Posted by dhermesc on July 16, 2010 at 07:46:21 from (24.248.193.103):
In Reply to: Re: OT Truck engines posted by Stuart on July 15, 2010 at 16:31:56:
If you are getting 22 miles per gallon you have a friendly neighbor who's adding diesel to your tank at night. And I seriously have to question what your definition of "loaded" is.
To add a diesel to a new Dodge is a $7615 option, to add a 6 speed automatic its another $400.
Real observed mileage by automotive test sites puts mileage on the 2010 Ram 2500 "mega cab" with the Cummins at 15.7 MPG highway - EMPTY. They didn't bother reporting city or loaded mileage.
Its been a while since we had a Dodge Cummins trucks but we had several 2004 and earlier models. The older B series and the early 24 valve engines were supposed to get better fuel mileage - we averaged around 12 mpg overall (as we reported on our state IFTA returns).
Our current Fords and Chevy diesels average about 12 mpg overall - and increase of about 1 to 1.5 MPG from a decade earlier. We track our diesel pickups mileage on a monthly basis as we have to report fuel useage to the state.
What really hurts, we had a 1984 IH Eagle to move equipment - it was constantly over loaded but averaged about 4.9 to 5.1 MPG year in and year out. We finally replaced it in 2007 with a new Kenworth - current mileage is 3.9 to 4.2 pulling the exact same loads (still using the same trailers). The driver even says the older IH truck had more power (as evidensed by him tearing the axles out of it shortly before we sold it).
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