What kind of mpg are you guys getting while towing? The last thing I towed was a 2000 lb car tailer with my Chevelle on it and was running about 13 mpg at 75 mph. That was before I got my chip. -

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Originally Posted by Dusten I do look at the gauge jackass!

12 to 13 pulling a 10,500 5'er. Secret. If you have cruise, use it while towing. MPG's will go up. -

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I get 14 when towing my backhoe.......real heavy stuff -

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21k GCVW and 65mph I get right at 14.
70-75, high 12's to low 13's. -

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i got 16 towing my jeep last time at 70 mph.. all flat land though.. totaly weight of jeep and trailer was prob 5,500 lbs -

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The 07 Dodge 3500 with the 6.7, a service body, and a trailer weighing just a hair under 10,000 lbs, makes between 5 and 7 on the freeway.

The 06 2500 with the 5.9 never sees under 15 with a full load and heavy trailer.

What is really strange is that the 5.9 will also out pull the 6.7, it is not even close and they have the same diff ratio's. -

I get about 13or 14 towing this -

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I tow a 23ft Chaparral that with trailer and full fuel (72 gallons) weighs about 6000lbs and average about 13.4mpg hand calculated -

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I tow an Alpenlite 5th wheel about 15 to 20k miles a year and wind up averaging between 11 and 12 mpg. Trailer weighs 11600 lbs...This is with a 01 3500 with 4:10s and auto -

Man hawg hunter does that really work. I know with out a trailer I can get better MPG than the cruise. Ill have to try it. -

Yeah, it works...even with the autos towing out of OD, running them in cruise makes a difference.

steved -

i run my overdrive..

UNLESS im coming up to a grade. then i hit the button. -

Yeah I did too, my little 215HP didn't have enough snort to hold OD on some of the bigger grades between New Mexico and Pennsylvania though...towing in OD really isn't a good idea...hard on the tranny.

My tranny would hunt in OD, even on flat ground, trying to run with the cruise. In 3rd, it did just fine with the 3.55s and cruise...even got me 14.5 avearge for the entire trip...and that was towing a 2100# trailer with my M37 on top (or around 8000#s total weight).

This new truck will run 6th with cruise pulling 6k with no issues.

steved -

Same here. I found that setting the cruise on between 63 and 65 works best for my setup. Tends to hang on better. -

yah the reason you dont want to run overdrive is to keep the transmission from shifting between gears rapiddly. it starts hunting immediatly hit the overdrive button and it will go down into 3rd.

but if you are holding a gear its better to turn the od on as it will drop your rpms 400rpms or so and youll get better mpg.

IF IT STARTS SHIFTING IMMEDIATLY HIT THE MAGIC BUTTON, IF YOUR COMING UP TO A HILL HIT THE BUTTON.

you will kill your trans if you dont. -