Fifth wheel vs toy hauler weight and mpgs
I was curious on some real world experience on the difference in MPGs between a lighter bumper pull and a fifth wheel toy hauler. I first bought a 27 foot bumper pull that was marked as 5,800 pound...
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36' TT vs 36' FW. This is with a hemi mind you...
"I felt the truck was over come by the added wind resistance the 5th wheel had vs a bumper pull. We traded a 36' bumper pull weighing 9,000 pounds loaded for this fifth wheel and the truck handle that camper very well averaging 9-10 mpg while towing it. I actually seen it slip into overdrive on many occasions with some of our long flat drives...
once we traded to the 36' 12,000lb 5th wheel the whole thing changed... even empty coming home with it from the dealer i could sense there was way more drag... while the camper was empty the truck was able to reach 5th gear but never for very long... mostly ran in in fourth. once loaded and towing it ran 4th gear at the highest and netted me 4-6 mpg on even our flat trips..."
He has since traded to a cummins.
"I felt the truck was over come by the added wind resistance the 5th wheel had vs a bumper pull. We traded a 36' bumper pull weighing 9,000 pounds loaded for this fifth wheel and the truck handle that camper very well averaging 9-10 mpg while towing it. I actually seen it slip into overdrive on many occasions with some of our long flat drives...
once we traded to the 36' 12,000lb 5th wheel the whole thing changed... even empty coming home with it from the dealer i could sense there was way more drag... while the camper was empty the truck was able to reach 5th gear but never for very long... mostly ran in in fourth. once loaded and towing it ran 4th gear at the highest and netted me 4-6 mpg on even our flat trips..."
He has since traded to a cummins.
