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GSP9
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Sep 18, 2013

Aerodynamics of the front end of a travel trailer

I noticed a lot of companies advertise some of their trailers as fuel efficient models because they have a sleeker front end such as the Keystone Passport/Bullet or Dutchman Kodiak. Is there any adva...
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amxpress
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Sep 18, 2013
I don't know how much better gas mileage they offer, but there's got to be a difference. We had a Jayco TT with a flat front end. Pulling with my 2500 CTD I only got 11 mpg. Towing my Columbus fiver that weighs twice as much, I can get 13 mpg. Aerodynamics. Anything that can improve the air flow while pulling the big box down the highway is going to improve mpg.

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