towing out West
I am planning on towing my 19 foot Aerolite travel trailer out West next summer with a 2007 Toyota Tundra 5.7 with tow package. GVCR of the trailer is around 4700 lbs. I've been told I shouldn't hav...
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carl2591 wrote:
what kinda MPG you guys/gals getting with the 5.7L tundra pulling in the "hills" out west..
We did a 4,700 round-trip from eastern Iowa to northern California in August via I80 to Winnemucca, NV, north and west through southern OR to CA, then north on the OR coast highway 1/2-way, then interstate to Portland, across the Columbia River Gorge back to Salt Lake, then home. Trailer was an Outback 250RS rated 6K dry, loaded right about at about 7K.
Total average trip mileage was 9.43 or 9.47, most "mountain climb time" it ran 7.5 to 8.0. Usual speed range was 62-65 MPH even climbing the hills.
