Gas milage - towing
OK, I've got a V-10 Gasser, weight is about 24k#, about to take the first trip with the Toad, weighs 3500#. What kind of effect will this have on my MPG ? Trying to plan stops.
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- Plan on 6 hope for 8
- Running 8 now, so it should drop to 6 ?
- When we had an F53 on a 35 foot coach, the mileage loss was less than ½ mpg pulling a 4300 Jeep. Definitely not enough to prevent us from pulling the Jeep anytime the MH was moving.
3 dog nights wrote:
Running 8 now, so it should drop to 6 ?
Hopefully not,, but for planing ??- I always plan for 30-50 percent less mpg than I expect. I'd rather fill up sooner than later.
- Probably 1/2 MPG but since you will be two vehicles you have a "Double Bonus". So from 8 you'll drop to 7.5 or so, but with the double bonus if will feel like 15 MPG. Just be sure to remove the EZ-Pass transponder or the toll authority will also get a double bonus also.
- As with the others, we also see about a 1/2 mpg drop with the toad in tow. On the other hand, the toad is going all those miles on zero fuel, so it more than balances out. ;)
- Toad will decrease mpg by 1.
Tom/Barb wrote:
Plan on 6 hope for 8
That's some of the most REALISTIC advice I've seen on the subject of gas milage. When you're driving a rolling Kleenex box with ZERO aero dynamics, expecting ANY gas mileage is well, wishful thinking. It is what it is.
Scott- But look how great the toad mileage will be!! :)
