travelnutz wrote:
I can't see how those tiny cargo boxes make much sense at all. A tiny low height square end front wind pushing narrow box on a frame. For the same price and nearly the same weight, you can have a 6' X 10' with a 6' high interior so you can stand up in true V nosed cargo trailer that will render the same or better tow vehicle MPG's when towing and give double+ the room inside. Especially if an aluminum framed V nose cargo trailer is bought.
They can even be bought insulated in the side walls and roof. Our 6' X 12' X 6' high interior V nosed insulated cargo trailer with all steel construction, 3/4" pressure treated floor, insulated ceiling, aluminum skin exterior, 1/4" plywood interior skinned walls and ceiling over the insulation, with 8 tie down anchors in the floor, 30" wide door, and full rear door ramp weighs only 1380 lbs and it's 3 times the volume of interior than those tiny trailers. Cost new for ours was $2899. 3500# GVWR capacity. The little 5,000 BTU A/C unit can be bought in about any big box store for around $100. We thought about ordering the same with all aluminum construction and the weight would have been 920 lbs but the GVWR would have dropped to 3200# and the extra weight was not an issue for us. The V nosed trailer cuts right thru the air unlike a square ended trailer which pushes the wind backward (bucks the wind), a fuel mileage killer for small engine vehicles. We do not camp/sleep in our V nosed cargo trailer but sure could and be comfortable too! Yup, has a 14" X 14" opening roof vent also to vent heat etc.
Our V nosed was ordered insulated because we often carry things in it that could freeze but can't be allowed to. Lots of canned goods and liquids etc. We use a Lil Buddy propane heater inside hooked to a 20lb propane tank outside set on low (4500 BTU) and it keeps the inside of the trailer at about 50F when it's 10F to 20F outside. We used it in Northern Michigan many times in the winter and know how well it works.
These are the reasons I sure could not justify purchasing such an expensive tiny cramped trailer like these! Doesn't make logical sense! Aerodynamics is where sensible efficiency starts!
I would expect that a typical gas engine tug might get about 14 mpg with the Runaway, and 10-11 mpg with a regular height v-nose trailer. The former is admittedly a guess on my part, but the latter is not. I've had both flat-front and v-nose 6x12 cargo trailers, which I used extensively with the same loads on the same roads at the same speeds, and MPGs were virtually identical between the two. The v-nose didn't do a thing to help.
