Originally Posted by fastfunfor2
A few years ago my 95 Dodge pulled a combined vehicle weight of 21,000 lbs 450 miles to Virginia (5,000 lbs over the GVW). I was satisfied with the 11 mpg the truck managed on the trip. We disgorged 10,000 lbs. of belongings into my parent's new condo and headed back to SC, getting 12 mpg with an empty trailer. My 5th wheel is 11 feet tall, so I figure that much of the fuel burned is just to push the air aside. Who would've guessed that 10,000 lbs could be moved at 65 mph at the cost of 1 mpg! The cummins turbodiesel is an awesome engine. I wonder at the milage our 330hp SRT6 would get pulling 21g down the highway. It has 115 more horses than my old dodge, but about 100 ft lbs less torque.
Mine is a '95 also. Remember waving to other 94 and 95 owners who knew.....we had discovered something special. The new Dodge truck line was really "New"
I have a 20 ft twin axle trailer with a class C bumper hitch. Pulled two loads out of Atlanta with steel racking stacked 8 feet off the trailer, or ten feet off the ground. 4,500 lbs in the bed and the rest on the trailer, each scaled out at 24,500 and 24,700 lbs GVW. Long trip back to St Louis but I got 13 MPG both times.
The Cummins is a beast and at 210M miles has had no issues. The truck has held up well having only the radio fail from my son's Coca Cola running down the dash. Hate the cupholder in that rig as well. Same issue, if you have a manual trans, you will bump the cupholder when you shift. Stupid design.
Love the truck. Will not replace it.
Real trucks have dually wheels , manual transmisions and say Cummins on the side. Everything else is just a Peecup.
roadster with a stick