yea way too heavy for a mudhole....mine's too heavy for wet grass on a hill! LOL

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Unofficially, I drove mine off the lot and replaced the air filter and ran Seafoam through the injectors, blowing out a ton of carbon build up, and looks like i'm getting 14 mpg city. Going to change oil to a better quality and a tune up, also working on better tires (not necessarily bigger). I took a trip about 60 miles from where I live the day I got the truck and didnt use but 2.5/3 gallons. Not bad for a 3 grand truck.

 

I have kept a very detailed log of every single fillup I've done in the past year. I always record my milage, and amount of gas I fill up. Then I calculate my milage manually, not with any trip computer or anything of that sort.

My average over th 35 fill ups I've done is 12.5mpg.
My lowest ever was 9.88mpg.
My highest ever was 15.17mpg.

This includes everything from daily driving, to towing adouble seadoo trailer with both machines on, to offroading, etc.
Vehicle is a 2000 Ram Sport 4x4 with the 318 motor with ~106,000mi on the clock

I forgot to mention, I'm up in Canada so I'm also including winter and summer seasons in here, so my conditions vary from completly dry and sunny, to stupid cold with lots of snow.

 

On a related note, I was just under my truck and it seems that I'm still using the original catalitic converter. I have access to a new 3" high flow unit, and am considering swapping that in. Has anyone done something similar, and if so what results did you have?

 

I've been looking at a ram. I drove a 4x4 blazer before and it did alright...I drove it pretty hard too. The Ram I'm looking at is a 2000 1500 sport. I don't know if its 318 or 360...but my question is...which would be better for a bed cover? Hard or soft? Unless things work out though, I won't get this truck. Still, hard or soft bed cover?Which helps mpg more? I'm thinking soft since they weigh less.

 

I just filled my truck up today and got 12.5

2001 1500 Quad Cab Long Bed 360

 

1500 extended cab off-road 4x4 31" off road tires 5.9L K&N cold air intakewith a gibson custom sport exhaust getting about 13.5 right now but I play around alot to really hear the exhaust. will be getting new ram air intake, hoping that will increase mgp a lil

 

I get about 12 MPG on my daily driving which is some local, some highway. Best ever was 16 MPG on I 95 at 3 AM in the fall. Worst ever, get ready---- 5 MPG pulling a 5200lb camper through the mountains of Pennsylvania from north to south.. Those damned things go on forever! No performance mods to speak of, but considering K&N Cold Air Intake, and new cat back 3" exhaust.

 

im getting about 250 miles to a tank

 

I get about 245 miiles to a full tank, and I'm averaging 9.5-10mpg. I guess its just the nature of the beast with these trucks. It's worth it though=)