Gas mileage with a Truck Camper
Right now, I tow a small 5th wheel with my GMC. Without trailer, I average 15-16 mpg usually.....down to 9.5-10 with the trailer. Truck campers kind of fascinate me, so I was thinking I might pick ...
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On our trip to Alaska we kept pretty good track of mileage by calculating the the fuel used on the pumps. We averaged 11.5 mpg for the entire trip.
Someone suggested (Fred at Outdoor Express RV) that keeping the RPM's at and below 2000 would increase mileage considerably. It really has, for us! We take off slowly, do not use cruise control, let it build up momentum downhill and ease off accelerating uphill. 1750 RPM seems to be best which translates to around 62 to 65 MPH. On recent long trips we were able to get a steady 13/14 MPG.
We have noticed that we find ourselves in convoy with other trucks and vehicles employing the same stuff. It does add up to a savings on longer trips but is harder to do driving locally.
We have a SRW rig, which we had to adapt because duallys were kaput on Asssateague Island. They now permit duallys and if I were refitting I would choose duallys and prolly would not get the mileage we now get but should have improved stability and an improved margin of safety.
Someone suggested (Fred at Outdoor Express RV) that keeping the RPM's at and below 2000 would increase mileage considerably. It really has, for us! We take off slowly, do not use cruise control, let it build up momentum downhill and ease off accelerating uphill. 1750 RPM seems to be best which translates to around 62 to 65 MPH. On recent long trips we were able to get a steady 13/14 MPG.
We have noticed that we find ourselves in convoy with other trucks and vehicles employing the same stuff. It does add up to a savings on longer trips but is harder to do driving locally.
We have a SRW rig, which we had to adapt because duallys were kaput on Asssateague Island. They now permit duallys and if I were refitting I would choose duallys and prolly would not get the mileage we now get but should have improved stability and an improved margin of safety.
