YOUR TOW VEHICLE, MILEAGE, AND WHY YOU TOW WITH IT ????

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Permalink Reply by Chris Blandi on March 31, 2010 at 11:34am

Fords diesels have sucked ever since they went away from the 7.3, and even those weren't bulletproof. I work for Ford and have been avoiding diesel certs, but I am doing more and more of them now. 6.0's are complete turds, would never own one. Lets see how good the 6.7 that Ford actually builds does.
My ride:
1991 Chevy Van 20
5 ? inch black and white tv
New plugs, wires, cap, rotor, egr valve LOL
Spintech Muffler 3 in, high flow cat
Gets 9-11 mpg towing, never really went anywhere unloaded to check regular mileage.
Can sleep/bone in the back comfortably is its major advantage.

Permalink Reply by Joe Boyd on March 31, 2010 at 12:05pm

2002 Nissan Frontier V6 crew cab. It's the only vehicle I own, which I guess answers every other question.

Permalink Reply by Jon Werner on March 31, 2010 at 2:51pm

When Chris's van is rockin, don't bother knockin....... he's not looking for gear!

Permalink Reply by Justin O'Keefe on March 31, 2010 at 4:47pm

Your not the only one Clif. I just put 1200 into mine on tune ups and a bunch of other crap and I gained about 2 mpg. I'm right in there at about 13-15 and god forbid when I pull the horse trailer or have the camper on. Looking for a cummins!!


Clif Kincaid said:

Barlow...That 15-18 is your towing MPG correct?I knew I shoulda just got the dang Cummins,but at the time diesel was like $5.00gal...Im thinking I should just trade in the hemi MC for the Cummins MC 5.9..I tow with a MC 06 Hemi..Boat=197 Triton magnum total weight is a little less then 3000lbs.Truck pulls it fine but at 10-12mpg depending on driving habit that day,It truley is not the best.14 mpg if not towing.Ya I need a diesel!!

Permalink Reply by D.J. LaRoche on March 31, 2010 at 5:28pm

99 Ford F-350 Crew Cab V-10 gas hog
2000 Jayco Eagle 30' R.V. with the same V-10 gas hog.
Got rid of my '04 Chevy 3500 with the Duramax because I seem to take my R.V. anytime I am heading out of town and the payment wasn't worth it to me. My old 99 is paid off!!!!

Permalink Reply by RFatt16 on March 31, 2010 at 7:14pm

I feel i have the best tow rig on the planet cause of the gas mileage i get with it.

2001 Ford F150 Lightning- 5.4L Supercharged V-8 just turned 30,000 miles
Mods: Ported Super Charger(more boost), Bigger Crank pulley (more boost), Ram Air Intake, Valve Body for strong shifts Lowered 1.5" in front and 2" in the rear. Dyno tuned it puts out 420hp at the wheels.

She gets about 9mpg the way i drive(Dez can let you know about my driving) with no boat. With a boat I don't really know but I do know When i fill up in Issaquah I'm pretty much out of gas by Ellensburg.

It is fun to mess with Hondas that think they are fast though. Towing a boat and there isht bucket cant pass me and the supercharger is screaming........I just a big HP Junkie and no one on this site probably really cares but I'm tellin ya anyway

Permalink Reply by Shawn O'Connell on March 31, 2010 at 7:22pm

I guess we know who to see when we need an optimized truck. I don't even know what half that is but it sounds good.

C-RIDE said:

2005 Dodge Ram 2500 Quad cab
5.9L turbo Cummins
Super Chips flash paq
Challenger 45 turbo
Banks Mega Intercooler
Banks highrise intake manifold
Banks intercooler speed tubes
5 inch silverline(Turbo back) exhaust
Cat delete
50 shot injectors
High flow fuel lift pump
Southbend OFE Clutch Kit
Valant Cold Air Intake
I get 22 mpg all day long with no trailer. 18 MPG Pulling boat at 70 mph+
Over 500hp and 1000 ft lbs torque with 18-22 mpg!
Manual trans gets you a couple of mpg.
Its a fun truck. You can blow the doors off the Rice burners and pull you boat! It doesn't get any better than that. All you gotta do is help em breath and they will get the milage.
The only thing I worry about is pulling the damn hitch off the frame. I have a little bit of a lead foot : )

Permalink Reply by Jordan Doucet on March 31, 2010 at 7:27pm

LOL Sessler 2012!!!

Jon Sessler said:

Don't worry though. They have "FIXED" healthcare, maybe they'll work on this now.

C-RIDE said:

Mark is 100% right about the good ole 5.9L. The new 6.7L diesel is a pile of crap. Take it from me guys, if you buy a 6.7L you are gonna be pissed off. It will break down and gets very poor milage. 12 mpg without a boat in tow. I work for Dodge and have for 9 years as a service mgr/advisor. I almost never have to do repairs to the 5.9L Cummins. Only when Dumb asses like myself pump them up to 500 hp, then they break....
It sucks having all the guys with 6.7L Cummins chewing my ass all the time when they have to bring em in with issues all the time. Most of them had been spoiled by the reliability of the 5.9L. The problem is that Ford, Chevy and Dodge are all having the same issues. Chevy least of all. It is all related to the EPA requiring emission components on the Diesel engines. They are not designed to have this stuff on them, so they clog up. It is going to be very hard for them to figure out how to make that much power and make them run clean. They did the same thing with the cars in the early 70's. EPA said that we need cars that get good mpg and low smog. So you got all those ugly, weak engines that didn't last in the 70's-80's. It has taken this long to get the engineers to make an engine that gets (ok) mileage and lots of power. I think we are going to go through the same thing on the Diesels...

Mark Maderos said:

2006 Dodge 2500 w/ 5.9L cummins.
No modifications to the engine.
20mpg hwy not towing a boat doing 70mph.
16mph towing a 2007 Nitro 911 cdc. Big heavy boat.

The 5.9 cummins is bullet proof, wish they would have left it alone.

Mark

Permalink Reply by Russ Baker on March 31, 2010 at 8:21pm

2006 Dodge 3500 bought after traded my POS 07 6.7 that Mark Maderos recommended. Get 17-18 HWY without boat and 15 with boat. Reliable truck thank God and Thanks Maderos for shooting me in the right direction on the 5.9.

Permalink Reply by Chris Blandi on March 31, 2010 at 8:51pm

I think we need a tuner race showdown without the boats. C-rides torque monster vs RFatt's Lightning. My money is on the Lightning if it has the correct tires in the back :)

Permalink Reply by Ryan Gates on March 31, 2010 at 9:09pm

i feel i have the best truck for me! it is a 2002 GMC sierra 2500 HD it has an allison trans it is a extra cab longbed it is like an old recliner it fits well it also has a 8.1L gas motor love those big blocks(492c.i.) no mods. i get about 13 mpg pulling my 34 ft travel trailer over the pass i love it it has 150000 on her and she gets better with every mile

Permalink Reply by Ronald Hobbs, Jr. on March 31, 2010 at 9:31pm

I have a stock 2000 Ford F-250 7.3L Diesel. It is all stock. I thought about a lift kit but I didn't want any more rocks chipping my boat and trailer then already is happening. If it aint broke don't fix it. I now have about 180K miles on it. It is paid for and I have not had any issues what so ever since I bought it with 17k miles on it (maybe a crankshaft sensor early on) I get about 13-14 mpg with it depending on the RPM's I'm running while towing. No transmission failures, or any other failures, It's not flashy but it gets my boat where it needs to go.

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