Fifth Wheel/Diesel mpg
My husband and I are looking into a fifth wheel for our retirement camper. We hope to have our minds made up by January 2018. He wants to get a 2500 series diesel truck. Fifth wheel would be in the 85...
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JAC1982 wrote:
We just got roughly 9mpg on a trip from home (near Denver) to the Wyoming side of Flaming Gorge, driving on I-80 with some wind. We were probably at least 15,000lbs loaded up.
And yes, get the 1 ton if you can, it's not much more than the 3/4 and will open you up to pretty much anything other than the very largest triple axle 5th wheels.
Thanks! We do plan to stay on the smaller fifth wheel size, under 9 lbs dry. We know that'll be plenty of room for us. We have 15' TT now for the past 6 years since we aren't retired quite yet. From what I'm reading from everyone, I'm going to just plan on an even 10mpg as a standard figure. If we get more, great! lol
