Ideas for a truck to pull 6500lb trailer?
I never had a trailer or a truck. I'm looking to buy a trailer that is about 6500lbs, but I need to buy a truck first. So many options and capacities and reliability issues, I have no idea what I s...
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My feeling is that the OP and some others are wrongly fixated on towing MPG rather than weights, floorplans, and reputation of manufacturer of trailer. When you are towing a trailer, you are going to get 8-10mpg no matter the truck/trailer combination unless you have a diesel. If that is the case you will probably get around 10-12mpg.
High miles per gallon of fuel just do not go together when you talk RVing. This is coming from someone who has towed RV's for many years with both gas and diesel trucks and cars. Started in the early 1960's towing with a Chev El Camino and Suburban - each with the largest engine GM made at the time, then with a Dodge 2500 w 5.9L gas engine, then a Ford F250 7.3L diesel, then Ram 2500 CTD, and now Ram 1500 5.7 Hemi but not towing anymore. I estimate towing over half a million miles and never got better than 12mpg consistently.
Barney
High miles per gallon of fuel just do not go together when you talk RVing. This is coming from someone who has towed RV's for many years with both gas and diesel trucks and cars. Started in the early 1960's towing with a Chev El Camino and Suburban - each with the largest engine GM made at the time, then with a Dodge 2500 w 5.9L gas engine, then a Ford F250 7.3L diesel, then Ram 2500 CTD, and now Ram 1500 5.7 Hemi but not towing anymore. I estimate towing over half a million miles and never got better than 12mpg consistently.
Barney
