the limits of diesel
When I bought my 2006 Duramax, I was pretty impressed with 650 ft-lbs, and 22 mpg (under best possible conditions), plus a great ride an plenty of load capacity. Now Dodge advertises 850 ft-lb and 25...
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The Mad Norsky wrote:Desertboy wrote:KD4UPL wrote:
The 25 mpg is for the 1500 V6. Any Dodge with the diesel will be considered a heavy duty truck by the EPA and so no MPG figures will be available. You won't find any diesel truck on any lot with MPG posted on the window sticker.
Will a Dodge diesel get 25 MPG? I really doubt it.
My old 3/4 ton dodge is getting about 21 mpg, But that's with a 12 valve engine, It will pull anything I need to pull.
My former Dodge 12 valve Cummins also got 21, even 22 MPG. 3:55 rear axle. But it needed three miles of unobstructed road to pass someone doing 55 in a 65 zone while I was pulling the small fifth wheel we had at the time. Really gutless, but great fuel mileage. 96 Dodge 2500.
That was probably me you were passing lol, I don't drive fast while on vacation, I don't know how fast my old truck will go, But I had the cruise set on 65 when coming home with a Avion last weekend, And it does fine with my 20' trailer and a 4 wheel drive tractor loaded and 74 inch tiller/ brush hog/ front end loader, The tractor is heavy also, Its a MX 5100 Kubota, I just run with the Cruise set on 55 or 60 loaded because your tires aren't rated to go any faster than that anyway.
