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12 Valve Tow Mileage

03-30-2009, 06:06 AM

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jimnance

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12 Valve Tow Mileage

I just completed a 600 mile run down Californa's San Joaquin Valley with my '93 CTD. Average mileage hand calculated was 20.8 MPG pulling an 18' pole trailer weighing about 2,000 lbs. Admittedly, this wasn't much of a tow. Even so, I was surprised how well the old 12 valve did considering I was dragging around four extra tires and a ton of weight at 65 MPH. My '07 might get 18 MPG with no load in tow under the same conditions.

Anyway, the trip restores my feelings the 'ol '93 is my best CTD. I may not wish to hook up my 15,000 lb fiver to it, but for general banging around she's hard to beat!

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'07 2500 CTD Mineral Gray QC SRW 4X4 LSD 68RE Auto Laramie

'05 3500 CTD 610/325 STL QC LWB DRW 4X4 LSD 48RE Auto Big Horn.

'99 Dodge 2500 CTD QC 4X4 Auto, 4.10 rear, Edge EZ, only 115,000 miles

'93 Dodge Ext Cab CTD 2WD, auto, 3.54, no mods, only 152,000 miles

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