Chase_WV
Jul 12, 2017Explorer
Fuel Mileage 2017 Ram 3500
Just upgraded from chevy 6.0 to a 2017 Ram 3500 SRW CTD. Already impressed with the 20 mpg on the highway. What should I expect towing a 9-10k pound 36 ft travel trailer in terms of mpg?
Slowmover wrote:
"Look, there's a crowd up ahead! Let me haul balls up there to join it (make it worse)". That's the guy clogging the road.
FishOnOne wrote:transamz9 wrote:Grit dog wrote:Kevin Todd wrote:
Slowmover, you hit the nail on the head. I've seen Mr. z9 posts on other sites bragging about his "toys", how fast his boat is, and always included pics of all the toys lined up in front of his house
Jealous much? Lol
I just blow that kind of stuff off.I quit posting pictures a while back because people just take things the wrong way to much. Politically correct way of life I guess and I'm one of the worst politically incorrect people alive. I'm worse that Trump. Lol
I enjoy seeing pictures of stuff other people take pride in. Having said that I think I've seen one particular B&W fifth hitch enough times I think the image is burned into my brain. :E
transamz9 wrote:Grit dog wrote:Kevin Todd wrote:
Slowmover, you hit the nail on the head. I've seen Mr. z9 posts on other sites bragging about his "toys", how fast his boat is, and always included pics of all the toys lined up in front of his house
Jealous much? Lol
I just blow that kind of stuff off.I quit posting pictures a while back because people just take things the wrong way to much. Politically correct way of life I guess and I'm one of the worst politically incorrect people alive. I'm worse that Trump. Lol
Grit dog wrote:Kevin Todd wrote:
Slowmover, you hit the nail on the head. I've seen Mr. z9 posts on other sites bragging about his "toys", how fast his boat is, and always included pics of all the toys lined up in front of his house
Jealous much? Lol
Kevin Todd wrote:
Slowmover, you hit the nail on the head. I've seen Mr. z9 posts on other sites bragging about his "toys", how fast his boat is, and always included pics of all the toys lined up in front of his house
Kevin Todd wrote:
Slowmover, you hit the nail on the head. I've seen Mr. z9 posts on other sites bragging about his "toys", how fast his boat is, and always included pics of all the toys lined up in front of his house
Slowmover wrote:
Okay. With trailer and boat in tow what's the total emergency stopping distance from 72-mph?
With a lane change onto the shoulder to finish.
The two trailers drums will be smoked. Non-functional before the end, would be my first guess.
Thus, what following distance do you never violate?
transamz9 wrote:
I'm not getting there the same time as you because of the reasons you say. I'm getting there the same time as you because of people like you that are clogging up the interstates. Wanting to run "their" speed which happens to be 1/2 mph faster trying to pass that convoy of steering wheel holders in the right lane. I can run for 10hrs on a tank without stopping so bathroom breaks is all I need in a days run. I have already proven time and time again to my FIL (that drives the same as you) that on a 100 mile run we leave my house at the same time I can be in my site set up, boat in the water and a fish in the live well before he gets in his site.
Not everyone towing RV's are retired and have all the time in the world. Some of us try to get all the family time in as possible and sometimes for me that's leaving out on a Friday after work (around 7pm) and have to be back home Sunday morning.
I budget just like you do the only difference is I don't do it at someone else expense.I could run a $100,000 Ranger 521L but instead I run a $60,000 boat. I can buy a lot of fuel and camp a lot of nights on 40K.
As far as your truck goes, it looks like you could put it on a diet and get another MPG or two. I have a 3rd gen that is 4X4 and it only weighs 6,800# with Reese 5th wheel hitch installed full fuel, wife and two overweight Pugs.
FWIW, I do believe your numbers because I can very easily achieve them with my 3rd gen.