Ram HD 1000 lb-ft MPG loop
Towing 29k. Nice to see they have a gauge that tells you how "full" the DPF is now. That's handy.... VIDEO Almost 9mpg pulling 29k, which means about 37,000 GCW. Pretty incredible. Interesti...
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"Thank you for the input. It was a Freightliner chassis 26k gvwr but I was only hauling around 10k. Which is the payload limit for non cdl and the limit for the rental. It was frustrating trying to merge onto expressways and limited at 70mph means no run at any smaller hills so cresting a 50 was not uncommon. It was a very easy truck to drive but you better be planning your moves way ahead of time."
And if we was back in the day, you coulda popped the hood up, moved the fuel plate forward, turned up the fuel screw, cranked the star wheel a couple turns and seen how high of egts you could blow with the little H1 turbo!
"Thank you for the input. It was a Freightliner chassis 26k gvwr but I was only hauling around 10k. Which is the payload limit for non cdl and the limit for the rental. It was frustrating trying to merge onto expressways and limited at 70mph means no run at any smaller hills so cresting a 50 was not uncommon. It was a very easy truck to drive but you better be planning your moves way ahead of time."
And if we was back in the day, you coulda popped the hood up, moved the fuel plate forward, turned up the fuel screw, cranked the star wheel a couple turns and seen how high of egts you could blow with the little H1 turbo!
