First 20 MPG trip!!

[BHanna]

I just went down to San Diego from Las Vegas and got 20 MPG! On the way back, I only got 19 but that's still better than 18. 1 avg. last time I did the same trip. My truck's got about 34,000 miles now so I guess maybe they don't break in by 10K?

 

[Elk]

42k for mine and I pull all the time. I can now regualy get 20-21 if I keep it under 70. Over 70 it drops to around 19-19. 5.

 

[SHyans]

I just went down to San Diego from Las Vegas and got 20 MPG! On the way back, I only got 19 but that's still better than 18. 1 avg. last time I did the same trip. My truck's got about 34,000 miles now so I guess maybe they don't break in by 10K?

Your pencil needs sharpening or your calculator batteries need replacing!

... . or lucky you!

 

[Jeremiah]

MPGs

I consistently get 19. 7 to 20. 3 (CALCULATED on an HP12C kept in the truck) up and down Ute Pass between Divide, Colo. and Colorado Springs. Sometimes that includes a GVW of 10,100 lbs. I NEVER look at the overhead readout because it consistently says 22. 8. Outrageous ... I beez a happy camper, mileage-wise.

 

[MMeier]

Your pencil needs sharpening or your calculator batteries need replacing!

... . or lucky you!

Thats what I am thinking!!

 

[SHyans]

He and I have pretty much mirror image vehicles with the exception of my shell. I am nowhere close to what he's getting. Maybe cuz I'm at 23k and he's at 34k? Doubt it!

 

[RStamand]

I just went over 20 (20. 3 by hand) on my normal commute. My odometer is sitting at 25,800.

 

[MikeBeggy]

FYI,my 2500 with 110 gallon auxilary fuel, shell and tools etc tips the scale at 8700 lbs and I always get 20 mpg or so at 78/79 on the interstate. It suffers 2 or 3 when I drive into a nasty headwind.

 

[MMeier]

FYI,my 2500 with 110 gallon auxilary fuel, shell and tools etc tips the scale at 8700 lbs and I always get 20 mpg or so at 78/79 on the interstate. It suffers 2 or 3 when I drive into a nasty headwind.

With the 99 or the 05 ?

 

[SHyans]

The original poster has a 2004. 5. With the exception of RStamand who only has 25k on the clock (who I guess we can assume has a newer vehicle), everyone else has older vehicles that we know get better MPG's than the 2004. 5's.

I call BS to anyone getting better than 18 mpg's hwy with these trucks. I drive like a granny to try to get better mpg's and can't do better than 17 hwy.

 

[DWBauer]

Well this no BS! I've got 27K on my '05 and I just got 22. 2, hand calculated, on a trip from Carson City, NV to Las Vegas, NV. I got 20. 8 on the way up. I regularly get in the 20's on any trip I've taken. Oh, this is running empty right now since I'm looking a something to pull here in the future.

 

[RStamand]

In response to an assumption: 05 4x4 3. 73 48re stock debadged. Have a nice day

 

[MCrossley]

You can call BS all you want here is another hand calculated guy who gets over 20 on a occasion the key is if you keep it at 70 anything over and I drop into the 18. 5-19 range but I can do 18-19 all day long on any trip I have taken guess some of us are lucky and have good millage... . My uncles 03 SO gets regularly over 20 it is a 2wd which of course helps he has gotten as high as 22 on long trips now I say he is really lucky!

 

[PTomlinson]

Ok someone else will call BS on me too, especially since people keep saying that the 2006 6-speeds are doing lousy for mileage.



I got 22. 6 MPG last weekend, and yes that's US gallons, hand calculated. Drove up to Dawson and back, 701. 3 miles and took 119. 34 litres (filled to top of the neck), which is 31. 0284 US gallons.



Last tank was 60% city driving and I got 19 MPG (US).



Of course our speed limits are lower up here, and I made a point of doing the speed limit all they up to Dawson, 56MPH. But it proves that it is possible to get good mileage with my 3500 if I slow down a bit. And since diesel is $. 20 a litre more expensive than Whitehorse I wanted to make sure that I got there and back on one tank of fuel.



Paul

 

[ENafziger]

Hey Paul! How many miles you got on the truck? Also, have you had the reflashes done to cure the long crank, etc? I've got an '06 6-speed as well, but can't get over the 18. 5 mpg mark driving as easy as possible. I've got 15,000 on the clock.



Thanks,

Eric

 

[PTomlinson]

Hi Eric,



8100 miles on the truck, built on December 22nd, no flashes. Bought the truck and went on a 3000 mile trip, then hooked up a 4000 pound trailer drove another 2100 miles, and then I was getting good mileage.



When driving 70MPH at the begining of the trip I was getting about 17 - 18. 5 MPG (US), with the trailer I was getting 14 to 18 depending on how fast I drove. After I disconnected the trailer I was getting 18+ combined city/highway.



Paul

 

[MChildress]

My 04. 5 DRW 4X4 came up to 17 mpg at 30,000 and I was tinkled pink. This was 2 to 3 mpg better than it had been getting. If you get rid of the DRW and 4X4 I would believe a 3 to 5 mpg improvement. Oo.

 

[CTieman]

My best ever was 17mpg, even with 265 tires and milking it on the hwy, 70 mph.



How do you know if you have a bad injector?

 

[MikeBeggy]

My 99 actually did a little better than 20 mpg but it now lives in Colorado. Most guys would question the accuracy of these results but they usually drive some other brand.

 

[Jcolburn]

I have a 2005 and run AFE Stage II, Silverline Exhaust 4" turbo back , and Bully Dog CLarry Program and avg 23-25 mpg driving 65-75.