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Old 12-27-2011, 04:22 PM   #19 (permalink)
Diesel_Dave
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Originally Posted by redpoint5 View Post
Optimistic, coming from a guy getting over 30mpg in a full-size pickup? Seems very reasonable to me considering many Dodge/Cummins guys break 20mpgs with their 5.9L Turbo mills.
I was just saying 26 mpg is probably towards the high end of what I would expect for semi-normal driving with a 4BT.

I re-read the OP and realized the this was for a 1-ton pickup, not a Suburban. If you do real work with the truck, the 4 cylinder Cummins is probably a little undersized.
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