Ram 7.0L V8 (426 cu in)

mosseater wrote:

parker.rowe wrote:
None of the 3/4 to 1 ton gas engines get great gas mileage.

And they all get 7-10 pulling a trailer. And what did the v10's and big blocks get pulling a trailer 15 years ago?

7-10mpg.

Not sure why everyone is so worried about the mileage. If I was buying a truck with a 7+ liter V8, I don't think gas mileage is going to be my first concern.

True! And, guess what my 5.4 L gets towing my trailer? like 8-9 mpg. And trust me, it works while towing. The difference in mpg while towing with any gas engine really doesn't seem to be that much with most combinations.

Funny you should say that.

My previous 6.4L Hemi Ram towed a 12,000#, mid profile 37 foot 5er and got 7-9 mpg depending on hills/wind, etc.

My current 1500 Ram 5.7L Hemi in my sig pic gets 8-10 mpg pulling a little 3500#, 17' hydrid TT (the Hybrid is an early model so it is a full 8' wide).

Over the 15 years I have been on these forums, I have seen the same mpg posted over and over. V8/V10/(or V6 turbo) gas engine in a full size truck - 7-10 mpg. Diesels, usually a couple ticks higher for the same size/weight load, in the 9-12 mpg range. I also find that people who claim much higher than that when pulling almost any RV (other than maybe a pop-up) are either being fooled by the truck's computer, or are just flat out full of it.