Crummy fuel economy
I towed a tag trailer 450 km down the highway at 55-60 mph and got 37 liters/100 km. (6.4 mpg). Can you get a Dodge or GM to go through that much fuel?
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4x4ord wrote:Tvov wrote:4x4ord wrote:
At 75 mph I would have been pumping diesel but I kinda figured 60 mph was fast enough....The implement I was towing was fitted with 30.5 x 32 combine tires rated for a top speed of 25 mph.
I, as usual, am a little confused. You were towing something at more than twice the speed that its' tires were rated for? Why?
I had to tow the thing 280 miles, 25 miles per hour would have been painfully slow as well as being a nuisance on the highway. The tires were only carrying about 5500 lbs each, so running them a little over the rated speed wasn't a big concern.
I see farm implements moving on the highways around here all the time, but unless they are only moving them a couple of miles from one field to another, they put them on flatbeds and haul with a semi tractor.
