First real work out tomorrow

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Well at 3300 miles I am going to give the truck a nice little workout :) has fresh oil and filter front end alignment and tires rotated and balanced.

Iam pulling a 6x12 From here in Kansas to New Haven Connecticut to move my daughter and son-law back now that he is done at Yale.
Did this 2yrs ago with my Cummins and was getting a solid 15mpg doing 70 plus mph completely fully loaded, trailer back of the truck and the back seat..lol

Going to keep good tabs on the Hemi and see how it does going out empty and then back loaded down ,did not check the Cummins empty on the way back as I drove to fast to bother and drove it straight through at 22hrs only stopping for fuel.

Then at the end of August I will be moving them to California and if all goes well I will have my new wheels and tires on amd should be able to get to check the fuel mileage difference again and how much the big tires kill it.. lol:)
 

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Put her to work she'll love ya for it ;) And safe travels .


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You're going to Connecticut? Gross. [emoji6]

Drive safe.


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Yes Sir, :)

I wont be driving to fast just have to make into Pennsylvania tomorrow staying there over night, not going to make that drive straight through again..lol
 

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now that he is done at Yale.

Forget MPGs..... this is outstanding! Congratulations on having a successful son in-law.... and helping them out with the move.

And your truck should do great btw. I'm hauling 4X that much over 5000' pass tomorrow with my Hemi and expect her to do just fine.
 

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Nice, good luck! I'm sure it'll do great. Fuel mileage won't be great, loaded, towing, but I'm sure all will be well.

Remember, most ST rated trailer tires are only speed rated to 65mph, so if you run faster than that for prolonged periods you will overheat them and they can fail. Hope you have a safe trip
 
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First tank down settimg at 13.7 but by hand 13.5 mpg. at 70/75 mph
 

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sounds like one hell of a fun trip with family.. awesome times.. even though your headed into the communist north east.. drive sake and come back when done with some nice pics to share :)
 
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2nd stop dash states 14.7 on 87 oct, first tank was 89.
653 miles in.
 

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Had the wife figure that last stop by hand and it was 13.4, dash was off on that one.
Made it to West Virginia for a quick bite.

Love this Hemi and 8sp seems to be in the right gear all the time and is not searching for gears.
 

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Nothing like a Hemi going through a long tunnel at WOT...lol
 

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it dropped down to 13 mpg in the hills in Pennsylvania..lol
 
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At least the weather over here is nice lol


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Sure is, just made it here after 20hrs drive time and 1,360 miles.

And after that many miles the evac is setting at 14.0 mph.
 
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While we where up here we went to New York city and saw the 9/11 memorial, The Statue of liberty, Elise Island and took a bus tour of New York city and got dropped off at Times square.

New York city is not for me. Green acres is the place for me... lol

Going to click myRed Ruby heels together on Thursday morning and head back to Kansas loaded down so we will see hows she does on fuel then, so far real happy with how its done .
 

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How's the exhaust on the open highway? Keep seeing conflicting information from people when MDS kicks in. Is it like stock and you can't tell it's there while cruising, or does it drone like crazy?
 
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With my QC I get zero drone and just cruising its pretty dang quiet at 70mpg.
I keep the msd off as it sounds like **** when its on, plus I ran in 7th gear the whole trip.

I have Zero complaints about this muffler, its not to loud but you hear it coming and it has zero popping not raspy and just sounds mean.
 
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