5th wheel mpg's
I'm looking at converting a 5th wheel horse trailer to meet my needs. For diesels, cummins particularly, I am interested to hear mpg numbers from anyone towing these. I am curious the difference bet...
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Message boards are full of people miscalculating MPGs, lying about MPGs, having a strong confirmation bias about improvement of MPGs and not taking into account varying conditions while calculating MPGs.
You're extremely unlikely to change MPGs any significant amount (+/- 1MPG) without making major concessions with your design. For example, a roof so low in the 5th wheel than you can't stand up. As people pointed out earlier, slowing down makes the biggest difference by a long ways. I also agree with some others that RVing isn't cheap. For all the things we pay for without giving a second thought, RVing should be one of them. Just fill it up, take the receipt and have fun. Skip Starbucks a couple times a week if you really want to save money :)
You're extremely unlikely to change MPGs any significant amount (+/- 1MPG) without making major concessions with your design. For example, a roof so low in the 5th wheel than you can't stand up. As people pointed out earlier, slowing down makes the biggest difference by a long ways. I also agree with some others that RVing isn't cheap. For all the things we pay for without giving a second thought, RVing should be one of them. Just fill it up, take the receipt and have fun. Skip Starbucks a couple times a week if you really want to save money :)
