i am thinking about buying a different truck. I am looking at a diesel. anyway what i am wondering what kind of fuel mileage am i looking at. i am wanting a 2000-2002 GMC crew cab and a 4x4(not a dually) duramax, auto. and what kind of mileage would it be towing the trailer with a car on it. i searched and couldnt find anything. thanks for the help.
Re: mpg 13-14 ish with a car behind maybeye better depending on tralier maybeye worse i heard of 5th wheels getting 10-11 but that a big tralier unloaded it will get 18-20mpg and will pull up hills as fast as you want it too pretty much get an 04.5-06 up with lly or an 06-07 classic lbz or new 07.5 lmm the lb7 made in 01-04 has alot of injector problems
Re: mpg My brother has an 03 crew cab dually with a Bully Dog Triple Dog down loader with an Outlook monitor. In extreme mode he can get 23 mpg on the interstate doing 80 mph. Weve seen 19 mpg pulling a car on the open trailer running 65mph. Watch out for the 04 1/2 to 06. They have overheat problems
Re: mpg not all look at the sig ive never overheated most people oh trying to do 90 pulling 15k up hill and its the 04.5 to 05...06s are totally different even the lly
Re: mpg I have a 2005 Chevy 2500HD crew cab, long bed, 4x4 with the duramax and allison trans. I get about 19 mpg overall with about 60-70% of my driving being on the highway. I went out west last summer. Trip was 4700 miles and I averaged about 12 mpg. And that was towing my 31' camper and doing about 75-80 mph a lot being as I could out west. If you can, I'd recommend trying to get a Chevy/GMC with an LLY engine. They are supposed to be better than the previous engines. They started putting them in 2004.5 trucks. If you go to http://dieselplace.com/forum/, you'll find it to be an excellent site for info on these trucks. The "for sale" is at the top called "Market Place".
thank you guys for the help and i am sorry i put this in the bench i had forgotten all about this section of the board.
I got 8.5 mpg pulling a 48 foot gooseneck enclosed trailer @ 75mph (give or take) with 2 BB GS's and a weekends worth of stuff into a 25-30 mph wind last year. Coming home I was getting 14.5 with the wind. I have an 02 Dmax dually 2wd Around town (and with the way I drive) I get about 15-17 mpg which is better than my 96 Yukon was getting.
13mpg towing a 24-28ft race trailer. 17-19 w/ no weight but me....I have checked my odometer on long trips against mile markers and it is about 3% slow......I have heard of some being 10% fast giving "inflated" mileage claims compaired to others. My truck has 4" exhaust, K&N , and a PPE programmer set on Tow mode.
If you ever do any more towing that just a car and trailer, I would recommend upgrading the hitch on the truck. The GM truck your thinking of purchasing can probably tow 10-11K lbs but in no way is the truck capable. Those hitches are usually rated at 8K. I had a customer come in a month ago to fix his trailer, and after doing so I hooked it up to his truck (a 2003 GMC 3500 extended cab, dually, 4x4) I mentioned that he shouldn't be towing a 10K trailer with a factory 8K hitch. Not more than a week later he comes back in, the hitch is snapped clean in two pieces. Frame is a little bitten up too.:spank:
after owning an 04' crew cab Chevrolet, (loved it), I ordered an 06 GMC Duramax and have for several reasons towed more with this than any other truck-I've been back home to Nebraska and back to lovely PA (p.o.s. Turnpike!) all over ohio, new york, etc. towing an enclosed 24" trailer, 50% of te time with my 68Riv in it, no power adders, aftermarket filters or exhaust, turning 10-ply 285/75/16 bfg's, avg 12.0 mpg, and blasting XM the whole time...I couldn't say more about a GM product...and my wife has no problem driving it at all...It's our "good" car (truck)...if you own a home, and Buicks on top of it, I think you need a truck, highly recommended (oh, I've worked for GM/dealers for 20 years:TU: )-Corey
