Is a dually needed?

[newbury]

Around town I get 11mpg now with an almost new Suburban. How much worse could a diesel dually be? Might be better.

AFTER it's "broke" in almost ANY diesel dually should beat that unless you carry a ton or two of bricks.
In my '02 - all hand calculated over multiple fill ups along the I81 corridor going from DC to NE Mississippi - I've gotten up to 18 with a light load driving 70 coming back from Mississippi, and down to 11 pulling my trailer with the truck payload at least 3K#'s and the trailer at about 8K# driving mostly 60 to 70mph with the A/C blasting.

I don't think I've done 2 tanks in a row "around town". I use either my Civic (47mpg gas) or my TDI (~45mpg diesel) for around town.

 

[ruffdog]

"And I don't think GM ever got large outputs out of their big blocks. I remember driving a small, likely the smallest, dumptruck with
a Chevy 454. Boy did that make nice noises."

I worked on plenty of C60, C65, C70 medium duty trucks in the 70's with the 366 big blocks and it seemed they did quite good for several hundred thousand miles.

 

[terryknight]

winter fuel always cost me a couple miles per gallon. and yes the demand of home heating oil has driven up the price of diesel.

i have no idea what the new trucks get MPG wise. but on the forums they claim a 3ish MPG increase after deleting.

 

[kevinwak]

thanks Kevin. Local dealers never seem to be desperate...usually those left overs were bulk purchased white trade oriented trucks with not much in them. now that cab and chassis deal caught my eye, would be pretty cool to make a custom bed just the way I wanted it... but now that would be serious overkill for eight tons...would never feel anything back there, except for being a lot slower... But then I'd probably want a ten litre something...Navistar, Cummins, but get the torque up around 1500.:dance1: Assuming the rear would handle it.

Those two were white work trucks. They also had an add a couple days earlier for a 2014 F350 crew 4X4 diesel Platinum for $62,000 in dark blue

 

[buickanddeere]

they don't have just 'enough' ..... they have more than enough.

more ground patch surface area. less ground pressure.

more traction, less rutting.

almost like magic i know.

Dually floats instead of digging in and gripping. A tall narrow tire out performs dual or a wide tire in snow, ice or mud. Duals do work better on sand or loose soil.

 

[daugen]

2014 F350 crew 4X4 diesel Platinum for $62,000 in dark blue

I wonder what that truck finally sold for? Sounds beautiful, I love dark blue. It used to be the dealers had about ten percent in there and we tried to get
seven to nine off, knowing they always had hidden ad money. Now, I'm not sure. Would likely use one of the online guestimators as to what
average sale price is doing, and figure out the percentage off, and of course, ask for more...
A used truck is actually easier to figure out...plus you know the dealer likely hammered the trade in to a low value. Now let me tell you all the reasons why your highly desirable, spotless trade truck really isn't worth very much... grrrrr.

 

[Diamondpilot]

Dually floats instead of digging in and gripping. A tall narrow tire out performs dual or a wide tire in snow, ice or mud. Duals do work better on sand or loose soil.

Around here guys with dually who have plows and are serious take the outers off to push snow. Still tracks bad compared to a SRW truck due to wheel spacing but gets through the snow much better.

Chris

 

[Diamondpilot]

2014 F350 crew 4X4 diesel Platinum for $62,000 in dark blue

I wonder what that truck finally sold for? Sounds beautiful, I love dark blue. It used to be the dealers had about ten percent in there and we tried to get
seven to nine off, knowing they always had hidden ad money. Now, I'm not sure. Would likely use one of the online guestimators as to what
average sale price is doing, and figure out the percentage off, and of course, ask for more...
A used truck is actually easier to figure out...plus you know the dealer likely hammered the trade in to a low value. Now let me tell you all the reasons why your highly desirable, spotless trade truck really isn't worth very much... grrrrr.

My 06 F350 is dark blue. Tough to keep clean like a black truck but when it is they look good.

Chris

 

[daugen]

My 06 F350 is dark blue. Tough to keep clean like a black truck but when it is they look good.

Chris

you know Chris, I thought about that, advertising for a nice used truck online here. I figure if someone sold me a turd on wheels
that they would hear about it in excruciating detail for years...

actually I'm serious Sometime in August or September, hopefully after I get home from a four month rv trip safely, I'm going shopping.
Any of you guys who want to make a change and have a lightly used diesel dually this Fall, keep me in mind.
of course the paint scheme should match my new trailer...:confused2:

 

[Soundguy]

my 99 f350 beats that easilly. probably can do 15 with my foot not in it, unloaded.

AFTER it's "broke" in almost ANY diesel dually should beat that unless you carry a ton or two of bricks.
In my '02 - all hand calculated over multiple fill ups along the I81 corridor going from DC to NE Mississippi - I've gotten up to 18 with a light load driving 70 coming back from Mississippi, and down to 11 pulling my trailer with the truck payload at least 3K#'s and the trailer at about 8K# driving mostly 60 to 70mph with the A/C blasting.

I don't think I've done 2 tanks in a row "around town". I use either my Civic (47mpg gas) or my TDI (~45mpg diesel) for around town.