mpg towing
just finished a 2588 mile trip pulling about 12000 lbs. (5th wheel)DW kept track and here is the low 9.4 and high 11.9-2013 Dodge 3500 4x4 with 6 speed stick-truck did a very good job-I was impressed!...
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panthercity wrote:Me Again wrote:BB_TX wrote:
Those numbers are just about dead on with what I have gotten pulling my 35' 5er, both with my previous '07 F350 6.0 and my current '12 F350 6.7 running at posted speed limits on the highways (up to a max of 68-70). Could probably do a little better if I slowed down to 60-65.
The is a bit disappointing! These trucks are getting better and better in so many ways except for fuel mileage. In the early 2000's it was common for Duramax GM's, 7.3 Powerstrokes and Dodge/Cummins to deliver towing mileage in the 12-13 MPG range.
Are people just all towing to fast with them now? I tow at around 62-63 MPH most of the time and average 12.2 to 12.5, and can be as high as 13.5-14 in central California at 59 MPH on flat no wind legs.
I was hoping that the new DEF RAMs would be back up in that range!!!!
Chris
That was before USLD in 2006. Then GM changed their emissions systems to burn the particulate by injecting extra fuel whenever the particulate trap got full. That and new/different tuning impacted mileage significantly.
So I know the 07.5 introduction of the 6.7 and re-gen put the Dodge/Cummins mileage in the toilet, I was just hoping that the introduction of DEF in the 2013's pulled it back out! Soulds like maybe that did not happen. And might explain the 3.42 gears as RAM's attempt to salvage it some!!!!
Chris
