How far can you tow prior to fill up?
Thinking about getting rid of the Class A and getting a different RV for traveling cross country in. So bear with me since I'm really new to TT's. As a newbie to TT's I'm attempting to wrap my head...
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Danasdaddy,
Per your request, a couple of thoughts:
Nice trailer by the way but..... The main reason your mileage is so poor is that you have an awful lot of trailer for a 3.7L V-6 and you are definitely going too fast. Your trailer does not weigh 4500#, it hasn't since it rolled off the factory floor, such is the joke of "Dry" weights. You are probably closer to 5,000# and will likely roll down the road fully loaded at something north of 6,000#. A trip to the CAT scale, fully loaded is hopefully in your future. Until then everything is speculation regarding your weights.
Asking a smallish V-6 to tow that much trailer is expecting a lot. I had an F-150 with the 4.2L V-6 for eleven years and believe me, towing is not the strong suit of smallish V-6's. Your trailer has tremendous CCC but even if you only load around 1,000# and most folks load more, you will have nearly 800# of tongue weight + another 100# for the WDH. Look at your trucks payload, probably around 1400# (if you are lucky), and 900# is gone already. This does not leave much room to load the truck.
Check your tires, they are probably "ST's" and as such their maximum speed rating is 65 mph. You will get the best mileage at 55- 60 mph. Anything above that will dig deeply into your fuel tank. I have a wind deflector and it works well but I think you need additional HP and torque more than less wind resistance. Good luck!
As always, Opinions and YMMV. :C
Per your request, a couple of thoughts:
Nice trailer by the way but..... The main reason your mileage is so poor is that you have an awful lot of trailer for a 3.7L V-6 and you are definitely going too fast. Your trailer does not weigh 4500#, it hasn't since it rolled off the factory floor, such is the joke of "Dry" weights. You are probably closer to 5,000# and will likely roll down the road fully loaded at something north of 6,000#. A trip to the CAT scale, fully loaded is hopefully in your future. Until then everything is speculation regarding your weights.
Asking a smallish V-6 to tow that much trailer is expecting a lot. I had an F-150 with the 4.2L V-6 for eleven years and believe me, towing is not the strong suit of smallish V-6's. Your trailer has tremendous CCC but even if you only load around 1,000# and most folks load more, you will have nearly 800# of tongue weight + another 100# for the WDH. Look at your trucks payload, probably around 1400# (if you are lucky), and 900# is gone already. This does not leave much room to load the truck.
Check your tires, they are probably "ST's" and as such their maximum speed rating is 65 mph. You will get the best mileage at 55- 60 mph. Anything above that will dig deeply into your fuel tank. I have a wind deflector and it works well but I think you need additional HP and torque more than less wind resistance. Good luck!
As always, Opinions and YMMV. :C
