Towing capacity of Sprinter motorhome
My wife and I are evaluating the purchase of a 2015 Winnebago View or Itasca Navion 24J. They in essence are the same motorhome except for color schemes. We previously full-timed for two years in ...
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Desert Captain wrote:
If you are doing 35-45 I doubt you are "flying" past the semis. If you were not overloaded with your Toad you likely could/would get up those 6% grades at 50-55 which would be far safer not only for you but for everyone else on the road. By your "so what" response I gather you just don't care and that is troubling.
Less Toad and/or more motor would eliminate this problem. As you point out your current rig puts you (and others), in jeopardy going down as well as up and yet you are "satisfied and happy?" :h
Just to be clear,
- I did not say 35-45, I said 45.
- You must know something I don't about the Sprinter, because on mine the car on the back does not make it slower going up. With or without, I'm redlined in 3rd.
- I know this is repeating myself, most of the time I'm going up a long grade I come up on a semi going less that 45, which I either pass, or slow down to stay behind. I can't say I've never been the bottleneck, but it's not all that common.
- More motor would mean I'd lose the 16 mpg (pulling the car) fuel consumption. I'm willing to lose a few minutes of time for that. Sorry it creates such a hazard for you, but like I said, I usually deal with exactly the same problem with the semis.
