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"Of course city driving reduces mileage a lot, but we tend to talk about pulling trailers on this website. Most city driving while towing is on freeways passing through, so even then mileage isn't too negatively affected. And I admit, if one were to use up a tankful of fuel driving around Manhattan all day pulling his rig, wind resistance would, for all practical purposes, not be a factor and mileage would suck. But since that's apples and oranges, I stand by my statement."
You are quite right that the majority of times wind is not our friend while towing. It does make a world of difference when it is a headwind. Yesterday in TX it was 35MPH when we hit Albuquerque NM it was only 10mph. Trucks MPG jumped dramatically. I always watch the mpg pretty easy on modern TV,cars etc. beats using the calc and is quite accurate when checked.
States with mostly plains (good name) seen the worst for winds as there is little to slow them.
We notice bad Mpg when Garmin sends us through a part of a city to get to another freeway. Stop and go can be very bad also.
278 gals fuel this trip so far.
You are quite right that the majority of times wind is not our friend while towing. It does make a world of difference when it is a headwind. Yesterday in TX it was 35MPH when we hit Albuquerque NM it was only 10mph. Trucks MPG jumped dramatically. I always watch the mpg pretty easy on modern TV,cars etc. beats using the calc and is quite accurate when checked.
States with mostly plains (good name) seen the worst for winds as there is little to slow them.
We notice bad Mpg when Garmin sends us through a part of a city to get to another freeway. Stop and go can be very bad also.
278 gals fuel this trip so far.
