Rob & Cathy wrote:IMO, the MTE indicator is worthless information as it's trying to base future mileage on past mileage and there are way to many variables.
I agree with that statement Rob I never look at it on my console. I just keep an eye on the fuel gauge!
Don
We don't know a stranger only friends we haven't met yet!
Don
2019 Cardinal 3350RLX Luxury Edition
2014 Dodge 3500 2WD DRW Long Bed
I have a question for you Trax ll owners. Do they have a replaceable fuel filter in them?
Also I have a quote for $1405 installed for a 75 gal. Does this sound like a good price?
Bill & Penny
2010 3150 RL "The Bucket List Inn Nights out in 2013/67 and have put put 8566 miles on the Bucket List Inn
Nights out in 2014 63
Night out in 2015. 88
Nights out so far in 2016. 58
More fun to come!
Yup price is right or close to it since different areas charge different prices. And yes they have there own filter in the in bed tanks.
Mike, Susanna & Rudy
2016 3850RL Estate "Proto Grigio"
2019 Silverado 3500HD Dually D/A 4x4 LTZ My dreams are too big for my wallet Rallies attended - 32
Nights camping in 2013:159 2014:269 2015:Full Timers
Bill & Penny
2010 3150 RL "The Bucket List Inn Nights out in 2013/67 and have put put 8566 miles on the Bucket List Inn
Nights out in 2014 63
Night out in 2015. 88
Nights out so far in 2016. 58
More fun to come!
The DTE is never accurate or even close. I can change it from towing to not towing and sometimes it is less for not towing. I don't know what kind of math this thing uses, but it is not the same kind that I was taught in school
Randy & Carol
Elbie (weiner dog)
2018 Cardinal 3250 RLX Luxury Edition
2019 Ford F350 6.7PSD Lariat 4x4 SRW
I don't count on the MTE for anything but being a interesting bit of information. It sure was nice over the Thanksgiving weekend to drive from here to Amarillo, spend the whole weekend driving around up there and then drive home and still have 40 gallons of fuel left, especially since it was about $0.25 to $0.30 higher up there than it is here. You might want to reconsider getting one of these tanks Rob.
Bill & Debbie
06 31RKT, MorRyde LRE/4000; 2016 XLR 385AMP
2012 F350 DRW 4X2 Lariat, 6.7 Diesel, TransferFlow aux fuel tank
Fur babies, Betty and Cocoa
Nights camping
2011-102; '12-111; '13-89; '14-108; '15-142; '16-92; '17-163; '18-81
Same here Bill, drove from Bakersfield to Tucson and still had plenty of fuel left.
Mike, Susanna & Rudy
2016 3850RL Estate "Proto Grigio"
2019 Silverado 3500HD Dually D/A 4x4 LTZ My dreams are too big for my wallet Rallies attended - 32
Nights camping in 2013:159 2014:269 2015:Full Timers
I took the DTE bet with 40 miles extra showing to my destination. Darn near run out of fuel and had to stop 15 miles short. I could do with the larger OEM replacement tank but with over 90,000 mile on truck I don't want to spend the money. I'm surprised the truck manufacturers don't offer the option.
Earnie, Penny, and Roxie
2005 Cardinal 31 RKT with many mods.
2020 GMC Sierra 2500HD Crew Cab Denali 4WD LB SWR w/DuraMax, 10spd Allison
"Do not regret growing older. It is a privilege denied to many." Mark Twain
EAW wrote:I took the DTE bet with 40 miles extra showing to my destination. Darn near run out of fuel and had to stop 15 miles short. I could do with the larger OEM replacement tank but with over 90,000 mile on truck I don't want to spend the money. I'm surprised the truck manufacturers don't offer the option.
I think tank size and payload are factored against each other by the manufacturers! Up goes the tank size and down goes the payload capacity!! Then there was the short box GM crummy 26 gal tank for years!!!!! Put a 8.1 gasser with that and you were lucky to make it from station to station!
BMullins46 wrote: You might want to reconsider getting one of these tanks Rob.
But Bill, that would mean I would be stopping to stretch my legs for no reason.
Rob
You could get and travel with a dog then you would have a reason . Also down the road as you get a little older mother nature is going to give you a reason to stop where a few years earlier you would not have needed too!!
Don
We don't know a stranger only friends we haven't met yet!
Don
2019 Cardinal 3350RLX Luxury Edition
2014 Dodge 3500 2WD DRW Long Bed
Don Wilson wrote: Also down the road as you get a little older mother nature is going to give you a reason to stop where a few years earlier you would not have needed too!!
Don
Exactly Don, so if I'm going to stop I might as well get fuel.
But our fuel stops don't always match meal and potty breaks! And there's parts of the southwest where it's a looooong way between fuel stations where you can fill when double towing (or even single!). Since I'm the worry wart, an auxiliary tank is high on my wish list
Millie Plato (married to Rplato)
2013 Cardinal 3030RS
1998 Volvo VNL610
2009 SmartCar-Bitsy
Nights out in
2018 - 93
...2015/16/17 - full time
...2011/14 - 719
National Rallies - 6
Regional Rallies - 10
FROG - 4
Don & Millie are spot on Rob! Besides you can save by buying the cheap fuel when you find it.
It's only money Rob.
Millie I wish I'd known you were wanting one a year ago, we could have taken the one off my old truck.
Bill & Debbie
06 31RKT, MorRyde LRE/4000; 2016 XLR 385AMP
2012 F350 DRW 4X2 Lariat, 6.7 Diesel, TransferFlow aux fuel tank
Fur babies, Betty and Cocoa
Nights camping
2011-102; '12-111; '13-89; '14-108; '15-142; '16-92; '17-163; '18-81
I just keep an eye on the fuel gauge!
where a few years earlier you would not have needed too!!
