Posted by Paul Cook on Wednesday, February 15, 2006 at 11:17AM :
In Reply to: Re: buying 2006 power wagon have questions posted by Paul Cook on Tuesday, February 14, 2006 at 10:16PM :
I owned four CTD Dodges prior to buying the POWER WAGON. '89 2500, '94 2500, '97 3500, and '01 2500. All these were two-wheel-drive with manual transmissions. I always figured that anywhere I might get stuck, I'd have a 4x4 on the trailer that I could use rescue myself. Pulling out the wrecker with the M-37 on it was the first time I was glad to have a 4x4 towing truck.
The '01 had the dealer installed Jake brake - best thing you can have. The '01 also had an Edge chip. When I traded the '01 in, the overhead trip computer was showing 23.3 mpg.
By the way, I did do a little trailer towing. Texas is in the center of the 48 states. My tows included Washington, California, Iowa, New York, Georgia, Mississippi, Illinois, Louisiana, and a few within Texas that equaled a trip across New England. Typical fuel consumption was 14 - 17 mpg.
The POWER WAGON will definitely tow. I pulled another M-37 back to Texas a few weeks ago over the same route - only with no strong headwinds and got 10.5 mpg. I expect that 10 - 12 mpg will be the best I will get under normal conditions.
Also, I plan to haul just one truck at a time and have bought a new trailer that designed for one truck and is built to suit the hitch height of the POWER WAGON. I plan to sell that big trailer.
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