5th wheel mpg's

burningman wrote:

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So, do you HAVE to have a pickup? It's a lousy tow vehicle just as it's a lousy vehicle to drive. Unstable, too heavy, etc.

An SUV or car mated to a nice used Airstream will beat all the capacities questions, and also beat any pickup truck combo on every score of road performance. Significant risk reduction.

A car more stable towing than a truck?? A car or gas-engine Suburban beating a turbodiesel on every score of road performance? Risk reduction??
What have you been smoking?!

Few are acknowledging this guy's question, just because you don't get what he's doing. I can tell you, RV's are built like flimsy fragile JUNK, and a horse trailer is built STOUT in comparison.
If you want a trailer that can take punishment and last, this isn't a bad idea. And you can see around a horse trailer lots better, too.

I haul horses, and one thing I can say is it's just gonna need a whole new floor if it's ever gonna smell right, lol. Unfortunately my MPG figures aren't applicable because I carry them 14 at a time in a Peterbilt 379.

Bummer you don't smoke the same. It's high school physics. Pickups are rollover-prone. In a scenario at a speed you don't appreciate (below Interstate) a pickup will roll where a car or minivan will spin. That's life-changing. Ask any ER physician.

High-centered and heavy for no benefit. In fact, drawbacks.

However "stout" is a horse trailer it's also narrow. See above about costly mistakes. Heavy and space inefficient isn't the way. Drawbacks, not advantages.

A car and an Airstream defined practicality more than 60-years ago. I'm third generation on them. Thousands of good used or new models. Keep investigating, in other words.

Finally, how do you fit all those horses into the tractor?. My KW is fair-sized, but I'm not quite so animal-friendly.