All,
Glad to be part of the Cummins forum. I am new to the 6.7 and had a few questions. I just picked up my new 2016 2500 Crew Cab a few weeks ago and drove from Atlanta to Chicago soon after. I picked up a bumper tow travel trailer and began a drive to Kansas City where the truck currently is.
Without a trailer the truck was getting 18.5MPG; not as good as I thought but not terrible either. After picking up the trailer (truck had 800 miles on it at that time) the MPG was really bad, around 7-9MPG instantaneous. The roads were flat and clear with a moderate quartering headwind. I was taking it easy towing, going around 60-65 MPH.
The truck also seemed to be burning through DEF quickly, certainly while towing but also while not. This is my first Cummins; I also own an '01 7.3L Pstroke so a lot of the emission controls etc. are foreign to me. I called a local dealer and asked them if this was normal and they told me it wasn't uncommon while towing to see that bad of MPG with that new of a truck. 8MPG average just seemed a little too poor IMHO. Any advice/insight would be great, thanks.
Glad to be part of the Cummins forum. I am new to the 6.7 and had a few questions. I just picked up my new 2016 2500 Crew Cab a few weeks ago and drove from Atlanta to Chicago soon after. I picked up a bumper tow travel trailer and began a drive to Kansas City where the truck currently is.
Without a trailer the truck was getting 18.5MPG; not as good as I thought but not terrible either. After picking up the trailer (truck had 800 miles on it at that time) the MPG was really bad, around 7-9MPG instantaneous. The roads were flat and clear with a moderate quartering headwind. I was taking it easy towing, going around 60-65 MPH.
The truck also seemed to be burning through DEF quickly, certainly while towing but also while not. This is my first Cummins; I also own an '01 7.3L Pstroke so a lot of the emission controls etc. are foreign to me. I called a local dealer and asked them if this was normal and they told me it wasn't uncommon while towing to see that bad of MPG with that new of a truck. 8MPG average just seemed a little too poor IMHO. Any advice/insight would be great, thanks.