Lets talk Gas mileage and trucks...

[Mudman]

Diesel cost 3.99 and 25 gallons a week with about 40cents off = about 3.50 to 3.60 gallon for me aprox.  Good mpg driving or working it compared to big v-8 gassers.  Oil and fuel filters.  No plugs, caps, wires O2 sensors smog pumps and etc. Compare to an equal powered gas like v-10 or 6.0 example and then figure costs.  Little 4.6l do well but dont compare pulling trailers of weight.  For a run around pick up gas is great but a trucks better with good diesel I think..  Matter of opinion like ford or chev.  If the Feds left our diesel alone it would still be 3.00 gallon!!!  Why dont they make gas cleaner now?

[Stump]

1997 F350, 7.3 power stroke stock. 4:10 gears my best mileage with the 410s is at 2000 rpm which is about 55-60 mph and I'm getting about 21-24 mpg. 2000 rpm is the sweet spot for most 7.3s.

[RClare1223]

I got a 01 dodge 2500 5.9 cummins. I put a chip and an hot pump in it ran a 4" exhaust and a cold air intake. It has a 6spd manual in it and i average 27 mpg around town and 29 hwy. it is sitting at about 450 hp and 1000 ft lbs of torque too.

[Bigtine96]

I got a 01 dodge 2500 5.9 cummins. I put a chip and an hot pump in it ran a 4" exhaust and a cold air intake. It has a 6spd manual in it and i average 27 mpg around town and 29 hwy. it is sitting at about 450 hp and 1000 ft lbs of torque too.

Hand calculated?

[yorketransport]

I have an unmodified '05 2500 Duramax that gets about 18 mpg for daily driving (lots of hills out here) and 22 on a straight freeway run at 62mph. Pulling the boat or a heavy load it's closer to 16mpg. My '06 1500 5.3L got about 15 daily driving and about 12 pulling a load.

For a gas engine I'm really starting to love the 4.8L in my 2012 Express Cutaway van. This truck has a 14' long box and sits 9' tall. With a full load (which it always has ) it will hit the scales at a little over 10,000 #. It still averages 10mpg in hard driving, start and stop city traffic. Plus it has enough power to smoke the back tires if you're not careful. I had a 2007 Express van with the same box on the back but with the 6.0L that felt like a bus compared to the little 4.8L. And the 6.0 got 8mpg under identical conditions. I'd never go back to the 6.0 unless I was towing an obscene amount of weight every day.

I have a 23,000# stepvan with the International T444E (basically a 7.3L Powerstroke) that gets 9 mpg under extremely hard use. Then there's my newest truck which has the 5.9 Cummins in a 14,000# truck. It's getting around 10 mpg.

Andrew

[KFhunter]

Just wanted to add another question...

Is it really worth it to have another little car... that gets say 32mpg... when you have extra insurance, extra licensing... extra maintenance... etc... doens't it end up a wash if you drive them each about 10k?

Yes, get a little car in the 40's MPG

tires half the cost if stock, even cheaper if you're buying mudders for the truck.
oil change 1/2 the cost, less if you buy a diesel truck
insurance cheaper

Doesn't have to be a new car either,  2k will get you a cheap car and you'll break even in about 6 months considering tires/fuel/maint.

[fish vacuum]

Just wanted to add another question...

Is it really worth it to have another little car... that gets say 32mpg... when you have extra insurance, extra licensing... extra maintenance... etc... doens't it end up a wash if you drive them each about 10k?

Yes, get a little car in the 40's MPG

tires half the cost if stock, even cheaper if you're buying mudders for the truck.
oil change 1/2 the cost, less if you buy a diesel truck
insurance cheaper

Doesn't have to be a new car either,  2k will get you a cheap car and you'll break even in about 6 months considering tires/fuel/maint.

My thoughts exactly. Buy the car cheap and it works out. My car gets just over 2x the mpg of my truck. Insurance on my car is dirt cheap, as are most maintenance items. The savings in tires alone nearly covers my insurance for the car. The car saves me hundreds a month in gas.
And since I paid so little for the car, I'm not out much when I finally drive it into the ground. A couple grand will get me another one.

[TheHunt]

I have 12 F150 ecoboost.  When I keep my foot out of it I am 20+.  Driving like I am on fire I am down to 16 - 17

[jjhunter]

I have a 2012 Ecoboost as well.  My gas mileage is around 17-18 highway.  13 in town.

[RadSav]

I have a 2012 Ecoboost as well.  My gas mileage is around 17-18 highway.  13 in town.

I've got a buddy who dropped 50K on the Ecoboost 150.  He still won't answer my question of how much money he is saving by driving it.  But, he does say he's now cool and is thinking of becoming a pimp

[KFhunter]

I haven't made a truck payment in over 12 years

don't plan too anytime soon either.   I do pay on the wife's car but it's 0% so I can't justify paying it off although the payment is a constant irritation 

[RClare1223]

I got a 01 dodge 2500 5.9 cummins. I put a chip and an hot pump in it ran a 4" exhaust and a cold air intake. It has a 6spd manual in it and i average 27 mpg around town and 29 hwy. it is sitting at about 450 hp and 1000 ft lbs of torque too.

Hand calculated?

Yes

[6x6in6]

I got a 01 dodge 2500 5.9 cummins. I put a chip and an hot pump in it ran a 4" exhaust and a cold air intake. It has a 6spd manual in it and i average 27 mpg around town and 29 hwy. it is sitting at about 450 hp and 1000 ft lbs of torque too.

Hand calculated?

No, he flunked in math class. 

Never have and still don't own a diesel that cracks 20 mpg.  Got one thats close at 19 ish in the '05 Dodge.  The '07 gets 16 on a good tank.  The '02 gets 13 but it isn't exactly built for mpg.  120hp injectors and an Edge Comp box hot unlocked likes fuel. 

[Come Get Some]

I drive a 2012 F450 Dually. 4:30 rear end. I average 16.8-17.4 on the highway. Both my boys drive the F350 with 3.5 Rear ends .They both get between 20-24 MPG on the highway. All Deisel trucks

[Bullkllr]

F150 with 300 straight 6. Gets maybe 15 on hwy.