Tundra 5.7 Owners
What gas mileage are you getting towing and how much weight are you pulling?
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Esjay:
Perhaps you remember I responded to your recent thread regarding towing a Casita.
As a follow-up to my response to you in that thread, we have a friend that has towed 17' Casitas for many years with their Tundra. It is an older one with the 4.7L V-8. It is smaller than the current Toyota Tundra and has much less inside cabin space than the larger, newer generation 2014 Tundra.
Our friends always get between 12-14 MPG, towing 60 MPH, depending on wind conditions. This is first hand information as they often travel with us and filled up when we filled up.
The wind resistance on a Casita with its rounded frontal area, sides and back is MUCH less than a conventional travel trailer with a square frontal area. Kind of like a small Airstream.
Having towed travel trailers over 42 years, my wife and I have also found wind resistance, frontal area, and towing speed to be the single largest factors affecting gas mileage.
As I understand the newer Toyota Tundras has a larger 5.7L V-8 engine, so I have no experience direct experience with it. However, I would think your mileage would be close to the previous generation Tundra with its 4.7L V-8 if you towed at 60 MPH as our friends do.
Mike
Perhaps you remember I responded to your recent thread regarding towing a Casita.
As a follow-up to my response to you in that thread, we have a friend that has towed 17' Casitas for many years with their Tundra. It is an older one with the 4.7L V-8. It is smaller than the current Toyota Tundra and has much less inside cabin space than the larger, newer generation 2014 Tundra.
Our friends always get between 12-14 MPG, towing 60 MPH, depending on wind conditions. This is first hand information as they often travel with us and filled up when we filled up.
The wind resistance on a Casita with its rounded frontal area, sides and back is MUCH less than a conventional travel trailer with a square frontal area. Kind of like a small Airstream.
Having towed travel trailers over 42 years, my wife and I have also found wind resistance, frontal area, and towing speed to be the single largest factors affecting gas mileage.
As I understand the newer Toyota Tundras has a larger 5.7L V-8 engine, so I have no experience direct experience with it. However, I would think your mileage would be close to the previous generation Tundra with its 4.7L V-8 if you towed at 60 MPH as our friends do.
Mike
