2500 HD Dmax?s

[SWDoodle]

Loaded Bed avg: 1000 to 5000 lbs

Driving style: Grandmoma to Race Car driver

MPG:16 to 18 over here

 

still a fresh truck 5600km

 

dreaming to hit 20+ one day

How fast? Pretty much all the speed limits in western KS are a minimum of 65 with interstate 75. I usually run mine 4 over the posted. I think I'm going to drive mine 55 for one tank and just see what it gets to see what all this 20 mpg stuff is about. I think driving that slow would drive me insane.

[doverarjim]

I set the tach at 2000 rpms which is about 82 mph. The trip was from Arkansas to Reno Nv and back, so I had a lot of different terrains to travel. My truck is a dd that on a normal week will only see about 150 miles and I never know when or what I might be pulling next.

 

 

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[ujtruck]

How fast? Pretty much all the speed limits in western KS are a minimum of 65 with interstate 75. I usually run mine 4 over the posted. I think I'm going to drive mine 55 for one tank and just see what it gets to see what all this 20 mpg stuff is about. I think driving that slow would drive me insane.

 

my needle @ 110-120 Km, and every once in a while I smoke those BMWs/Hondas

[Prokopchuk_9]

How fast? Pretty much all the speed limits in western KS are a minimum of 65 with interstate 75. I usually run mine 4 over the posted. I think I'm going to drive mine 55 for one tank and just see what it gets to see what all this 20 mpg stuff is about. I think driving that slow would drive me insane.

 

my needle @ 110-120 Km, and every once in a while I smoke those BMWs/Hondas

I keep mine @ 110-113

[gotcha]

Update, !!! Went and did it

I was on way to order a brand NEW 2500 sierra stopped at one more dealership were a friend/drinking buddy works he hooked me up with a 2013 Silverado only option missing that I did not get was a back up camera plus side this truck is a CC as I was going to order an EC plus 20 inch wheels with rebates and low financing the CC worked out to be cheaper then an extended cab and they dealt on the truck since on the lot since spring

 

Plus and I know the truck is not broken in but the DIC is showing 19.0 to 20.0 mpg. If this is an indication that I may get decent mileage I am ecstatic I was thinking 16-17mpg

[KMGZ400]

my dmax has only 400 miles on it but i am seeing 18.4 MPG city driving according to dic.... very happy with that

[cactusdvr]

duramax pulls like a John Deere, you will forget the boat is back there if not for the mirrors and no 4000 rpm downshifts. I pull a 15000 lb fifth wheel and duramax will run 80 mph all day long.

[TJS]

Our 2013 2500 HD got 11 mpg hauling the 10k+ toy hauler with Polaris Ranger and water to Eastern KY at 70 mph average. Gets about 17 or 18 not towing highway. This is our third Dmax. Good trucks with good trade in.

[Westwind]

I have a 2008 GMC Sierra 2500HD Duramax Allison Shortbed Xtended cab, bought it new and use it to tow our fifth wheel. It's stock I've made no changes at all to it except for replacing the transmission cooler hoses to Alligator lines. Our trailer is 35 ft. long, weighs around 11000 lbs. empty and my guess is 12500 full of our stuff.
I have kept track of fuel purchases and mileage since I bought it, it's got approx. 67,000+ miles and in my opinion is a garage queen but I use it as a daily driver.
I average 12 - 14 miles around town, mostly 14.7 to be honest, it I do a lot of highway driving per tankful I'll see 17 miles per gallon as an average. I have gotten 22 mpg on a trip to Maine from Rhode Island.

While towing our FW I've gotten as low as 9.5 just starting out in Rhode Island on cold winter day to

11.5 the further south and flatter the terrain gets, additional info on truck, I have Michelin M&S tires and I don't exceed 62-65 while towing which is what the trailer tires are rated at.

I'm thinking about a 2015 3500 CC short bed for my next truck, it should improve my payload numbers since they are not to good with the 2500 and I feel I'm over weight for the truck.