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slowmover · 06-22-2011, 02:32 PM

Congratulations!!

Am looking forward to a higher average number on your fuel log as time and miles accumulate. Always stuck in my craw that a modded Ferd 7.3 had the best numbers here. My average has slowly declined as the miles lessened and I have no longer been leaving the city limits this past year (don't drop below 20 mpg in town until summer temps called for idle time otherwise avoided; still nearly at 30-mph average). A CTD is the natural high mpg pickup.

Guess at some point we'll have to break them all out (the different trucks/owners) into 2WD vs 4WD, stock vs. non-stock, or, city vs. country, and then sub-sets of each still further. On reflection, into personal vs. commercial as well. Then climate and terrain for all of them.

You've achieved a number I know I could match. The reason I bought a CTD was longest life at lowest cost. And then spec'd it for highest FE (as well as learning to drive it to best effect), always looking for others accomplishments to emulate.

We know the total miles, what was the average mph for the tank?

(Any and all details about your truck would be appreciated; tire brand/model plus any deviations from stock. And, how many miles/hours on it as I've heard that even past 100k some CTD's are still climbing in FE?)

Time for pics!

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06-22-2011, 02:32 PM	#14 (permalink)
slowmover Banned Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Fort Worth, Texas Posts: 2,442 2004 CTD - '04 DODGE RAM 2500 SLT Team Cummins 90 day: 19.36 mpg (US) Thanks: 1,422 Thanked 737 Times in 557 Posts	Congratulations!! Am looking forward to a higher average number on your fuel log as time and miles accumulate. Always stuck in my craw that a modded Ferd 7.3 had the best numbers here. My average has slowly declined as the miles lessened and I have no longer been leaving the city limits this past year (don't drop below 20 mpg in town until summer temps called for idle time otherwise avoided; still nearly at 30-mph average). A CTD is the natural high mpg pickup. Guess at some point we'll have to break them all out (the different trucks/owners) into 2WD vs 4WD, stock vs. non-stock, or, city vs. country, and then sub-sets of each still further. On reflection, into personal vs. commercial as well. Then climate and terrain for all of them. You've achieved a number I know I could match. The reason I bought a CTD was longest life at lowest cost. And then spec'd it for highest FE (as well as learning to drive it to best effect), always looking for others accomplishments to emulate. We know the total miles, what was the average mph for the tank? (Any and all details about your truck would be appreciated; tire brand/model plus any deviations from stock. And, how many miles/hours on it as I've heard that even past 100k some CTD's are still climbing in FE?) Time for pics! . Last edited by slowmover; 06-22-2011 at 02:45 PM..