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jmtandem wrote:Again, same exact truck. One is long bed with 3.73 gears and the other is Mega cab with 4.10 gears. 3.73 gets better mpg when driving.
My comment stands as this is a thread about the 6.4 engine and so was/is the TCM magazine article. The specific issue is cylinder deactivation. The diesels (that you have) do not utilize cylinder deactivation under light loads. With the 6.4 and 4.10 axles the cylinder deactivation can occur more often than with the 3.73 axles under a load tending to lessen any gas mileage difference between the two axles.
RAM 3500 Crew Cab 4x4 DRW
Cummins HO, Aisin trans and 4:10 gears, 14,000 lb GVWRHonda EU2000
Jan-24-2017 10:04 PM
Wagonqueen Truckster wrote:
My Ford is fast approaching 20 years old.
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Jan-24-2017 06:29 PM
Again, same exact truck. One is long bed with 3.73 gears and the other is Mega cab with 4.10 gears. 3.73 gets better mpg when driving.
Jan-24-2017 04:57 PM
Jan-24-2017 08:51 AM
I disagree, I have Two Ram 3500's one is 13 Mega Cab and the 16 Long bed. The 16 gives much better mileage due to the gearing.
Jan-24-2017 08:21 AM
jmtandem wrote:Ram 6.4 with camper Review TC Magazine
I seriously doubt the 4.10 axles would give any less gas mileage and maybe even better mileage when towing or hauling. Yesteryear the 4.10 axles would yield less fuel mileage than 3.73s but with todays transmissions it is not that big a difference, if any.
Jan-24-2017 08:07 AM
mkasner wrote:
48k miles on our 2014 RAM 3500 6.4L. Hauls our Lance 861 4k pounds wet around just fine. Living in a mountain and ski town do I wish I had the cummins? Absolutely. If you live on the east coast go with the 6.4L
Jan-24-2017 08:04 AM
towpro wrote:Wagonqueen Truckster wrote:
Needless to say, now that I have the new truck they have been assigned the 99 Ford for the remainder of their driving years here in this household.
congratulation on the new truck. What level did you buy? tradesman?
you "gave" your kids a pickup with a v10 to drive? are they male? how old are they? better start buying back tires now :).
Jan-24-2017 07:08 AM
Jan-24-2017 05:21 AM
Wagonqueen Truckster wrote:
Needless to say, now that I have the new truck they have been assigned the 99 Ford for the remainder of their driving years here in this household.
Jan-24-2017 04:44 AM
towpro wrote:
I already know how to look up invoice and dealer costs, etc and have always dealt with the truck fleet salesman. the truck I bought in 06, after working my best deal, I ended up getting a chance to get it through the friends and family program (someone I met on internet worked at factory and gave me of his several per year he was allowed to use.) It was only like $200 better than the deal I had already worked out, but 2 bills is 2 bills.
This time with my 2015, I had checked the sites and already knew the deal I expected.
As I was standing in dealers lot looking at the truck, I tried www.truecar.com. internet sales person called me while I was still standing there, the price she offered beat my expectations. I took it home the next day.
MSRP $58,150, out the door for around $42K with tax. but it was late July when new trucks are about to hit the lots.
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