Hurricane Gas mileage

[yrralguthrie]

The pickups with high horsepower accelerate easily, of course. And even when you are being gentle on the gas pedal, the pickup will pull away from say a stop more quickly than most other vehicles. The same thing happens when driving, just accelerating to go around another vehicle. This is not accounted for when the pickups are tested for mileage. Turning a corner and accelerating same thing. The more horsepower, the worse the effect will be. Very hard, if not impossible, to mitigate this. The are other reasons for poor mileage, of course, but I believe this may be the biggest. The next time you pull away from a stoplight, see if you initially put away from the car to your side.

 

[yrralguthrie]

Two reasons for reported poor gas mileage are the 3.92 and winter blend gasoline, either will drop mileage by 1 to 2 mpg. I've also noticed that when I'm first in line at a stoplight, I will almost always accelerate away from the light quicker than other vehicles except other pickups. I suspect this is simply because of the increased HP of the high-output engines. Also it's hard to not spin the tires on my gravel driveway.

 

[USAFSPURS]

I averaged 23'ish on a short 200 mile trip at interstate speeds. I averaged about 72 MPH. Was happy with that. In town I am sitting around 18-19.

Keep in mind I have leveled the truck, and put on bigger AT tires....so I paid for a few MPGs .... LOL

 

[StuartsFriend]

'25, 3.0 SO, 3.55, and 91 octane

Completed 1,000 round trip with mostly highway and some small town/rural driving. 23.9 MPG combined.

When I am driving in town, the mileage drops. I'll take all of that given the power, the comfort, and the engine's smoothness.

 

[BryanBro]

Results from my Florida trip. Almost 24 mpg. I am amazed a truck gets this good. Also I used the regular gas not the upgrade higher octane

 

[Foogie]

I finally got 20.4 highway with my Rebel which I'm happy with. I got about 11 highway towing my 6000 boat + trailer at 70 MPH.

 

[cjr4497]

I have a hemi with the 3:21 gears, and my dad just got a hurricane with 3:92 gears. His truck, currently on street tires, gets a about the same as my truck did before I put a level, MT tires, and heavy aftermarket wheels. His hurricane will get 22-25 mpg average on highway trips, 19ish in town. My HEMI as it is currently set up, gets 19 on the interstate doing 70-75 mpg and 13-15 in heavy traffic. My next truck will likely have a hurricane if I see that his holds up. I am never getting the 3:21 gears again. I didn't realize the mpg hit it would take from my mods. I did the same thing to my previous Ram with 3:55 gears and the 4.7 V8 with zero negative impacts.

 

[PeteEinMT]

975 Mile road trip Averaged about 75 MPH Went from 6500 feet to 500 feet elevation (Montana to Washington) and back again plus some around town running 25 Rebel X 17.3 MPG Truck is new so about 2k miles overall now

 

[cargopilot]

I;m getting combined about 19.5 ... 22-23 on the hightway

 

[jc1003]

I'm getting between 17.5 to 17.9 mixed city and highway driving.

 

[Selkirkmike]

Hwy 24-26 mpg at 60-65 mph. Hwy at 75-80 avg 19 mpg. Pulling enclosed 12 ft trailer avg 10 mpg at 65 mph.

 

[Driver]

Hwy 24-26 mpg at 60-65 mph. Hwy at 75-80 avg 19 mpg. Pulling enclosed 12 ft trailer avg 10 mpg at 65 mph.

So there is the answer.
With the same series 1500 and the same motor and gears, SPEED is the #1 factor. Likely Selkirkmike could have told us that at 50-55 he's probably getting 26-28!

There are other factors like level ground, passenger or load in the bed, and aggressive acceleration, but SPEED is king when it comes to mpg.

If you want better MPG, just slow down.

 

[Grimlakin]

So there is the answer.
With the same series 1500 and the same motor and gears, SPEED is the #1 factor. Likely Selkirkmike could have told us that at 50-55 he's probably getting 26-28!

There are other factors like level ground, passenger or load in the bed, and aggressive acceleration, but SPEED is king when it comes to mpg.

If you want better MPG, just slow down.

This totally... I'm normally doing 80 in the 70 zones.... now I'm sticking to 5 over. The difference in MPG is worth it to me. Plus the reduced risk of tickets.

Wanted to add that at least my gut is telling me that after clearing 3000 miles my MPG is getting better. Could be my lead food is getting lighter.

 

[Ramboy13]

This totally... I'm normally doing 80 in the 70 zones.... now I'm sticking to 5 over. The difference in MPG is worth it to me. Plus the reduced risk of tickets.

Wanted to add that at least my gut is telling me that after clearing 3000 miles my MPG is getting better. Could be my lead food is getting lighter.

When I was in Maine in 70 mph zones, I still kept it at 75. Anything over and the mileage really tanked. I tried to keep it at 72 most of the way from NY to northern Maine, and got 23-24.
Now the winter blend is out, and it.... sucks. It's very noticeable.

 

[mbarber84]

2025 Big Horn crew cab 6’4” bed 4x4
SO with 3.92 axle. Truck is all stock on 93 octane

A week ago, made a trip my my home to Columbus OH and back the same day. Cruise set to 70mph the entire way. One stop out, one stop back, and very minimal local driving at the destination. Only myself and my wife in the truck, with very little cargo. I filled the truck up before I left and topped it back off when I got home and unpacked. Highest EVIC fuel economy number I saw was 25.5. Trip counter said 25.4mpg average for the total trip, and the hand calculation came out to about 23.2mpg.

The trucks running around an 18.4mpg average hand calculation over the course of the last seven months. It sees about a 70/30 split highway / local drive cycle each week, with some intermittent towing mixed in.

 

[StuartsFriend]

I just crossed 11K miles in about 4 months. 22MPG on average. 99% of my driving is highway. Very satisfied.

 

[stevj]

Is anyone getting close to the epa rating of 19mpg city and 24 mpg highway. I have been close on the city at 17mpg but on the highway it drops to 15 mpg. This was a big deal to me and buying this new 2025 Ram. Also having some misfire issues but the dealership says they can’t duplicate and no fault codes.

"It's not uncommon for vehicles to consume more fuel in the real world than they do in the standardized laboratory compliance tests (what's on the Monroney sticker), because those tests in the lab are out-of-step with real-world operation.
They are a benchmark by which other vehicles tested to that standard can be compared. It's a test standard everyone does, in a controlled environment, where the only variable is the car. The relativity of these results is what matters, not whether you actually achieve that out in the real world: that was never the objective."

Steve

 

[Meach]

This totally... I'm normally doing 80 in the 70 zones.... now I'm sticking to 5 over. The difference in MPG is worth it to me. Plus the reduced risk of tickets.

Wanted to add that at least my gut is telling me that after clearing 3000 miles my MPG is getting better. Could be my lead food is getting lighter.

I'm older so limit my speed to 15 over posted. But I love to get up to speed as quickly as possible lol. So 11.8 mpg at 800 miles