We bought an olde Bounder, 31.5' with the V-10 chassis and 73k on it last summer late. We spent a lot of time getting it ready for the season over the winter. The motor has an original Banks Power Pack on it.Our first trip was only some 250 miles round trip to the Grand Canyon and I tower our Miata on it's trailer just to check how it handled and MPG while towing.I would say that the roads were average at best but when I topped off I was rather amazed to find that we averaged 8.02 MPG on the old timer with 5 people on board. A pleasant shock when I was expecting 6-7 MPG.

A 2000 Bounder? That's not old. :)That is a good MPG number.

I have found that it takes several tanks of gas to get a good average. Hope the 8 mpg holds up. :)

Yea if one can drive a motorhome easy and not try and be in such a hurry you can see 8 mpg often even while towing.

That is pretty good. RV's of course are terrible with MPG's. I still believe the MFG's could do better with aerodynamics and such to get better. It's also weight so there's that. I would love to see the day where large coaches get 12-14mpg. :) I do in my Toyota get great MPG but not the Bounder! I get about what you do.

My 1994 36' diesel Bounder averaged a little over 12 mpg on our recent 5000 mile trip through the US. ( no toad).

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Supercharged
Explorer
Apr 26, 2017
Ava wrote:
My 1994 36' diesel Bounder averaged a little over 12 mpg on our recent 5000 mile trip through the US. ( no toad).
All down hill to start with. That gave you good mpg
Mr_Mark1
Explorer
Apr 26, 2017
crasster wrote:
That is pretty good. RV's of course are terrible with MPG's. I still believe the MFG's could do better with aerodynamics and such to get better. It's also weight so there's that. I would love to see the day where large coaches get 12-14mpg. :) I do in my Toyota get great MPG but not the Bounder! I get about what you do.

I would like to see a real 'hybrid' RV which I think is not too far in the future. With the battery power we have available now, it might work.

Our fuel efficient generators could keep the battery bank charged up while going down the road.

MM.
Ava
Explorer
Apr 25, 2017
My 1994 36' diesel Bounder averaged a little over 12 mpg on our recent 5000 mile trip through the US. ( no toad).
crasster
Explorer II
Apr 25, 2017
That is pretty good. RV's of course are terrible with MPG's. I still believe the MFG's could do better with aerodynamics and such to get better. It's also weight so there's that. I would love to see the day where large coaches get 12-14mpg. :) I do in my Toyota get great MPG but not the Bounder! I get about what you do.
timmac
Explorer
Apr 24, 2017
Yea if one can drive a motorhome easy and not try and be in such a hurry you can see 8 mpg often even while towing.
Clay_L
Explorer
Apr 24, 2017
I have found that it takes several tanks of gas to get a good average. Hope the 8 mpg holds up. :)
gbopp
Explorer
Apr 24, 2017
A 2000 Bounder? That's not old. :)

That is a good MPG number.

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