Shocking mileage drop
Ten years ago we had a lightweight camper (don't recall the brand or model) on my Tundra Supercab with a V-6. That camper dropped my mileage on the road from 24 to 19 MPG. Many years later, we j...
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BradW wrote:
I will tell you what the Lance factory rep told me back in 1995 when I was planning on ordering a truck to haul our camper. He said if we plan on hauling our camper a lot, get the biggest motor you can get (460 CI back then). He said the big motor will get the same or even better mpg hauling the camper than the smaller motor.
Bradw
Yup. Yanked out the stock 350 and installed a 383 crate motor. Mileage with the camper is statistically unchanged. But now it climbs hills a heck of a lot better!
-Eric
