airstream ride?
Is there a bumper pull manufacture that builds a trailer that tows as well as an Airstream?
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Much is made of the supposed advantages of the aero shape of those trailers. I don't deny they seem like they ought to be more slippery thru the air.
However, if they really are, we should see a substantial improvement in fuel mileage. Yet most of the folks on the airforums report approx the same MPG the rest of us get pulling our "white box" trailers. ( or "SOB's", as the Airstream folks like to call our some-other-box )
With my Frontier, I have towed extensively. Among the trailers are four different horse trailers and my Funfinder square boxy trailer. Two of the horse trailers are somewhat lower and have the rounded edges where the walls and front meet the roof. I get within 1 mpg on all of these trailers over the years including the funfinder. The rounded-edge horse trailers weigh approx the same as the FF when I have one horse in them. I track all my fuel on paper, because I know it's accurate vs what the scan gauge 2 reports.
So again, I am not dissing' the Airstream or any of these other trailers. I'm just saying my experience and observation has been there is not a significant difference in how any of these trailers tow, when comparing them behind the same tow vehicle.
EDIT: granted, 1 mpg when we are talking about 10 mpg fuel usage is 10%. Some might call that a worthwhile gain. Fair enough.
However, if they really are, we should see a substantial improvement in fuel mileage. Yet most of the folks on the airforums report approx the same MPG the rest of us get pulling our "white box" trailers. ( or "SOB's", as the Airstream folks like to call our some-other-box )
With my Frontier, I have towed extensively. Among the trailers are four different horse trailers and my Funfinder square boxy trailer. Two of the horse trailers are somewhat lower and have the rounded edges where the walls and front meet the roof. I get within 1 mpg on all of these trailers over the years including the funfinder. The rounded-edge horse trailers weigh approx the same as the FF when I have one horse in them. I track all my fuel on paper, because I know it's accurate vs what the scan gauge 2 reports.
So again, I am not dissing' the Airstream or any of these other trailers. I'm just saying my experience and observation has been there is not a significant difference in how any of these trailers tow, when comparing them behind the same tow vehicle.
EDIT: granted, 1 mpg when we are talking about 10 mpg fuel usage is 10%. Some might call that a worthwhile gain. Fair enough.
