A lighter vehicle, smaller engine gives the same performance (or better) for less fuel. If you don't need a pickup to actually haul stuff, then a smaller vehicle is the way to go.
It "sitting on 33's" is probably the main cause of poor MPG, on a truck that probably only gets 16 MPG 'sitting on 265 70's"!
If you want better gas mileage take off the 33's and put the 265's it is supposed to have, Why would you putt 33's on a two wheel drive truck- I'll bet it looks stupid as he11.
"Eats up gas like no tomorrow" is not a very precise measurement . . . if you would give us some idea of the mpg it delivers, we could opine as to whether it is appropriate. If the set-up you describe gets close to 14 mpg highway, I'd say you're doing well.
Ok lanab and Seth have no idea what they are talkng about. 4.7 on 33s really? and you wonder why you have bad mpg. The 4.7 is a weak engine already and your trying to spin 33s how about get the correct hwy tires for the truck.
Unfortunately having a truck and getting good gas milage doesn't go hand in hand very well. If anything Get a performance chip which could increase your gas milage a little bit, drive conservatively, don't speed, take it nice and steady, and don't use your a/c when you don't need to
It's a gas guzzler. If you want to save $$$ on gas...stop driving it.
I need some help or advice,I have a dodge ram 1500 2wd single cab,it's got a little over94 tthousand miles on it,and I have it sitting on 33`s, for some reason it just eats up gas like no tomorrow. Any ideas on how to improve my mpg?
