Towing into the Wind
Just returned from a 1200 mile one way trip to Glacier National Park and back. We were fortunate to not have to deal with head winds to often. My question is, how does everyone deal with days whe...
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I'll take head winds over crosswinds and take the MPG hit any day.
Towing out West (and back, we encountered 2 days of East winds!) when I talked to others towing the same day and direction we just did, my Toyota 5.7L didn't do bad at all. I was seeing low 7's and the diesel trucks (Always 3/4 ton...go figure) were all 8's. On more typical days, no diesel owner I talked to was getting over 10. Not one.
Power was never an issue for the gasser, you just have to know how to drive it. I ran 4th gear around 3100 RPM 80% of the time. Only on the inclines with headwinds, I'd sometimes drop to 3rd and hold a steady 65mph right around 4,000 RPM. Piece of cake.
Towing out West (and back, we encountered 2 days of East winds!) when I talked to others towing the same day and direction we just did, my Toyota 5.7L didn't do bad at all. I was seeing low 7's and the diesel trucks (Always 3/4 ton...go figure) were all 8's. On more typical days, no diesel owner I talked to was getting over 10. Not one.
Power was never an issue for the gasser, you just have to know how to drive it. I ran 4th gear around 3100 RPM 80% of the time. Only on the inclines with headwinds, I'd sometimes drop to 3rd and hold a steady 65mph right around 4,000 RPM. Piece of cake.
