MPG loss carrying Canoe on TV?
We're trying to figure out a way to have a watercraft with us as we travel the country. If we carry a canoe on top of the TV will we lose even more gas mileage? We now get a whopping 8.4 mpg pulling t...
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pasusan wrote:
OP here - thanks to all who responded! We are on the fence at this moment whether to get an inflatable or carry our hard sided canoe.
It does seem that the mpg difference won't be much to consider... I just have a hard time picturing the big old canoe on top of the truck for long trips, just for the possibility of using it. We will be retiring within the next couple of years and will be taking longer trips - not to go to one CG with water, but to go all over - sometimes being near water.
We've got some time to think about it before we need to do something. :)
Let me see, you bought your setup to have fun right? You are worried about a few tenths in mileage?? I have seen more of a drop in mileage from a head wind.
I was paying over $4.50 a gallon for diesel last year. Are you going to stay home if gas goes up $.50? The canoe is a minor thing quit obsessing and go have fun.
Bill
