@ sandman. get off your soapbox bro. you really think your the only person to ever go to war and get shot at. getting shot at for a year doesn't mean you dont have to follow the rules. save the cursing for the badlands.

 

My truck isn't stuck but driving about 7 hours south to Los angelas, I got 24.5.

 

Rules are meant to be broken bro. And I know that im not the only one to get shot at. WTF are the badlands anyway? Im new to this forum.

Im not sure which rear end my truck has. The stealership said they think it has 3.73's with a limited slip diff. But they lied a lot so who really knows.

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.



Im runnin' 35's right now but I havent really had a chance to do much driving. The fuel economy numbers were when I had the 33's on it. I need to do actually fuel economy instead of trusting the trip computer.

 

20 is the average with a smarty upgrade In town will suck because it's 6000+ lbs!

 

I know getting up there in mpg is a pipe dream. Especially with a QCLB. I just wanna see whats helping and hurting you guys out there other than your right foot.

 

Helping: Air in, Air out, programmer, Tires

Hurting: Bigger than 50hp injectors, Big tires, High programmer numbers, Right foot,

 

have 06 4x4 3500 5.9 411 rears only mods done so far are K&d cold air intake keep trk 55 to 60 mph and tack 16 to1900 rpm, and can only get 12 to 14 mpg. trk has 48 re trans with OD. How can i get 20mpg like you guys are talk'in...:

 

I have a 6 speed. Torque converters and slush boxes zap as much as 30% of your power. And that 48re is a 3 speed with overdrive and lockup if im not mistaken. So there 5-ish gears there. More gears to use means not workin the motor as hard and its easier to keep it in the sweet spot.

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.

 

im getting 17 city and 20ish hwy if i can keep my foot out of it. 06 4 door long box 4 inch lift 37'' mud terrains straight pipe

 

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