My attempt for more fuel economy.

[Seth]

i was amazed how long it took to go to ****. more power to ya nutz, he likes his truck quieter - i can relate - i have a buddy who had 4.10s with his powerstroke and it was 4x2 (smaller tires) it got old having to almost yell. i better be careful or i might be siding with nutz here....

[JeepPhisherman]

eh, I don't get why everyone's being an *******? He changed gears to get better gas mileage and save money (just like I bought a bike to save money, ha) and lower the noise in his cabin. If he likes it, whats the deal?

I know it's "chadnutz" and all, but atleast he isn't a douche.

[Sharpe]

"The deal" is that it obviously will take too long to break even monetarily to use that as justification. The noise excuse I can tolerate, but why go all the way down to 3.08's, as opposed to something "normal" for a 1 ton truck like 3.55's or 3.73's that you wont have to change later? The fact that it is only temporary is also retarded, he basically just flushed $800 down the ****ter in the long run, and thats alot of fuel.

[tigweld]

I lost 4x4 that I haven't used in a while and didn't need when I used it

does your truck never leave pavement. maybe the next gen. are considerably heavier, cause I would love to build a bagged 2wd ford drw, but my current truck seem like it just sinks any time its in the dirt. I use the 4x4 regularly at job sites and every one else I work with that has one does also.

[Seth]

my old man just bought his first 4x4 - he has been in construction for 30+ years and never needed 4x4. the few times he has gotten stuck, he just borrowed a backhow and pulled himself out. its all about picking your route. you want access, not a bunch of rutted up muddy paths. as for why he got a 4x4, as he put it. "ah what the heck"

as a side note, he chose 3.55 gears for his mpg. really.

[StevenAg03]

my dad also just got his first 4x4...2007 3500 Mega cab with cummins and auto...said he needed more then the expedition to tow the irrigation trailer on occasion the reason for 4x4 was much like that of seth's dad..."it looks better"...the most dirt this thing will see is going to come from airborn dust from irrigation jobs

[DRAGOONRANCH]

Ok, here is my $0.02. If it was a perfect world, my stroker would have had 3.73 and 6spd in it when I bought it and an underdrive for those big loads, but it doesn't. The 4.10 / 5spd auto combo is great, but it could be so much better. With the amount of time I have at the house, I can not see any advantage in changing out the gears in it, so I will stick with what I have and decide if the next vehicle purchase will come from the factory with the 10 spd and georgia overdrive, or a 3/4 tonn cheby duramaxxer. I will be having the egt sensor installed before I get home though, I do not want to have to put a new turbo on again. I haven't done the math, but the 35's on it now ought to put me close to the 3.73 now, but not for sure (as I don't remember what came on it, 245's i think).

[fbronco86]

I want to be like chadnutz

[redcagepatrol]

My Dodge did pretty good up to CO and back earlier this month - sorry, don't have time to catch up on this thread...

I run about 1900 rpms in fifth @ 75
that's about 2400 in 4th

When I dropped down below 65mph on uphill climbs, I shifted to 4th so I don't lug the engine too much - it keeps the rpms around 2000.

[Doug Krebs]

My Dodge did pretty good up to CO and back earlier this month - sorry, don't have time to catch up on this thread...

I run about 1900 rpms in fifth @ 75
that's about 2400 in 4th

When I dropped down below 65mph on uphill climbs, I shifted to 4th so I don't lug the engine too much - it keeps the rpms around 2000.

pull both the patrol and the jeep? Know what the avg. mpg was?

[redcagepatrol]

pull both the patrol and the jeep? Know what the avg. mpg was?

yep,
I have all the receipts but haven't had time to average them all together. One tank I got 10.5, but most were around 9mpg

[davido]

Anyone seen this?

http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel_...earth/me3.html

Also cool: http://www.biodieselwarehouse.com/

[davido]

does your truck never leave pavement. maybe the next gen. are considerably heavier, cause I would love to build a bagged 2wd ford drw, but my current truck seem like it just sinks any time its in the dirt. I use the 4x4 regularly at job sites and every one else I work with that has one does also.

Yep. I would say I use mine regularly. More than once a month.


I averaged 11 MPG and some change on our CO trip. Mine seems to drop off sharply under any kind of load. Maybe part of the auto tranny. I've gotten 19.5 MPG on a 8 hour trip to S. Padre two years ago. Whitney's Dad was driving. I never get quite that good, coulid it be my driving style? Nahh.

[davido]

One more: http://www.goldenfuelsystems.com/


Where would one get a lot of veggie oil?

[redcagepatrol]

I used 4wd three times in CO pulling my trailer - kind of a must have thing for my tow-rig