2019 Ram 1500

[LouNY]

Lou, what has your fuel mileage been like on that ecodiesel and did it turn out to be powerful enough? thanks

I have been pleased with the ecodiesel performance and mileage, in the winter I run about 20 mpg, summer 24mpg, that doesn't sound good till
I explain it a bit. I have the 3.92 gears, I got rid of the wide 20" tires and wheel and dropped down to 245/7R17 which are about the height of the lower trim base tire
but narrower, I have almost no sand driving but lots of field and woods roads with mud and rocks, and I've always had better luck with the narrower tires.
I also do a lot of short trips and idling. I occasionally will haul wagons with it and a stock trailer. This little motor of 3 liters (183 cu.in.) with 420 lb/torque @1800 rpm and 240 HP
pulls out like an old big block it doesn't need lots of rpm to do its job. I have never had a problem getting up to speed and holding it even with a trailer, I did one run to Maine with an empty trailer and back with an Isuzu Trooper (appox. 6000 pounds ) averaged 18 mpg on that trip and didn't need to use the slow lanes on the hills. A round bale trailer with a dozen large round bales and trying to keep it down to 25-30 mph I had to manually lock the trans down to the lower gears as it kept trying to creep up to fast.
As a base for mileage with my driving style my Dakota 4.7 and 5 speed was just barely at 16 mpg, my F150 was 14 mpg, my Chev K20's and 2500 were and are 8 to 14.
So all in all I am pleased with my truck.