Whats your best MPG?
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I am in the process of trading my 01.5 2500 for a 2004.5 3500 equipt just like yours, and was wondering about milage. I don't know yet which rear end the new one has but my old 2500 with a 3:54 and a Edge w/a set on tow or level one got 10 mpg pulling our 9k toy hauler. I would think the difference between a dually and srw might be 1 mpg.
I had it for a week. Been in the shop longer than in my possesion. Between the body work from the blowout and then finding out that it needs upper/lower ball joints, both front u-joints, hubs(since they have to heat it up to get the ball joints out because there siezed in there from rust), rear transfercase output seal, and right side tie rod end/ draglink. Thats the list as of now.
The new truck has 3.73 gears and they are good for me. This might sound strange but I'm thinkin when I go up to 35s it will get even better mpg with the lower over all ratio since the truck has plenty of power for towing it. I'm guessing it should be about a 3.55ish ratio with the bigger tires.
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Those are some pretty low gears for fuel economy, 3.73 is a pretty good gearset for the long haul. Those 4.11's are great for towing though.
Do you live in a hilly area or the mountians? Cuz that will kill diesel milage quick fast and in a hurry. Olympia is fairly flat.
Oh and Im usually runnin 70 down the highway.
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I have a 2005 Dodge std cab longbed 4wd w/62k miles, I drive roughly 350 miles a week city and freeway to and from work I let my truck idle for 5 minutes during ea. warmup. I stay up on all oil changes air filter cleaning and fuel filter replacements. I do run Howes diesel conditioner/ injector cleaner. I run a Bills Custom cold air intake with S&B conical air filter full 4" exhaust cat delete the truck has a 4" lift with 35" tall Toyo mud terrain Load "E" rated tires I run them at 62 psi. My truck with hard calculation is 20.09mpg yet the trip meter reports 21.9. Hope this info helps