Brock

Well, figured mileage posts are like gay family members....everyone wants to find out about them but nobody admits it in public....LOL

Went for ride to Myrtle Beach to see the new Bass PRo Shop there...I live in Charleston. So for past 10 days of ownership I have just used the overhead trip computer and eco avg watching my mileage as I burned the first full tank of diesel...here it is for stock 2006 CTD 610, auto tranny, 3.73, oe 265 tires, etc...no mods. Oh, she is the Inferno Pearl Red...so that makes her one of the faster ones made...LMAO


Overhead computations over past 10 days: 14.3mpg city/traffic/country mix
Manual computation of same mileage and fuel: 14.5mpg so the overhead is about dead on it appears.

Then after filling up and running her at 1800rpms (65mph) up to 2000rpms (70mph) up to myrtle and back.....here it is:

12.5 gallons of diesel used for 245 miles= 19.6mpg

So I am fairly pleased that the beast is doing this well with less than a thousand miles on her total. Cant wait to do the timing mod with either tone ring or ROKK sensor....and the air intake change.

Thanks for all the help so far...

Geico266

Fairly pleased?

Seems to me that is great considering you are driving a 3/4 ton pickup truck. Wait til you get her broke in at 75K.

12PACK

Not without any ricer stickers.

Brock

i am really pleased...just looking forward to more good things to come...LOL

smokey196240

Taking my dully out on a 3hr drive sat hope to get that kind of millage i got 1265 miles on it 410, 6 speed,4x4 been in love with this beast since i got it 3 weeks ago b.t.w. sold the bed today poor guy got in a fight with a wood pile and the bed of his 04 2wd lost bought mine dont even have to paint it ordered my western hauler style bed today stacks are now going to be frist mod other than the bed

mkinla

I'm only getting 12.3 miles to the gallon but I've only got 190 miles on her, should I be worried or is that normal....

smokey196240

12.3 is about what i get but everyone here says after 15 to 20 thousan it will get between 16 and 19 to the gallon

TPilaske

Best I've hit so far is 18.42 MPG.... been averaging right around 15 now, but it's also alot colder up here now so we're probably on winter blend and I'm idling alot more...


Tony

TexasCTD

I just completed a highway trip from the Dallas Area to the Memphis Area and some other highway driving in the area. Hand calculated 18.9 mpg going 70mph with the cruise control. 33,000 miles on the truck. Somewhere around 500 miles when I filled and calculated. Not to bad, but I felt like it might be a little better since I was "babying" it. I prefer to cruise a "little" faster than that....but it costs me at the pump.

abc4yew

Smokey, don't forget to post the pix when the deck is installed. ks

4x4not

Last week I went on a 600 mile round trip to my parent's place in northern PA. Mostly highway but up and down the "mountains" of north PA. I set the cruise at either 70 or 75 but still couldn't resist the urge to mash the go-pedal several times going up the hills. I averaged 17.2mpg with an NV5600, 4.10s and 315s. Not too bad but I'd like to get a little better. This was right before I installed the Juice so next highway trip I make we'll have to see what the milage difference is. Hopefully more, but I don't know if I'll be able to keep my foot out of it by then

Oh, my truck has just under 11K on the ticker.

04.5HO600

just pulled 9000 lb fifth wheel 800 miles
only 10000 miles on truck now
Pulling helped
Increased truck milage 2 MPG around town by itself now

UnrulyNFS

I've got 7000+ on my '06 now. My mileage has continued to get better. I've got the 6 speed and can't figure out what gears i've got. When I put the 35's on, my highway mileage went way up.

If i keep it at 65 and just highway driving taking it easy to my girlfriends, im right at 23mpg. Its a flat easy haul. But if I run 70, it immediatly drops to 20 or less. I've made the run many times calculating the mileage as soon as I get off the highway and fill up again.

My rpms at 65mph are right at 2000 with the 35's. This sounds like the 3.73 or whatever the lower gear is, right?


Everyday driving and running the heck out of it, my mileage has steadily gone from 16mpg to almost 19mpg caluclated at the pump.

SSminnow

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My rpms at 65mph are right at 2000 with the 35's. This sounds like the 3.73 or whatever the lower gear is, right?


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Sounds more like 4.10's. My 3.73 with stock tires cruises at 2000RPM @70

UnrulyNFS

yeah, but isn't the 4.10 gears an option? its nowhere on the invoice. My brother swears I've probably got the 3.73 (he's got an '05 with 35's) and my RPMs are definately higher in sixth. He says its cuz I've got a different manual tranny.



Sorry, wasn't tryint to hijack the thread.