An Unexpected Benefit
About a year ago, my wife inherited her mother's 5 year old Chev Equinox with only 12,000 miles on it.
For those same 5 years we have been towing a Mazda Miata behind a 30 foot Chevy chassis Coachmen Freelander. When towing the Miata, we generally averaged 9.2 MPG (on the dash gauge).
A week ago, I bolted a Roadmaster baseplate on the Equinox and towed it for the first time this weekend.
On a 150 mile trip (75 each way) towing the Equinox this weekend I averaged 10.6 MPG despite it being 1,000 pounds heavier than the Miata.
My guess is that the larger car smoothed out the airflow behind the RV.
At that rate, me thinks if I was towing a cement truck, I'd have to stop to let the gas tank overflow.
Tim
For those same 5 years we have been towing a Mazda Miata behind a 30 foot Chevy chassis Coachmen Freelander. When towing the Miata, we generally averaged 9.2 MPG (on the dash gauge).
A week ago, I bolted a Roadmaster baseplate on the Equinox and towed it for the first time this weekend.
On a 150 mile trip (75 each way) towing the Equinox this weekend I averaged 10.6 MPG despite it being 1,000 pounds heavier than the Miata.
My guess is that the larger car smoothed out the airflow behind the RV.
At that rate, me thinks if I was towing a cement truck, I'd have to stop to let the gas tank overflow.
Tim
