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Originally Posted by Big Dave

I wondered when a competitive Dodge Cummins guy would show up, even though they are limited in MPG by that lawn-sprinkler injection they have.

Yeah, and we share that CP3 with the Maxipads.


On other forums, Dodge and Chevy guys tell me how much better MPG Cummins and Duramaxes get. My answer is always the same: Road trip!

You come on down here, and we can run US 59 from Houston to Laredo and back. Only a few towns to stop in on an otherwise divided 4-laner most of the way. Light commercial traffic (but also known as America's Drug Importation Highway). I'll grant it'd be fun: 13-hrs drive time, dark to dark, about 630-miles. Hot, but with some humidity. A good test. Predominant wind shift at a known point. My completely stock truck against a modified Ford. Handicap sounds about right.


That Cummins should be able to hack 870 RPM @ 40 MPH, one would think.

Man, I'd never even thought about trying that. I'm pretty uncomfortable at anything under 1,100-rpm. The gearing is such, however, that in Direct (5th of 6 gears) 45-47 mph sure would be interesting.

So what's that thing show on a ticket from a certified scale? I was reading some foolishness on a Fordbord one day where the participants were trying to justify their heavier-than-the-competition trucks would therefore be able to "better handle trailer sway". After I stopped laughing I went back to searching to see what those trucks benefitted by in re mpg (after reading your posts on here).

I find these trucks pretty insensitive to the first 1,000-lbs payload (given a highway run) but I didn't search long enough to see what your brand was reporting.

(As a one-time train driver you'd appreciate seeing Laredo. Might be a little slower these days, but the traffic volume -- out in the middle of nowhere -- is impressive. Not quite the Bailey Yard in Platte, but impressive in its own way).

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