How do they do it? little vehicle/big trailer
New poster here. I’m curious. I have a 24’ expandable that’s roughly 4000 lbs. dry / 5000 lbs. GVWR. I tow with a Ford F-150 and, before that, a Chevy Avalanche. With both of those tow vehicles, I’m lucky to get 10mpg and maintain 62 mph on the highway…that is, without the thing shifting down to 3rd or 4th, gulping gas and sounding like the engine is going to explode. Yet I continually see people towing big trailers with mid-sized crossovers. Am I missing something? Now, I’ve heard the theory that anytime you see this, you can be sure that those folks are less than 30 miles from home, but that doesn’t explain the guy that flies by me doing 75 towing a 30’ trailer with a Mini-Cooper (exaggeration for effect).
My trailer is 12 years old. I know that new trailers of the same length weigh as much or more, but have they done something with weight distribution on newer trailers that makes them easier to tow?
My trailer is 12 years old. I know that new trailers of the same length weigh as much or more, but have they done something with weight distribution on newer trailers that makes them easier to tow?
