What kind of RPM's do you get? What about MPG?
Just curious what others out there are getting as I look at TT options. I've heard that 2400RPM and 7.5MPG is pretty standard. Is it wrong?
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deltabravo wrote:JIMNLIN wrote:
Some folks use their trucks onboard DIC and report that as a mpg number.
Which in my experience is ALWAYS high. It's high on all the vehicles I've driven with a DIC.
I have a spreadsheet that I use to track fuel MPG. I record the DIC reading too. It's always about 1-1.5 mpg high on my current truck.
Same with the 5-6 new vehicles I've had with a DIC.
However my '03 2500 Dodge/Cummins NV5600 3.73 gears 2wd QC short bed with 330k miles for what ever reason has always ran up to 1.5 mpgs less than pencil numbers. I'm the type that resets at maybe tank number 6-8 after refilling. I know some reset on every refill.
When I hauled years back it was with one ton DRW and 460/454 carbureted engines and 4-6 mpgs was common at 55 mph. And that was pulling mostly under 26k-28k gross combined.
Blows me away at what some haulers are operating at 35k-38k declared gross combined and 9-11 mpgs is today with a one ton DRW....and doing it 7 days a week for 300k-400k miles (teams). Times have changes
