Gas milage for a diesel / gas engine
Here's my request, I need people that own fifth wheel trailers to let me know about their gas mileage. I presently have a toyota tundra when I'm not towing anything I get about 20 miles to the gallo...
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Old-Biscuit wrote:
Buy the truck that can 'carry' the pin weight of the trailer you buy.
Rvng and fuel mileage is an oxymoron.
When you are pulling a sled with high profile down the road you will get 10 mpg.
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Find the 5er you want and then buy the truck to match. The trailer will determine size of the truck and even the engine required. When moving "your house" mpg is really a silly concept. Pretty much from the responses; 10-11 mpg diesel and 7-8 mpg gas. Some like gas and others like diesel and are willing to pay the difference. Simply put, add about 1,500# (average stuff people add) to the dry weight and 20% of that is your pin weight. It's not a matter of what the truck can tow, but what it can carry. A 12,000# 5er will have a 2,400# pin. A 14,000# 5er is 2,800# pin weight. That pretty much starts the selection process for what will and will not work. A truck older than 2005 will have weaker payload and a lower GCVWR than the newer trucks.
Personally, I like a little more truck than might be required because I've driven too many castrated (governed) trucks and I like that the truck goes when I push on the accelerator.
Towing safety and not mpg, should be your priority.
