Are the newer Rams not getting as good of mileage as the older body did?
I've talked to MANY people that get over 25 on a regular basis on them.. One
guy even claimed to get that pulling his trailer of watermelons. flat
ground though.. But heavy trucks nonetheless.. and still better than I
get. Yes, I am jealous of all the Cummins Rams out there.
Aaron W
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From: <jon@dakota-truck.net>
To: <dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net>
Sent: Friday, May 21, 2004 9:17 PM
Subject: Re: DML: Today's gas prices
>
> andy levy <andy-dml@levyclan.us> wrote:
> : On 5/21/2004 12:05 AM, Aaron Wyse wrote:
> : | How much of a mileage increase is the Cummins over the Hemi? For some
> : | reason most of the Daks seems to get less than ideal mileage. I
> : think the
> : | 3.9 BTA or 3.9 ISB would be a more dramatic mileage difference for the
> : | Dakotas. I wouldn't be surprised if they'd be able to get 35mpg.
>
> : I think somewhere around 20%? Maybe more, depends on so many factors.
>
> : If you do any towing at all though, the mileage advantage is HUGE.
>
>
> When I drove my 3500 CTD from south Florida to NY, I filled the tank
> twice; the first half of the trip I got almost 21mpg, the second half
> almost 20. (Those WV and PA hills...) That was a basically empty
> truck, open bed, tailgate up.
>
> When I went up to Toronto to help Jason & Norah with their move,
> I towed up an enclosed trailer that weighs around 3500lbs empty, and
> we filled it up but good. :-) I'm not sure how heavy it was, but
> I wouldn't be surprised to learn that we put 3 thousand pounds or so
> in it. (Jason would probably be better able to estimate the weight
> than I). On that trip, I got somewhere between 12-13mpg, I forget the
> exact figure now. However, that included a decent amount of city
> driving. I also have to wonder how much #2 diesel I used up at one
> point in particular where I didn't see the Y coming up in the road in
> time which required hauling most of Jason & Norah's wordly posessions
> past them at 80mph in order to fit into the space Jason was fortunately
> able to make for me in front of his Dak. Got a decent puff of soot
> out of the tailpipe on that one... ;-)
> (If I had tried that trip in the Ram Jason & Norah *thought* I
> was bringing, the gas mileage would have been DEEP into the single
> digits. ;-) ('92 318 W150 4x4 - lucky to get 12-13mpg empty))
>
> In my local driving around here, I seem to get around 18mpg.
>
> Those numbers may not sound too great, but keep in mind that
> this is a fairly un-aerodynamic 3500 with an open bed (no tonneau),
> which weighs well over 6,000lbs empty and has 4.10 gears. (Eventually,
> I want to change the rearend ratio to 3.55s or so which should help
> both my gas mileage and my highway crusing RPMs...)
>
>
> --
> -Jon-
>
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