Posted May 19, 201510 yr Here's a pic of my current tank of fuel. I'm loving it!!! And that's 491 miles on the trip meter............not 441!!! I got a tank average of 21.6mpg (hand calculated) on my last tank of fuel. Edited May 19, 201510 yr by dorkweed
May 19, 201510 yr that's awesome. last weekend my wife made me take her to Gallup NM for Blakes burgers. form Flagstaff. headed east i was getting 22 mpg, how ever heading west i got 16. was a good trip, maybe the summer grade fuel helping you....
May 19, 201510 yr Owner Not bad at all. Getting into the 20's with 3rd Gen is a good thing. Congrads!
May 19, 201510 yr A few years ago my wife and I did a road trip with the 05 cummins to Phoenix and back up along the Colo river to north side if Grand canyon and back, 4500 miles total and overall trip average was 19.8, Had several tanks 20.5 - 21 with smarty Jr on level 3 whole trip with ranch hand bumper as it sits in pics now. Had I not let my wife drive I know I could have easily broke 20+ for overall trip average but she has a really heavy foot and not uncommon for me to look overt and see 85-90 many times during her stints behind the wheel.
May 19, 201510 yr A few years ago my wife and I did a road trip with the 05 cummins to Phoenix and back up along the Colo river to north side if Grand canyon and back, 4500 miles total and overall trip average was 19.8, Had several tanks 20.5 - 21 with smarty Jr on level 3 whole trip with ranch hand bumper as it sits in pics now. Had I not let my wife drive I know I could have easily broke 20+ for overall trip average but she has a really heavy foot and not uncommon for me to look overt and see 85-90 many times during her stints behind the wheel. TAKE THE WHEEL,BILL!!!!! Edited May 19, 201510 yr by organicfarmer
May 19, 201510 yr I wish my 1/2 ton would get that good of mileage, I'm averaging 15-17 mpg, mostly highway.
May 19, 201510 yr Time to set the Smarty to HALF POWER... I bet the mileage would fall off like a brick off a cliff. Half power means that the engine is operating in all the wrong zones cruising, or just plain driving. CR's are great you can, potentially, tune a 600hp motor to get better mileage than a 300hp one.
Here's a pic of my current tank of fuel. I'm loving it!!!
And that's 491 miles on the trip meter............not 441!!!
I got a tank average of 21.6mpg (hand calculated) on my last tank of fuel.
Edited by dorkweed