Crummy fuel economy
I towed a tag trailer 450 km down the highway at 55-60 mph and got 37 liters/100 km. (6.4 mpg). Can you get a Dodge or GM to go through that much fuel?
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Old-Biscuit wrote:
YEP......
Jamestown ND to Dickinson ND roughly 200 miles.
Towing 5th wheel and was sweating whether or not would make it to Dickinson.
6 mpg or less...could see fuel gauge changing. 36 gal fuel tank
Course I was bucking a 35+ mph headwind
I can see 6 pulling some mountain passes. Wind resistance is a big deal. I pulled my 26' enclosed car trailer which is tall to Salt Lake with a car in it with no serious wind and got 9 mpg. The trailer and car weigh about 8k together. I get 9 mpg pulling my Fuzion TH that weighs 15K. Takes fuel to pull big air catching objects down the road, this has a much bigger effect than does the actual weight of what your pulling in my experience.
Jamestown, ND heading West is always bad. Just like Columbus, MT to Bozeman is bad maybe even worse for fighting wind.
