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johncamtravel

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Posted: 04/13/12 09:02pm

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Will be making our first tow with our 2011 Ram Dually with the
HO Cummins diesel. I will be towing our fifth wheel trailer that
weighs 14,000 pounds. What MPG should I expect to see? Would like to hear from other that are towing about the same weight on handling etc.

romore

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Posted: 04/13/12 09:11pm

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That truck will easily handle it, we love ours. Keep your fat foot out of it you will easily run all day on one tank of fuel. Have fun.

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Posted: 04/13/12 10:08pm

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9-11 mpg depending on speed, wind and terrain. You're going to really like it.

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Posted: 04/13/12 10:44pm

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Towing that much weight, equipped with a DPF and more power, I'm going to guess you'll get 9-10 mpg.

I get 10-12 pulling 12,000#.

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Posted: 04/14/12 05:51am

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8 - 10 Depending on road conditions and your driving habits.

2012 Ram 3500 HO GCWR 30K
2012 Durango 2500

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Posted: 04/14/12 06:27am

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Pulling our 40' long, 13'3" tall, 16,000 pound trailer, I have averaged 9.4-9.6 most of the time running 65-70 mph. On a very bad day coming home from Vegas traveling east on I-40, I was running 60 mph with a 40 mph head wind, locked in 5th, averaged 7.7 mpg for 2 days. On the way out, I averaged 10.1 mpg.

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summithmk

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Posted: 04/15/12 08:50am

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ib516 wrote:

Towing that much weight, equipped with a DPF and more power, I'm going to guess you'll get 9-10 mpg.

I get 10-12 pulling 12,000#.

Thanks for guessing. Cool story about your unrelated comparison.

I'm Rick James

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Posted: 04/14/12 09:07am

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Shepherd wrote:

8 - 10 Depending on road conditions and your driving habits.

+1 That's about what I get with 4.10's.

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Posted: 04/14/12 09:39am

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I'd like to know your results and compare it with my 2008. I'm towing 12500# getting 10 to 12

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