Front Caps on Travel Trailers
Many of the newer travel trailers have a fiberglass front cap similar to 5th Wheels. It looks nice but I'm curious if there are benefits to it. Protection? Additional Insulation?
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rbpru wrote:
It may be about aerodynamics and styling but if you expect significant improvements in gas mileage you will probably be disappointed.
Fiberglass and its equivalents allowed improved styling, paint jobs, and make for a prettier TT but frontal area is frontal area; even the stick and tin TTs adopted a slopping or rounded front a long time ago.
I can only speak to my personal experience but I traded a 26' KZ Spree with no cap to a 35', 2000lb heavier Cougar with a very aerodynamic fiberglass front and gained 1 mpg. I should have lost MPG not gaining with the increased weight.
