Jay Gratton

Given this is a Porsche forum, I think this is the forum that can answer this. I have just been informed of an interesting '04 2500HD Chevy that is in AMAZING condition. It has the 6 liter in it and is a 4x4. Does anyone have one and what kind of MPG do you get in daily driving. I am worried it will be really bad and given where gas is heading I am nervous about jumping on this truck.
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M758

Numbers I hear are 14 mpg Hwy and probably 10 city.

I have a 2wd 99 Dodge 2500 V10 and get 12 mpg on the hwy. The newer gas motors are slightly better.

BTW.. Take a look here for more details.
http://special-reports.pickuptrucks.com/

Ther 2010 shoot out uses gas trucks and diesel trucks in their testing. Gas 2500's got 12-15mpg per thier testing. (Ford, chev, dodge).

Here is hte 2007 shootout that was somewhat hard to find on their site.
http://www.pickuptrucks.com/html/200...shootout1.html -

Jay Gratton

Thanks! Ouch, that is what I am worried about. Given where gas is heading I will probably pass on this beast.

John H

I had a 2006 HD3500 diesel dually that got 18-19 highway and 11 or so around town. It wasn't that bad considering the size of the damn thing. I think it was a 6.0 turbo. or was it 6.6? anyway.....

M758

If you need gas mileage and will not be towing that big of trailer I hear good things about Ecoboost 2011 Ford F-150. 3.5L Turbo V6 Gas. 400+lbs of torque and 22 mpg hwy. Tows to 11,000 lbs but like and 1/2 ton payload is marginal for an enclosed trailer and tow ratings seem suspect.

mglobe

I've got a 2004.5 2500HD that's my daily driver and tow vehicle. Chevy made two different engines in 2004. The early ones had the LB7, the 2004.5 and 2005 had the LLY. You can tell which engine it is by looking at the 8th digit in the VIN. If it's an LB7 the digit will be a 1, if it's LLY it will be a 2.

I live in-town, and most of my driving is stop and go on surface streets. I have a whopping 1.5 mile commute to work. I get 14mpg for that kind of driving. I get about the same towing my open trailer. Right now the truck has all-terrain tires on it. I intend to get highway tires on it soon, which I hope will get me a bit better fuel mileage.

When I first got the truck last year my mileage was worse both in-town and towing (~11mpg). I did some research, and found that there were issues with air flow to the LLY engine. I installed an aftermarket turbocharger mouthpiece, modified the airbox, and reprogrammed the ECU with a PPE programmer. I'm now getting the 14mpg number with a LOT more power too.

jflash914

Hi Jay,
I have a 2005 Chevy 2500 HD and I get about 12-13 MPG. When I am towing the 20ft enclosed trailer I get about 10 MPG. If you are going to tow an enclosed trailer I would recommend the 2500 HD. I use to have a 1500 and it struggled to pull the trailer up the hill to Watkins Glen.
Jack Vasina

Jay Gratton

I am leaning towards getting just a F-150/1500 as the only thing I tow is 3000-3500 pounds at most. But the 2500 was a really nice buy.

white85carrera

2006 GMC 2500HD with 6.6L Diesel 15MPG Winter and 17MPG Summer. 12mpg towing ~9k lbs

Steward B.

I have a 2004 2500HD diesel crew cab with a topper. I routinely get 13 MPG towing a 24 foot enclosed Featherlite carrying a 2200 lb car and various tires, etc. etc. Towed 2500 miles round trip to TWS club race last March and got 13.5 MPG for the trip.
Amazingly the truck, empty and not towing, routinely gets 18-21 and as high as 23 on the highway. Mileage drops off dramatically in the winter however. When my wife and I go to her family cabin in Northern Minnesota for the weekend it's a push as to whether we take her Audi Allroad or the GMC in terms of mileage and that usually means we take the truck since it's got all kinds of room (ignoring the difference in cost between diesel and gasoline)

Jay Gratton

If it was a diesel I would be excited, but the gas engines seem to get mid-teens and that would hurt as a DD esp. with gas heading north of $4.00.

M758

The 2500 Gas trucks are pretty solid, but gas mileage is not good point with them. Unless you need a 2500lbs payload and will tow 8000 to 1000lbs they not very useful.

the 150/1500 trucks wull be a much better by however they still will not get you much over 20 mpg hwy.

mglobe

I missed the fact that it's a gasser. I'd rather have the F150 in that case.

Tom W

Gas, ugh. My LLY diesel (2006 2500HD crew cab) gets 17 mpg city, about 20 highway and about 12 when towing a 24' trailer (about 7000 lbs). Towing mpg is dependent on speed - at 60 mph I get 12, at 70 mph I get 11.

PorscheDoc

I have a 2002 6.0L 4x4, LS. I get about 13-14 on the highway, 13-14 around town, 13-14 towing an open trailer, lol.