gimmie11s
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what is "way less" than your '17? you have 37's on a 1 ton truck. I'd expect 11 to 13.
I'd expect 9-10 in that case, lol
what is "way less" than your '17? you have 37's on a 1 ton truck. I'd expect 11 to 13.
I’m in a ‘22 DRW 3500 HO w 373s and I don’t know if I can afford to keep it. Only 1500 miles on it and I’m averaging 13.5 by the display and hand calculated I’m getting 11.5. That’s mixed driving with maybe 60 miles towing. I know these are big powerful trucks but that’s way less than my ‘17 with the same setup. I talked to my dealer thinking something is wrong and he just dismissed it as normal…. Not good with fuel at $4 per gallon!
Unfortunately I had sold my 2020 Ram laramie Longhorn to a client of mine in an unplanned sale and needed a new truck ASAP. Its my own fault I did not research the HO differences before buying the truck. Now it is going to cost $4k to swap the gears to 3.73s on both axles. AND... before the comments come in to say $4K would buy a lot of fuel... not when you are exceeding 14K per month vs having the 3.73s and saving 1.2-1.5 mpg hauling the same equipment. It'll pay off but its a hard lesson to learn.A business owner would be foolish to buy an HO vs. SO to simply work the truck. As a work truck.. SO all the way no question about it.
The HO is a "because I want it" option TBH.
Unfortunately I had sold my 2020 Ram laramie Longhorn to a client of mine in an unplanned sale and needed a new truck ASAP. Its my own fault I did not research the HO differences before buying the truck. Now it is going to cost $4k to swap the gears to 3.73s on both axles. AND... before the comments come in to say $4K would buy a lot of fuel... not when you are exceeding 14K per month vs having the 3.73s and saving 1.2-1.5 mpg hauling the same equipment. It'll pay off but its a hard lesson to learn.
No, stock tires. I was talking about the rear end. My ‘17 with the same setup was 14ish daily driving and 15-16 on the highway and 10-11 towing. This one is reading 7 towing anything and 11-12 empty. 3 mpg is 20-30% reduction in mpg. Pretty significant.I'd expect 9-10 in that case, lol
You might want to look into a Gear Venders overdrive. May be way more cost effective to do what you want to do…Unfortunately I had sold my 2020 Ram laramie Longhorn to a client of mine in an unplanned sale and needed a new truck ASAP. Its my own fault I did not research the HO differences before buying the truck. Now it is going to cost $4k to swap the gears to 3.73s on both axles. AND... before the comments come in to say $4K would buy a lot of fuel... not when you are exceeding 14K per month vs having the 3.73s and saving 1.2-1.5 mpg hauling the same equipment. It'll pay off but its a hard lesson to learn.
No, stock tires. I was talking about the rear end. My ‘17 with the same setup was 14ish daily driving and 15-16 on the highway and 10-11 towing. This one is reading 7 towing anything and 11-12 empty. 3 mpg is 20-30% reduction in mpg. Pretty significant.
You might want to look into a Gear Venders overdrive. May be way more cost effective to do what you want to do…
Operating costs is exactly why I went with the SO in my business truck. But, the way I use the truck is really hard on the drive train and brakes etc... So as long as the 68rfe holds up I'll be happy.A business owner would be foolish to buy an HO vs. SO to simply work the truck. As a work truck.. SO all the way no question about it.
The HO is a "because I want it" option TBH.
I’ve only towed my 24ft gooseneck stock trailer with a couple of cows and my father in law’s BBQ trailer which probably weighs 10k but is like a sail behind the truck. Then empty I watched the display go from 15.8 to 13.8 on the average for a tank when the truck went into regen. Hand calculated that tank at 11.54.Ah, yes. Was the 17 DRW also?
7 towing on your new truck seems low. How heavy is your load? My 2021 DRW HO towing our 14k 5er does about 9..sometimes high 8s if im doing 75mph or higher.
On the highway unloaded mine will get about 17. The stop and go city stuff really hurts these big DRW trucks.
Good advice here.
Unfortunately I had sold my 2020 Ram laramie Longhorn to a client of mine in an unplanned sale and needed a new truck ASAP. Its my own fault I did not research the HO differences before buying the truck. Now it is going to cost $4k to swap the gears to 3.73s on both axles. AND... before the comments come in to say $4K would buy a lot of fuel... not when you are exceeding 14K per month vs having the 3.73s and saving 1.2-1.5 mpg hauling the same equipment. It'll pay off but its a hard lesson to learn.
Did you hand calculate it, or just taking the EVIC reading as being accurate?My girl might be loosening up. I figured id run a quick test of work round trip-- my house, to work, and back home. I ran a similar test when I first bought the truck and it was showing 17.2 mpg on the dash.
This trip is 38 miles of highway and 7.6 city. There are a few rolling hills, but the highway piece is mostly flat. Cruise control set on 71 mph on the way into work, but stop and go on the way home due to traffic (this hurts mpg). Here it is from yesterday.
Truck is DRW, HO/Aisin, 4.10's. 39 psi in the rear tires and 68 in the fronts.
Might want to check it again when it has a higher number like that. I've found that the higher the EVIC numbers, the bigger the delta. My 2500 SO Cummins has shown as high as 23.5mpg, but hand calculated showed 21.5. That was pure 75-80mph interstate driving.That pic above is of the display on the truck's dash.
Whenever I hand calc it's always half a mpg or so worse than the display.
Unfortunately I had sold my 2020 Ram laramie Longhorn to a client of mine in an unplanned sale and needed a new truck ASAP. Its my own fault I did not research the HO differences before buying the truck. Now it is going to cost $4k to swap the gears to 3.73s on both axles. AND... before the comments come in to say $4K would buy a lot of fuel... not when you are exceeding 14K per month vs having the 3.73s and saving 1.2-1.5 mpg hauling the same equipment. It'll pay off but its a hard lesson to learn.