Anyone have any ideas?.....also..will one tow a 24ft. enclosed?...mpg towing?...thanks

My parents average 16mpg with theirs.

I don't know how much more the 2500 weighs compared to my Shortbed 1500 regular cab. Mine is 4940 with half a tank. I have 3.55 gears. I can get 20 at 65 mph. More weight and deeper gears will certainly equate to less mileage.

I have the exact truck Eric, with 4.10's. Mid teens around town when not getting on it. Never towed with it yet, but I would imagine high single digits with your rig. It should tow that trailer just fine.

Dennis

Well I have a 2008 4 wheel drive Quad cab think it weighs 5600 form hear to Tennessee and back 1400 + mines I averaged 17.5 us per gallon but mine is multi displacement probably helps out for the extra 4 X 4 weight and drag. I pull a 24 foot with my GTX is about 7000 loaded and I get about 9 per US gallon and it rocks for towing power!!!

I bought a 2004 Ram 2500 2WD regular cab with a Hemi last June. It has the 3.73 rear gear. I tow a 24 foot enclosed, about 7600 lbs. I get apx 8 mpg towing. It has LOTS of power and handles the enclosed trailer just fine from a power and suspension standpoint.

My ONLY complaint seems to be the transmission mapping when towing and in tow/haul mode. The transmission always wants to upshift into a higher gear on the flat grade. Because it is out of the power band, when you hit a hill, it wants to downshift one or sometimes two gears to 5000 rpm. It often seems like you are in the wrong gear. To prevent this, I constantly have to anticipate and tap the throttle to downshift one gear before I hit the hill. As the truck is new to me, I am hoping the dealer can adjust the shift points of the trans. A truck with 4.10s may not have the same issue.

I have not run a full tank on the highway when not towing, but I can tell you that around town back and forth, the Hemi is thirsty. In that situ, I am figuring on low to mid teens.