Travel trailer "vs" fith wheel --MPG to tow
How much difference in fuel MPG`S have you had with a bumper pull compared to the large wind resistance of a fiver? I have noticed a high fuel consumption in a head wind. Is it streamlining or lack ...
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I've gone TT to 5th wheel with two different truck/trailer combinations (in both cases the 5th was heavier by a few thousand pounds). Even with the added weight the difference was hard to see. As best I could tell it's around 1 mpg which I chalk up to the added weight.
Of all the pros/cons of the whole TT/5th wheel debate fuel mileage never makes my radar. It's just not enough of a difference to worry about. Maybe if you were hauling them across country and were trying to fill numbers on a profit/loss sheet but for recreational use where you're already dropping stupid amounts of money I just can't see it making that much of a difference. Speed and wind are going to be MUCH larger determinants.
Of all the pros/cons of the whole TT/5th wheel debate fuel mileage never makes my radar. It's just not enough of a difference to worry about. Maybe if you were hauling them across country and were trying to fill numbers on a profit/loss sheet but for recreational use where you're already dropping stupid amounts of money I just can't see it making that much of a difference. Speed and wind are going to be MUCH larger determinants.
