real world mileage, diesel vs gas
Am contemplating an early to mid 2000's Class A. Will be pulling an 18' enclosed trailer. Am leaning towards a diesel pusher. Dealer is trying to tell me a gasser will get as good a mileage and as ...
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glamisorbust wrote:
I have a '99 HR endeavor 38' DP with the 5.9 cummins 275hp. I get 7.5mpg in the heavy duty mountains of northern AZ pulling a 2006 honda CRV. On flat ground pulling the same CRV I get about 9.5mpg. Pulling my 26' flatbed loaded up with sandrail, several ATV's, fuel, firewood, extra tires, etc. I get about 9.5 also. This is in the 62 MPH range. Extremely happy with the DP.
I had a 1994 Georgie Boy on the P30 chevy chassis. What a POS. Brakes sucked, power sucked, and the best it ever got was about 6mpg. Wouldn't pull my trailer faster than 60mph. It's a thing of the past.
We have a "99 35' (34H) 4 Winds/Thor on a P-30 chassis... totally under sprung for the weight so added an extra leaf spring in back and larger front coils to get coach back level, but the 454 struggles and gets 6 mpg downhill with a tail wind.
If I could find a '10 or newer DP with the same floor plan and NO slides I would buy it.
