Ram 2500 6.4 gas Towing 5th wheel.
I'm trying to find information about towing a 10k or less 5th wheel with my Ram short bed 2500 gas 6.4. I don't have air bags on the truck but will add them if necessary. I'm concerned about the coil ...
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Has nothing to do with the 2 trucks being compared. Not part of the equation. Although 10ish mpg out of a 3rd Gen diesel (or most any diesel of the last 15+ years) towing a 10k 5ver is avg/reasonable and tells me you drive quite “conservatively.”
And based on that I could wrap my head around 10mpg towing the same trailer with a new 6.4 8speed gasser. As in, not “that” far off and maybe achievable driving for mpgs.
But 22mpg, bobtail, out of the same truck is a pipe dream.
Although I bet ole Back of the Pack/Slowmover could “almost” make that happen with his widely publicized hyper-miling techniques!
Reality is, the empty mpgs claimed are not an average or overall or repeatable except in maybe the most very controlled and advantageous situations. Would love to get on that bandwagon, but the 3 or 4 dozen gasser 1/2 and 3/4 tons I’ve had over the last 20 years And the million or so miles accumulated tell me otherwise.
And based on that I could wrap my head around 10mpg towing the same trailer with a new 6.4 8speed gasser. As in, not “that” far off and maybe achievable driving for mpgs.
But 22mpg, bobtail, out of the same truck is a pipe dream.
Although I bet ole Back of the Pack/Slowmover could “almost” make that happen with his widely publicized hyper-miling techniques!
Reality is, the empty mpgs claimed are not an average or overall or repeatable except in maybe the most very controlled and advantageous situations. Would love to get on that bandwagon, but the 3 or 4 dozen gasser 1/2 and 3/4 tons I’ve had over the last 20 years And the million or so miles accumulated tell me otherwise.
