Dually Real World driving
So Ive come to the conclusion that for the toy hauler i want, im going to have to upgrade from a F250 up to a dually (either ram or ford). My biggest concern has always been city driving and fuel eco...
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Cummins12V98 wrote:Bionic Man wrote:Cummins12V98 wrote:Bionic Man wrote:
My truck in sig will be two in September. I have about 23,000 miles on it, almost all of which are towing. I would not want to use it as a DD if I had to drive in the city.
My Cayman makes a much better DD.
I have basically the same truck and I drive into downtown Palm Springs and parallel park with no problem.
Yep, but yours is the magic truck. From your posts, your truck runs faster, gets better MPG, lower trans temps, etc, etc, than mine.
If you are claiming that it's as easy to parallel park on a busy street a DRW as a SRW, or that it is as easy to park in a parking garage, I will have to run your posts more through a filter than I have in the past.
I know there are limits, I just drive mine within those limits and don't worry about what I can't or should not do. I do have to be selective with where I park, but to me it is not a big deal since my "Magic Truck" does so well in other areas to make up for the few things it can't do.
Am I fabricating 9.5mpg average towing? Am I fabricating 172 trans temp with outside air at 90? Am I fabricating 55 is the slowest on I-5 border to border?
You should be the same. I don't exaggerate anything, I have no need to.
My truck runs hotter than 172 solo, gets right at 8 MPG towing, and will run down to 45 towing I70 in Colorado.
And I've never gotten anywhere near 100,000 miles out of a set of tires on the truck, usually lower than 45,000.
I am a regular on TDR and Cummins Forum. My reports are similar to most posters on those sites. I highly recommend you never sell that magic truck of yours.
