Rollincoal420
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Kinda just posting this up to hear some comments questions and concerns as this is my first cummins and my first road trip with it and didnt really know what to expect. So maybe u more experienced fellows could help shed some light
Its a 2006 cummins auto, 3500 sew short bed 4x4. We drove 1966 miles this past holiday weekend, from Knoxville, Tn to Tampa, Fl. Burned about a tank down there and drove back, then to Cincinnati and back.
Heading down to fl, got 19.5 mpg, ave cruising speed was 70-75 and my ave egt's cruising was below 800! Coming back from fl, got about 15.5 mpg, cruising speed was the same and egt's hovered close to 800*. Going down was pretty much down hill and. Coming back obviously was up hill. And elevation change of about 1000ft. I wouldnt think it would have that great of an affect on mpgs but i guess so?
Our whole trip ave 15.5 mpg, 1966 miles and about 127 gallons of fuel.
I was really surprised at how well the truck did on this trip. I was for sure something would have went wrong, but not a single thing!
The best part of the drive, was the retrofitted lights! Damn what a difference! It made driving at night so much fun and driving during the day just made me want to drive at night. Thanks again JJ!
Do these numbers sound close yo par for an automatic truck? Does something not sound right? Without a topped, what do u guys do w ur luggage on these long trips?
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Its a 2006 cummins auto, 3500 sew short bed 4x4. We drove 1966 miles this past holiday weekend, from Knoxville, Tn to Tampa, Fl. Burned about a tank down there and drove back, then to Cincinnati and back.
Heading down to fl, got 19.5 mpg, ave cruising speed was 70-75 and my ave egt's cruising was below 800! Coming back from fl, got about 15.5 mpg, cruising speed was the same and egt's hovered close to 800*. Going down was pretty much down hill and. Coming back obviously was up hill. And elevation change of about 1000ft. I wouldnt think it would have that great of an affect on mpgs but i guess so?
Our whole trip ave 15.5 mpg, 1966 miles and about 127 gallons of fuel.
I was really surprised at how well the truck did on this trip. I was for sure something would have went wrong, but not a single thing!
The best part of the drive, was the retrofitted lights! Damn what a difference! It made driving at night so much fun and driving during the day just made me want to drive at night. Thanks again JJ!
Do these numbers sound close yo par for an automatic truck? Does something not sound right? Without a topped, what do u guys do w ur luggage on these long trips?
Samsung SCH-I510 tapatalkin 2 u
