A used Newell, what do you think?
I'd like your thoughts on the Newell's from lets say 2002 to 2006? Would you consider an 8 to 12 years old Newell ? American builds a great coach with its Eagle and Heritage brands and Entegra has ...
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I just bought a 1990 Wanderlodge, Smoke N Mirrors", with the "old" 8V92 two cycle Detroit. Probably one of the least efficient diesel engines.
We drove it home 1800 miles. I basically set the cruise on 63 mph. Since it was hot, I ran the generator 24 hours a day, to run the coach AC's. We got 5.6 mpg, with the generator running all the time. Took 3 days to get home. If I figure the generator burned 1/2 gal of diesel an hour, and add that back in, the MH would have gotten a little over 6 mpg without the generator.
I did not think that was too bad for a two cycle engine, with a MH that is weighing almost 48,000#!
We drove it home 1800 miles. I basically set the cruise on 63 mph. Since it was hot, I ran the generator 24 hours a day, to run the coach AC's. We got 5.6 mpg, with the generator running all the time. Took 3 days to get home. If I figure the generator burned 1/2 gal of diesel an hour, and add that back in, the MH would have gotten a little over 6 mpg without the generator.
I did not think that was too bad for a two cycle engine, with a MH that is weighing almost 48,000#!
