Thanks for the pics, those are some nice rigs.

 

Nice!

When & where is the NEXT one?
Time to start making plans.

Maybe I'll be able to show up for the NEXT one. LOL

 

The beast wants to come too,me and the boss cant wait to go also,what no one talking come on its wed. no one has anything to say..

 

help guys ok going to the meet I got 10 mpg but was rolling hard 85 95 100 at one brave point but comming home i was set on 70 would not take it off unless i was going to run over someone well got 15.3 think i need a reflash i am 8500 pounds dry any thoughts

 

With the G56, you got to keep it 65 and under to get the good milage. I went from here to B'ham AL and up to Huntsville at 60 and got a shade over 24MPG. Keep the RPM's under 2000 and it will sip the fuel instead of gulping it.

 

I cant drive 65 if the speed limit is 70 i got to go 75 if its 55 i go 60 oh well time to start saving for over drive.

 

dmax-24 miles per gallon, are you serious????

holy cohones batman!!!!!

I am trying to get 18 out of mine, but have not made it yet.

On another note, I guess I got all the crap out of my fuel system. I let her real low on fuel the night I was dirving back. Becuase I couldn't find a freakin station with diesel. SO now it surges when I am drivin it hard. SO this weekend will entail a fuel filter change. Should take care of everything. I hope

Perry-15 sounds good on that new of a rig and that much weight. As it breaks in you will get more.

 

That 24 MPG tank of fuel was driving really good. I was being passed by the grandmas.
Totalyrad would have passed me.

 

well happy ether way I look at it I keeping her, just got to slow down, did find that the turbo is sounding off at 2000 rpm sounds sweet and still with only 5000 miles on it im not upset,I love the fact that I can roll hard and it rides like a caddy on the interstate 8500 lbs stays on the road. I am having problems up loading pics.to my gallery HELP Anyone

 

Glad to see evryone has started chating again. To answer Prospector's Q's, the next meet looks to be on the 5th or 6th of August. It's still early, so we don't need to discuss it a whole lot if you guys don't want, just throwing it out there.

 

Pass you, no. Pull along side, show you my scar and watch you crash into the wall, oh yea! That could happen, again, WOOF!

 

Just for the record, I have been chatting. The hard part is getting anyone to answer.

 

24 mpg? What's wrong with your truck?

I don't know what kind of mileage I'm getting, but I love it when the "AVG MPG" on the console (AKA the Liar's Guage) goes above 30.

The Liar's Guage on my truck checked out pretty accurate when the truck was stock, so I quit calculating. The mileage varys so much anyhow - towing/empty, uphill/downhill, city/hwy, headwind/tailwind, slow/fast. Way too many variables to the extremes when we lived in Colorado (when the truck was stock). I got anywhere from 9 mph towing the camper in the mountains 75-80 mph against a headwind, to "over 20" empty, flat or downhill and little or no wind.

Then I added the 275 injectors. Now the truck runs better and probably gets better mileage when I'm not hot-rodding it; but it is also burning fuel that the computer (Liar's Guage) doesn't know about. So, I just enjoy looking at the bigger numbers and smile. I thougt it was great, driving from Falcon, CO to Colorado Springs (about 15 miles, mostly downhill and only a couple of lights) and seeing 24 mpg.

But that was before I wore out the tranny.
Now, I have an ATS tranny with the TripleLok converter *and* the TripleLok Commander. Now, if I want to put some really good numbers on the Liar's Guage, I can putt around locked in overdrive just above idle. Best I've seen so far was 32 MPG. Driving "normal" I usually see 21-22 around town and 23-24 "cruising" on the interstate. I can nail 25-28 if I slow down to 55 and don't catch any red lights. The main point is that your mileage can vary a LOT depending on where you are going and how you drive it. Oh yeah, traffic lights SUCK!

I don't know what kind of mileage I'm really getting, but I know it is WAY better than stock. Maybe someday I'll do a mileage test and calculate the real numbers.

 

I need new tires for my truck.
Sticking with stock rims & stock size: 245-75-16E

The last 2 sets of tires were BFG AT/KO's, but this time I'm looking for a good highway tire with good wet-weather traction (the KO's suck when wet) and a smooth ride (keeping in mind it IS a shortbed 2500 4x4!)

Since I've moved downtown and I'm trying to sell the camper and ATVs, I'm not planning to do hardly anything off-road.

I've been looking at the BFG Long Trail and the Michelin LTX at Sam's and Costco, though I'm not anxious to go back to Michelin's. My beef with Michelin goes back about 20 years, so maybe it is time to reconsider.

What tires do you guys recommend? (is there anybody else on here running stock size, "street" tires on a 4x4?)

Is there a discount tire store in the Memphis area that can beat Sam's or Costco? Or maybe has a better variety of brands to pick from?

Costco even has a coupon for $60 off when you buy 4 BFG or Michelin tires by June 25th. They may be hard to beat.

I was surfin the web and I like the description of these Goodyear Fortera TripleTred tires, but what the heck kind of load range is this "SL"?

I know, load range D tires with thinner sidewalls and lower air pressure would ride softer than the load range E tires, but then, the camper ain't sold yet. Plus, I tend to overload the truck anytime I need to haul something.

 

Prospector, I've looked pretty hard at the Goodrich Long Trail and think it would be a great street tire with good ratings for highway use. I just want a little more mud traction so I am getting ready to try my first set of AT KO's in the 295 size with a new 8" wide rim. I ran Cooper LT 285's on my 6.5" rims and they wore pretty fast in the center, other than that they had great traction. I think the wider/larger tire helped wet pavement traction a lot. I just did not know then that 285's don't mix good with narrow rims