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rexlion
Explorer
Jul 12, 2014

if trailer tires only good to 65mph, why not switch?

Let's suppose a person has a truck with plenty of power and he's towing a fairly short, lightweight, properly loaded trailer using a sway control hitch. The limiting factor for speed seems to be the ...
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2milesup
Explorer II
Jul 12, 2014
rexlion wrote:
As for fuel economy, I did mention my interest in a popup. So it might go down from 18 mpg @ 65 to, what, maybe 15 mpg @ 75? I'd still be beating 3/4 of the RV owners nationwide on fuel economy.


Perhaps a PUP forum would be a better place for this question.

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