lone_star_dsl
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My friend and I each towed our trailers from Grand Island, NE to Wichita Falls, TX the other day. I figured it would be a great performance and MPG comparison.
We both have extremely similar trucks. 2016 Ram 3500 dually, crew cabs. His truck has 3.73 gears and mine has 4.10's. Other than that (and the color) they are identical.
His trailer is a 2006 New Vision Sportster by KZ and mine is a KZ Sportsman. Both have identical front caps but mine is a few feet longer and is a triple axles, his has tandems.
We each set our cruise at 72 mph and headed south with a minor tail wind. Roughly 570 miles later, we pull into our destination with my truck averaging 9.2 mpg and his averaging 8.1 mpg.
This confirms my findings from a few years ago when I switched trucks and went from 3.73 gears to 4.10's. Just goes to show that keeping an engine in it's ideal powerband is more important than focusing on low RPM cruising.
We both have extremely similar trucks. 2016 Ram 3500 dually, crew cabs. His truck has 3.73 gears and mine has 4.10's. Other than that (and the color) they are identical.
His trailer is a 2006 New Vision Sportster by KZ and mine is a KZ Sportsman. Both have identical front caps but mine is a few feet longer and is a triple axles, his has tandems.
We each set our cruise at 72 mph and headed south with a minor tail wind. Roughly 570 miles later, we pull into our destination with my truck averaging 9.2 mpg and his averaging 8.1 mpg.
This confirms my findings from a few years ago when I switched trucks and went from 3.73 gears to 4.10's. Just goes to show that keeping an engine in it's ideal powerband is more important than focusing on low RPM cruising.