Which truck would be better for my TT
I have a keystone outback 312BH its 35.5 feet long. Here are the specs Shipping weight = 7304 Carrying capacity = 1696 Im trying to decide the best truck to pull this with. Im thinking eithe...
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I have learned over 30 years of RV'ing,, that the last thing you want to worry about is gas mileage, it's not going to be good no matter what rig you put together. I ignore the gas pump read-outs when filling up.
Furthermore, I don't think there is a lot of difference between 1/2 ton and 3/4 ton gas mileage running solo any more. You show that one of the 1/2 ton trucks you are looking at only gets 13? Another way to look at this is to figure out yearly fuel costs at different mileages. If you drive 20,000 miles a year and get 15 mpg, at $2.75 a gallon you pay $3,666 per year. At 13 mpg its $4,230. Towing you'll probably get 10, so that's $5,500. So, if the 3/4 ton gets only 13 running solo, and the 1/2 ton maybe 15, so you only pay $564 more for gas to run the 3/4 ton. Is saving only that much worth risking your families welfare by towing with a 1/2 ton rather than a safer 3/4 ton?
Furthermore, I don't think there is a lot of difference between 1/2 ton and 3/4 ton gas mileage running solo any more. You show that one of the 1/2 ton trucks you are looking at only gets 13? Another way to look at this is to figure out yearly fuel costs at different mileages. If you drive 20,000 miles a year and get 15 mpg, at $2.75 a gallon you pay $3,666 per year. At 13 mpg its $4,230. Towing you'll probably get 10, so that's $5,500. So, if the 3/4 ton gets only 13 running solo, and the 1/2 ton maybe 15, so you only pay $564 more for gas to run the 3/4 ton. Is saving only that much worth risking your families welfare by towing with a 1/2 ton rather than a safer 3/4 ton?
