wind drag/weight conversion
I hope this doesn't stir anything up. I heard an interesting comparison idea from a friend the other day. He said with a truck pulling a trailer. For every foot the trailer extends above the roof l...
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I recently traded a 19 ft travel trailer that had a fairly flat front for a 27 ft travel trailer with a rounded fiberglass front cap. The new trailer weighed almost twice what the old one did.
When I towed to old one (empty) to the dealer I got 9.1 MPG and then towing the new one home I got 9.9 MPG. It was a no wind day over very flat terrain of about 80 miles. Short test, but the 10% increase in MPG has been fairly consistent in the 5000 miles since I purchased the new tt.
When I towed to old one (empty) to the dealer I got 9.1 MPG and then towing the new one home I got 9.9 MPG. It was a no wind day over very flat terrain of about 80 miles. Short test, but the 10% increase in MPG has been fairly consistent in the 5000 miles since I purchased the new tt.
