rv gas mileage
which motor is better on gas mileage,workhorse or triton v10?
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Buying a new class A motorhome its either a v10 gas or diesel pusher. Talk to enough people who own the v10 and you find it's thirsty and noisy. A friend gets a mpg difference in his v10 pick up empty or pulling his 5th wheel horse trailer at full capacity.
Our gas motorhome is pretty much the same, with a mile per gallon difference if I stay below 65 mph or choose to flow with the traffic at 72 mph. It's a reliable, thirsty, and noisy engine, we see very little difference in mpg unless there is a stiff 20mph or greater wind, then we see 6 mpg at posted hwy speeds, otherwise its 7 to 8.5 miles per gallon. Of course running with the generator on to cool the coach as you drive puts it back into the 7 mpg range.
But again if more miles per gallon is important driving a 12' tall 8' wide bread box at posted speeds IS NOT YOUR VEHICLE!
Me, I choose to remember I'm driving a 1 bedroom apartment down the road, complete with a queen bed, 3/4 bath, kitchen, furnace, A/C and I choose where I park it for the week end.
Its all how you look at it.
Our gas motorhome is pretty much the same, with a mile per gallon difference if I stay below 65 mph or choose to flow with the traffic at 72 mph. It's a reliable, thirsty, and noisy engine, we see very little difference in mpg unless there is a stiff 20mph or greater wind, then we see 6 mpg at posted hwy speeds, otherwise its 7 to 8.5 miles per gallon. Of course running with the generator on to cool the coach as you drive puts it back into the 7 mpg range.
But again if more miles per gallon is important driving a 12' tall 8' wide bread box at posted speeds IS NOT YOUR VEHICLE!
Me, I choose to remember I'm driving a 1 bedroom apartment down the road, complete with a queen bed, 3/4 bath, kitchen, furnace, A/C and I choose where I park it for the week end.
Its all how you look at it.
