions equipment? I did no deletes on any of the emissions equipped trucks I've owned and had zero issues and I don't plan on deleting or adding a mod....Try to keep me posted as to when I should expect my truck to break down...:R

RC,
I have no reason not to believe Bionic Man's fuel mileage since there are many variables that affect it. I've even been called out on some the fuel mileage I've reported from my truck.

As for the rest of your post I won't reply to such nonsense! :R