how many miles to a tank?

[oldschool89]

personal best for me was 630 miles with needle just above E and light on. Averaged 19.3 miles to the gallon between 70 and 80 mph going from ohio to virginia

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2006 cummins SLT 4x4 AT, flame red, S&B intake, FBD 5 TBE w/ 6in tip, banks high ram intake manifold, isspro triple gage pod, Smarty POD, silencer ring mia and 2 1/2 in HBS leveling kit

Ohio Coal Rollers

[chip61]

I have seen 19mpg if straight highway trip keeping it under 2000rpm (too slow for interstate). Normal hwy mileage is mid 17's to low 18's depending on speed. Faster I go faster my mileage drops. I get 15-16 if just driving around town. Smarty jr bought me 1-1.5 mpg. (all hand calculated)

Chip

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07 2500 quad cab 6spd manual, AFE air filter, Smarty Jr. 33-12.50 FCII's on stock rims.

[CATCRACKER]

new truck is 06 mud tires stock except cold air box. 485miles 30 gallons for the tires are i add 2.8 % for tires i am around 16.2 with 70% hwy at 72 mph. but on this last tank i drove 200 miles with a 20 mph stready headwind. I got 200 miles on the 1st quater of the tank i stop filling win it clicks off. i fill up as soon as the light comes on. the afe fully enclosed box gave me a solid 1mpg. i will let you know what the smarty does when i get it on.

bottom line 14.5 city prolly and 17 hwy. i think this is the common real world number for us 4x4 oversized mud tire fellas.

if i slowed to 65 street tires smarty bed cover i am sure i could prolly push 19-20 hwy. 65 is not a real world speed for me.

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2003 sold___2006, Silver, 2500, 4x4, 285's muds, afe CAI, ATS intake elbow, quad RP gauge, 16.2 mpg mixed...with smarty, and donaldson mo85171 to come

[Deadeye]

06 2500 w/Banks Stinger Package, stock other than that. I get 600 to 650. That's mostly highway, I'd say 75%. I found that at 45 to 55 mph my milage is between 23 and 25mpg. As soon as I get her up to 70 it's about 19mpg. Before you guys get all excited about your mileage make sure your odometers are right. Check it against a GPS or the mile markers on an interstate. Mine is off by 2% and it's all stock, go figure.

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2006 2500 SLT 5.9 4X4 QuadCab Banks Stinger

[SIKDEZL]

The best I have EVER seen outta my truck was 320. What size tank do these trucks have? When the light comes on till the pump clicks off is 24 gal. I estimated I had about a 26 gal. tank... is that right?

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03' SO 4x4 Laramie, 8" lift on 37" tires, Banks high-ram, AEM C.A.I., BD Super B turbo, 2 BD aux. fuel pumps, ATS header, Bully Dog Powerpup, Banks 4" SS exhaust (Cat & Muffler MIA), BD billet TC, Upgraded Steering, Isspro Boost/Pyro Ev2

[06dodge360]

Should be a 34 gallon tank, big reserve on these trucks.

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2006 Mega Cab, Volant CAI, 4.5" Fabtech Lift, Incubus 20" wheels, 35" Toyo Open Country AT's, Smarty, Quad Boost Fooler, AFE muffler, Tinted out, Truxedo Tonneau cover

[Travis A]

i just installed smarty beta 4.2 on level 4 stacked with edge j w/ A on level 3 and was playing with alot of black smoke and i got one of my best tanks ever, i got 788 km which was just under 500 miles

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early 04 dodge ram dually auto mods: Full billet DTT tranny, Edge J w/ A, Smarty beta 4.2, AFE stage 2, S&B Intake horn, remote starter, turbo timer, train horn, dipricol Trans, fuel, and rail. silencer ring MIA.

[nj_3500]

Ok so Ive determined that I have an odd truck. My fuel light goes on with 4-5 gallons left in the tank lol.

On another note, my truck is bone stock with 8,500 on the ticker and here goes my tanks
488.4 miles - 16.66mpg (almost all highway)
422.4 miles - 13.42mpg (almost all suburban)
488.3 miles - 16.74mpg (almost all highway)

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05 3500 QC SB SRW AUTO 5.9L CUMMINS! .... that is currently very very stock

Brendan

[romcummins]

Originally Posted by Show Killer

My understanding (for 2003 models anyways) is that 2wd trucks have 35 gallon tanks and 4wd trucks have 34 gallon tanks.

my 2003.5 have 30 gal tank..2wd

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[BroncoAZ]

I went to 560.7 miles and filled it with 31.238 gallons of fuel recently. It hand calc'ed to 17.95 mpg. The low fuel light was not on, the gauge showed just under 1/8th. The DTE showed 140.1 remaining.

It's rare that I let it get much below 1/2 tank to fill it.

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2006 2500 4x4 SLT Regular Cab - Bilstein 5100's, Mag Hytec pans, Volant Powercore Intake, Putnam XDR hitch, otherwise stock http://www.supermotors.net/getfile/6...e/dsc06091.jpg

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Last edited by BroncoAZ : 11-09-2009 at 11:32 AM. Reason: Added DTE number

[SKDodger]

Wish I could get the wife to fill 'er up around a quarter tank, she lets the needle go below zero, and the DTE has been zero for a "while".

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'05 2500 4X4 610 6Spd Big Horn. Bully Dog Downloader, Silencer Ring MIA, Intake Tube Silencer MIA, BHAF, 6" Tuff Country, straight thru exhaust (Kept kitty), 37' Micky's on 18" Helos, Nerf Bars, Custom front 3 place light bar, Pop-Up Goose Neck Hitch,

[stihlman441]

i average 16 mpg, about 450-480 miles to a tank. i have 285/70/17 tires with 4.10 gears, im thinking of getting 35 would my milage go up or down?

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06 quad cab, LWB, 4X4, stock straight pipe, AFE stage II, turbo ring took a vacation, Smoke switch Superchips Flashpaq,