Ram 3500 Real Life MPG

NC Hauler wrote:

45Ricochet wrote:
Rick James your back for 2014? Haven't heard from you in a year or so it seems.

One time I forgot to add a fill up to my app. Believe me the numbers really jumped across the board.

Am I wrong, or did I see him on the cummins forum? Doesn't take much to confuse me evidently:)

I'm a member on the Cummins forum, we've had dialogue there.

45Ricochet wrote:
Rick James your back for 2014? Haven't heard from you in a year or so it seems.

One time I forgot to add a fill up to my app. Believe me the numbers really jumped across the board.

I've been lurking for a while, not much to contribute lately.

Those numbers are quite high, especially considering the load.

45Ricochet wrote:
Rick James your back for 2014? Haven't heard from you in a year or so it seems.

One time I forgot to add a fill up to my app. Believe me the numbers really jumped across the board.

I have a nice leather bound book I keep all my trips and fuel purchases in. Easy to add up all towing tanks mpg and divide by the quantity of tanks. Also weights….they keep getting heavier!

45Ricochet wrote:
Rick James your back for 2014? Haven't heard from you in a year or so it seems.

One time I forgot to add a fill up to my app. Believe me the numbers really jumped across the board.

Am I wrong, or did I see him on the cummins forum? Doesn't take much to confuse me evidently:)

Rick James your back for 2014? Haven't heard from you in a year or so it seems.

One time I forgot to add a fill up to my app. Believe me the numbers really jumped across the board.

Bionic Man wrote:
My truck is stock. I didn't spend that kind of $$$ to walk away from a factory warranty.

I certainly don't agree that 11 MPG over 23,000 miles is a "one in a million" truck. As you can see from the app, there are a few fill ups where the truck got less than 8 MPG. There was one fill up near 24 MPG (a 109 mile 55 MPH solo trip). All the fill ups average out to 11 MPG.

As I said, it is a dedicated tow vehicle. I have other cars I would rather drive when I am not needing to tow. Most of them are towing tandem. Some of them (guessing maybe 1/3) are towing just the ski boar or just the fishing boat.

I could take a photo of the app where the number of miles per tank divided by the number of gallons for the MPG, but at this point I am losing interest, and doubt that it would convince you anyway. And, I'm not sure why I care to convince you.

Jim, how much did you actually tow with your 2012?

I want to apologize, because I've totally misunderstood your post, for some reason, why I don't know, but was thinking you were reporting more mpg's than what I read or saw from the pictures. Guess "I", not you, got messed up on what I was reading, so again, I apologize for buying into your numbers...looked at them again, and again, guess that's why I'm kinda dumb that way:)

I towed the same 5er with the 2010, Ram dually, the 2012 Ram Dually and the one I have now( the 13')....loaded to 16,050# over the same terrain, (most towing done in the mountains of NC, VA, TN and WV....I did see 11.5 mpg when towing from NC to WV, believe it or not, it's "more down hill" going in that direction, coming back, I'd get 9.5-9.8 mpg give or take a tenth here or there. Just used the 13' to tow the 5er back home this year, 255 miles, all in the mountains and more "uphill than down" and close to 10 mpg coming back....

Wished I'd looked at your post better than what I did...sorry for "MY" confusion on this end, not your's....

NC Hauler wrote:
I guess if Bionic Man's truck is deleted and/or has mod's, then I apologize for not believing the numbers, but having owned the same truck, I find it hard to believe the mpg numbers and what he's towing, if all stock, I'd hold on to that truck because it's a "1 in a million".....never get rid of it..

I agree

My truck is stock. I didn't spend that kind of $$$ to walk away from a factory warranty.

I certainly don't agree that 11 MPG over 23,000 miles is a "one in a million" truck. As you can see from the app, there are a few fill ups where the truck got less than 8 MPG. There was one fill up near 24 MPG (a 109 mile 55 MPH solo trip). All the fill ups average out to 11 MPG.

As I said, it is a dedicated tow vehicle. I have other cars I would rather drive when I am not needing to tow. Most of them are towing tandem. Some of them (guessing maybe 1/3) are towing just the ski boar or just the fishing boat.

I could take a photo of the app where the number of miles per tank divided by the number of gallons for the MPG, but at this point I am losing interest, and doubt that it would convince you anyway. And, I'm not sure why I care to convince you.

Jim, how much did you actually tow with your 2012?

FishOnOne wrote:

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

Who is RC,?
I don't know if you were replying to my post or not...if you were, I stated about removing the emissions on the Ram to get it to work or last...you didn't state that the chevy/GM or Ford diesel engines needed to have that done to them also...I merely asked if, in your intellectual opinion, is it only the Cummins that has the emissions issues, and the truck has to be deleted for it to last ?

I guess if Bionic Man's truck is deleted and/or has mod's, then I apologize for not believing the numbers, but having owned the same truck, I find it hard to believe the mpg numbers and what he's towing, if all stock, I'd hold on to that truck because it's a "1 in a million".....never get rid of it..