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Dodge hot air
Talk about a bunch of blow hards. I was just over on another dodge forum and they were talking about MPG on the dodge hemi whew talk about hot air coming from them. It just about melted my computer screen. They were talking about 17,18,or 19MPG these people must be on something there minds are warped. Over here on FTE people are realistic when talking about this issue. The last time I ever visit there I wouldnt believe anything those people ever said again.
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Hey, I'm not afraid to admit mine only gets 14-15mpg @ 75-80 mph. It gets a bit better at lower speeds, but not much better.
If I want better mpg I drive my motorcycle or my wifes Taurus.
I enjoy the threads on how to improve your gas milage by bolting on a 100lbs of useless junk, or synthetics in this synthetics in that posts.
If I want better mpg I drive my motorcycle or my wifes Taurus.
I enjoy the threads on how to improve your gas milage by bolting on a 100lbs of useless junk, or synthetics in this synthetics in that posts.
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Tell you about a Dodge guy. A friend of ours was taking three horses home from the show and turned the corner too tight nearly dumping the entire trailer into a giant ditch. This is one of those goosneck, 4 horse slants with living quarters and tack room, so its 30' long or so and weighs a lot. Friends truck is a Ford F250 4 Door dually diesel. The truck was in the right lane with the trailer sitting across the ditch the right tires two feet above the nearest solid ground, the rear end on the driveway and the front of the trailer just touching the bank of the ditch along the road.
This dodge dually pulls up in front of her truck and the driver proceeds to drag chain out. I go over and ask him what he thinks he's doing. He says "I got a Dodge, I can pull her out." We're scrambling like mad to remove the back doors and get the horses out (one of which was panicing) before the trailer tips into the ditch killing the horses and anyone neer buy and this guy is just gonna hook up his dudge and pull her out. Worse yet, he thinks he's just gonna hook up without talking to anybody. We ended up running him off and after a couple of hairy hours got the horses out, the trailer on the road and the doors put back on.
This dodge dually pulls up in front of her truck and the driver proceeds to drag chain out. I go over and ask him what he thinks he's doing. He says "I got a Dodge, I can pull her out." We're scrambling like mad to remove the back doors and get the horses out (one of which was panicing) before the trailer tips into the ditch killing the horses and anyone neer buy and this guy is just gonna hook up his dudge and pull her out. Worse yet, he thinks he's just gonna hook up without talking to anybody. We ended up running him off and after a couple of hairy hours got the horses out, the trailer on the road and the doors put back on.
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My 01 F150 Crewcab 4x4 5.4L auto Lariat got 16.5 mpg city and around 18 mpg highway (couple times I would get 20.6 mpg highway). This is driving at 60 mph though. My towing was around 11 mpg. Calculation are done by hand not any on-board computer.
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Originally Posted by ScottInTexas
Tell you about a Dodge guy. A friend of ours was taking three horses home from the show and turned the corner too tight nearly dumping the entire trailer into a giant ditch. This is one of those goosneck, 4 horse slants with living quarters and tack room, so its 30' long or so and weighs a lot. Friends truck is a Ford F250 4 Door dually diesel. The truck was in the right lane with the trailer sitting across the ditch the right tires two feet above the nearest solid ground, the rear end on the driveway and the front of the trailer just touching the bank of the ditch along the road.
This dodge dually pulls up in front of her truck and the driver proceeds to drag chain out. I go over and ask him what he thinks he's doing. He says "I got a Dodge, I can pull her out." We're scrambling like mad to remove the back doors and get the horses out (one of which was panicing) before the trailer tips into the ditch killing the horses and anyone neer buy and this guy is just gonna hook up his dudge and pull her out. Worse yet, he thinks he's just gonna hook up without talking to anybody. We ended up running him off and after a couple of hairy hours got the horses out, the trailer on the road and the doors put back on.
This dodge dually pulls up in front of her truck and the driver proceeds to drag chain out. I go over and ask him what he thinks he's doing. He says "I got a Dodge, I can pull her out." We're scrambling like mad to remove the back doors and get the horses out (one of which was panicing) before the trailer tips into the ditch killing the horses and anyone neer buy and this guy is just gonna hook up his dudge and pull her out. Worse yet, he thinks he's just gonna hook up without talking to anybody. We ended up running him off and after a couple of hairy hours got the horses out, the trailer on the road and the doors put back on.
The guy obviously had no business thinking he could hook up a chain without asking. Also a comment like "I have a Dodge, I can pull her out", shows either
arrogance, or ignorance. This being said, at least he stopped to help. how many Fords are there on the road? I'm sure more than one just passed right by without offering anything more than a blank stare. When you need help is certainly not the time to be discriminating over what brand of truck people drive. Rather than run him off, you would have better served yourselve's by providing this Dodge guy with some direction, thus making the most possible use of his truck and chain to your friend's benefit. Hooking that chain to the
top back of the trailer at one end, and to the back of his 7000lb+ dually at the other, would give much more reassurance against the trailer tipping over into the ditch while you removed the horses at least.
Oh well, at least it all turned out well - glad the horses and your friend are ok.
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I was in a hemi ram on a 10 hour drive too and from canada and we were all laughing how it dropped to like 4-5 mpg on the highway when you floored it. Unless you were going down hill the MPG readout never went over 15-16.
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I rode to colorado by way of New Mexico in a Hemi Ram (4 door, camper shell, base wheels-17's?, bone stock except for synthetics everywhere) on the leg of flatland desert we got just over 18 running 70-72 the whole way with only one stop. Once in the mountains it was definetly a different story (one fill up gave us 11 MPG-mixed). It was definetly broken in so that helped (~25K miles), so it's not impossible, but If someone is claiming 19 MPG on their daily commute I would still call shenanigans. If I recall he gets 13-15 normally. Don't use your cruise if your looking for max MPG, I have consistantly seen 2MPG drop using it, especially on anything but level roads. Hmm, It's about time for a road trip now that I think about it. What was this thread about again? 
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Originally Posted by MustangGT221
I was in a hemi ram on a 10 hour drive too and from canada and we were all laughing how it dropped to like 4-5 mpg on the highway when you floored it.
What do you expect?
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Rather than run him off, you would have better served yourselve's by providing this Dodge guy with some direction, thus making the most possible use of his truck and chain to your friend's benefit.
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