cummins diesel

[Will]

A local contractor that lives out near me bought one of those 305hp Dodge 3500 crewcab 4x4 SRWs the day they hit the lot. Before he was getting a new F350 Powerstroke every couple years. He doesn't pull anything with it. I saw it with a cattle trailer one time since 2004 and that's it.

Funny thing is, his employee's have 2 trucks. One in an F350 dually with a big reading utility body and a 5.4 V8 symbol on the fender and the other is an older F350, same body but a 460 I would bet. Those 2 old gassers pull some serious crap around--big hoes, a T300 trackloader and a paver. Those 300ft# gas pigs labor around hammering in first gear in front of tons of gear and trailers while he cruises all day empty in his 600ft# diesel with his sunglasses on talking into the phone.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

Funny thing is, his employee's have 2 trucks. One in an F350 dually with a big reading utility body and a 5.4 V8 symbol on the fender and the other is an older F350, same body but a 460 I would bet. Those 2 old gassers pull some serious crap around--big hoes, a T300 trackloader and a paver. Those 300ft# gas pigs labor around hammering in first gear in front of tons of gear and trailers while he cruises all day empty in his 600ft# diesel with his sunglasses on talking into the phone.

It would either be the 5.4 or 6.8 V-10, the 460 died in 1997/8 before the new Superduties with the mod motors came out in 1999.

For the way most employees beat on company trucks I can't blame him, that is why my dad's service trucks are from the 80's. Sure they are kind of rough, but a new truck would be in the same shape after 2 years so why bother.

 

[Will]

I meant same service body on the back, not same cab body. It's a hell of a lot older. Like an 80's.

 

[Burnside]

I have a 99 cummins 4x4 excab long bed, I have a pretty weak 75 hp chip on her, automatic with 3.50 gears. I honestly get right at 18 mpg when its warm and 15/16 mpg in the winter. I know for a fact because I keep an excel sheet set up keeping track of my fuel mileage and expenditures. I do mainly highway driving, 55 - 60 mph.

 

[TRX501RYAN]

http://www.decodethis.com/Default.aspx?tabid=65&vin=3D7KU28C14G119982

 

[Will]

I have a 99 cummins 4x4 excab long bed, I have a pretty weak 75 hp chip on her, automatic with 3.50 gears. I honestly get right at 18 mpg when its warm and 15/16 mpg in the winter. I know for a fact because I keep an excel sheet set up keeping track of my fuel mileage and expenditures. I do mainly highway driving, 55 - 60 mph.

I think that's more typical. It's about what Sambo got with his 2002 Powerstroke. Not the same engine, but the same technology level--both manufacturers were faced with the same emissions requirements and using the same tools to face it.

 

[hickboy86]

I have a 98.5 x-tended cab long bed 4x4 24v with a 5speed and 4.10 gears. At 65mph i'm turnin' 2500 Rpm. She's bone stock and gets bout 16-18 mpg dependin on how hard i club her. I've never seen her drop under 15 mpg. I was late for work the other day and had to drive out 2 newyork in her, bout a 2 hour drive at 80mph completly tached out at 3000 rpm, i only went through 1/2 tank of fuel round trip.

 

[Toms01PSD]

lol. Damn this is an old thread! I'm borrowing my buddys truck and i'm getting 20.5 mpg. As of today it's got a 5000# truck on a trailer behind it gettings 19.9 mpg. It's a 04 2500 HD 5.9.

 

[rngrdngr]

i have a 2000 dodge ram 2500. its 450hp and 905 lb tq. 33s and 4.10's. i get 600 to 650 miles per tank have got 705 before. its a 32 gallon tank. buy the truck its not gunu be a mistake. unless it has a stock trans with any form of performance gadget cause you prolly have a shit trans.

 

[JohnnyU]

lol. Damn this is an old thread! I'm borrowing my buddys truck and i'm getting 20.5 mpg. As of today it's got a 5000# truck on a trailer behind it gettings 19.9 mpg. It's a 04 2500 HD 5.9.

Reading that from the overhead? They're notoriously inaccurate.

 

[Toms01PSD]

Reading that from the overhead? They're notoriously inaccurate.

Yes, and a calculation of how many miles driven/how many gallons of diesel to fill it back up. I was wondering when you were going to chime in.

 

[feellnfroggy]

My sisters boyfriend has a 97( I htink) single cab shortbox 2500 4x4 and he gets 19 MPG with his fuel turned up.

 

[Original_Ranger84]

Well now I know my friend was lying... he keeps claiming he gets 26 mpgs in town... and he always peeled the tires. it was a 98 12 valve

 

[rstrucks]

Just to add - my '94 dually (5 speed) gets about 21 mpg on the highway both empty or with a ~400lb atv in the bed. Towing I have gotten any where between 13 and 17 mpg with the load ranging from about 5k lbs to 15k lbs.

 

[jaymegriffiths]

Well now I know my friend was lying... he keeps claiming he gets 26 mpgs in town... and he always peeled the tires. it was a 98 12 valve

its very possible. i have a friend with an 04.5 with chip programmer intake exhaust and he averages 30 highway.
which is like 26 -27 using usgallons.
i havent got mine yet (3 more days boo ya) but i expect 20+