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Big_Katuna
Oct 03, 2014Explorer II
johndeerefarmer wrote:Big Katuna wrote:
Doesn't matter much; its about frontal area and they are all rolling bill boards. Weight is more crucial and HP. More HP used equals more $$$.
Important question is
"Can you afford an RV?'
Fuel consumption is not the most expensive part of RVing.
Weight has very litte to do with it. It's mainly in the frontal area. I can pull an empty fertilizer spreader or a full one (with 4.25 tons in it) and the mpg difference between the two is less than 1mpg difference.
You can find "v" shaped trailers here, I am just not convinced that they help that much.
http://www.forestriverinc.com/TravelTrailers/VcrossClassic/default.aspx
So a 4000 pound car with 250 HP gets 30 MPG compared to a 30K pound motorhome with 250 hp that gets 8 MPG because of frontal area?
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