Anyone keep track of their trucks lifetime avg fuel mileage?

[Colibri]

You're much younger than I thought olyelr!

[Reloaderguy]

Baaaarrrrreeellllyyyy fits in the garage...

Congratulations!

[Reloaderguy]

You're much younger than I thought olyelr!

Shorter too!

[olyelr]

HA! Yeah I am having one hell of a time getting in the truck. Thankfully it has adjustable pedals.

[olyelr]

I averaged 18 mpg on a trip last week. About 500 miles, although much of it was between 45 and 55 mph (drove to Yellowstone and toured around for a couple days and drove home) and I spend the extra $ for premium so I can get fuel without ethanol which seems to just about pay for itself with the improved mileage. I wish I could get a good tune to really take advantage of the higher octane.

Holy heck that is some crazy mileage.

[yooper68]

My truck isn't a power wagon, but is 2003 Dodge Ram 3/4 ton with 5.7L Hemi and 3.73 gears, Automatic Transmission. I have an Excel spreadsheet on my home computer with every gas fill up since I've bought the truck 10 years ago. The lifetime average fuel mileage is right around 12 mpg, but has been dropping gradually. The 1st 3-4 years my company paid for all my gas and I drove it for work all the time, with at least one 500+ mile trip per year. The last 6 years I drive only about 5,000 miles or so per year, with a lot of the miles off-road, in 4x4 lo-range & short runs. Most tank/fill-up averages have been around 9-10mpg in the past few years. The best mileage ever seen (on overhead trip computer) was about 17mpg at 70 mph on freeway from Duluth to Minneapolis (this was also the only time I have taken the topper off the back).

[2011TXPowerWagon]

I am sitting around 9mpg's. All city driving.

[Snowsled]

I was curious, I have the trip B on lifetime, 19,825 miles. Lifetime average is 15.7 I figured it would probably be around 14 but almost 16? Crazy. The only thing I tow regularly is a two place snowmobile trailer. The truck goes off road all summer and is in 4wd most of the winter. It sits outside, I warm it up in the winter. I like how the 6.4 sounds so it gets mashed on at least once a day. Not babied for sure but no real city driving. I have always found the mountains help my mpg by 1-2. Pretty amazing at any rate.

[olyelr]

I was curious, I have the trip B on lifetime, 19,825 miles. Lifetime average is 15.7 I figured it would probably be around 14 but almost 16? Crazy. The only thing I tow regularly is a two place snowmobile trailer. The truck goes off road all summer and is in 4wd most of the winter. It sits outside, I warm it up in the winter. I like how the 6.4 sounds so it gets mashed on at least once a day. Not babied for sure but no real city driving. I have always found the mountains help my mpg by 1-2. Pretty amazing at any rate.

Unbelievable!

[2011TXPowerWagon]

I was curious, I have the trip B on lifetime, 19,825 miles. Lifetime average is 15.7 I figured it would probably be around 14 but almost 16? Crazy. The only thing I tow regularly is a two place snowmobile trailer. The truck goes off road all summer and is in 4wd most of the winter. It sits outside, I warm it up in the winter. I like how the 6.4 sounds so it gets mashed on at least once a day. Not babied for sure but no real city driving. I have always found the mountains help my mpg by 1-2. Pretty amazing at any rate.

Whats unbelievable is that your temp is at 39°, when I left the house this morning it was 89. I am truly jealous of your temps

[Stickman]

I just have broken links...

[rgoode]

I've noticed that the "lifetime average MPG" on the info screen, really is just the average MPG over the last 500 miles. I've got a little over 35,000 miles on my wagon, so there is no way that a short haul (~250 miles) with a trailer, averaging 11mpg (normal is around 13mpg) would bring down my lifetime MPG by any considerable amount. In reality, it changes the "lifetime average MPG" by quite a bit.

I figured this out when I was pulling a trailer for a few hundred miles, then detaching it, and resetting 'trip a' on the dash. After 500 miles, the 'trip a' and the "lifetime average MPG" matched up exactly. If it was actually a "lifetime average MPG," 'trip a' should show a higher MPG than the "lifetime average MPG," because 'trip a' would cover 500 miles which is a substantial amount less than 35,000+.

[olyelr]

I just have broken links...

Well what the heck. I dono. It shows up on my phone and computer. Yours is screwed up!

[Stickman]

I just have broken links...

Well what the heck. I dono. It shows up on my phone and computer. Yours is screwed up!

Lol, it's ight, I'll just use everyone's descriptions and imagine what it looks like... and yourself

[olyelr]

HA!

[TwinStick]

LOL 8-10 from new to now. Fully loaded or empty----don't matter. 8-10 mpg.

[Mr.Smith]

What fuel mileage???

[TwinStick]

It's been awhile since i have said this but.....................Using the words Power Wagon & mpg or fuel mileage in the same sentence is officially considered an oxymoron. Now you know. That is all.

[Mopar6.4]

It's been awhile since i have said this but.....................Using the words Power Wagon & mpg or fuel mileage in the same sentence is officially considered an oxymoron. Now you know. That is all.

[Snowsled]

It's been awhile since i have said this but.....................Using the words Power Wagon & mpg or fuel mileage in the same sentence is officially considered an oxymoron. Now you know. That is all.

Heck, the fuel economy is one of the few things about the truck that actually impress me. I get the same mileage in my big truck as my buddy in his FJ cruiser, same mileage as another in a third gen cummins truck. The 6.4/4.10 trucks do pretty good. My '06 5.7/3.73 truck with the G56 was a 10-12 mpg truck, getting 15-16 in a new truck with WAY more power is a revelation for me. My wife took it to Denver last week because the car needed tires, 350 miles each way and, 300 miles of city driving came back at 15.8 on the dash computer. No complaints in that dept from me, which is rare, I know

[olyelr]

It's been awhile since i have said this but.....................Using the words Power Wagon & mpg or fuel mileage in the same sentence is officially considered an oxymoron. Now you know. That is all.

Heck, the fuel economy is one of the few things about the truck that actually impress me. I get the same mileage in my big truck as my buddy in his FJ cruiser, same mileage as another in a third gen cummins truck. The 6.4/4.10 trucks do pretty good. My '06 5.7/3.73 truck with the G56 was a 10-12 mpg truck, getting 15-16 in a new truck with WAY more power is a revelation for me. My wife took it to Denver last week because the car needed tires, 350 miles each way and, 300 miles of city driving came back at 15.8 on the dash computer. No complaints in that dept from me, which is rare, I know

Ha, at least you like at least one thing about your truck!!!

[MoparToYou]

This weekend was interesting, it showed me the good part of a Power Wagon, and the not so good part. Saturday I spent the day exploring, and found Tombstone Spring in northwest Arizona. The truck really works awesome for this.


Today I towed my Race UTV out to the Nevada desert to do some testing, and play riding. My Power Wagon wins the booby prize for all time worst fuel mileage while towing, of any vehicle I've ever owned. And that includes a '98 Dodge 2500 V-10 I used to own.


And rgoode is correct, the average fuel economy on the trip meter is really only the last 500 miles or so, even if it never gets reset. My lifetime average dropped 1 mpg in just two hundred miles, which would not be possible if it were really a lifetime average. Here is what my computer thinks is my lifetime average.

[Stickman]

Was that in tow/haul on the stock tires? Man, I only did that bad towing a fully loaded enclosed V-nose trailer through the hills in Kansas into the wind. Those 4:10s really suffer when towing a load.

[MoparToYou]

Yes, tow haul mode, and stock tires.

[2011TXPowerWagon]

Got some good highway miles in yesterday. Took a trip up to College Station, bout 7 hrs an 370miles. Couldn't get dash gauge to get about 11.7 mpg. Tried multiple speeds. How yall getting best mpg? What speed seems to be sweet spot?

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