Fuel Mileage Towing Test

Howdy Shaker,

Left the other forum. Always called my boats, 10%More. Use that name on a shooting forum. Use CaptainMal on a fishing forum. Both kind of interchangeable.

Oh - left that other forum. Too liberal for this old patriot.

This trailer is NOT real heavy. It does GVR at 7,000 lbs . For this tow it was empty. Probably little more than 5,000 lbs. Maybe less.

Think the problem was twofold. I went too fast. the wind blew a bit and there was a feeling of lugging when taken out of tow-haul. Then this trailer is high. That's kind of like pulling an open parachute down the road.

I have to tow a motorcycle right now. That trailer is light, the bike is a heavy Harley but the big deal is wind resistance. Most trailers without a high profile have little resistance and can be towed easily with good fuel mileage.

I fail on that end.

Accused... That is one "bad" rig. Don't turn too fast or it might not look so good.

Actually thinking about a wing. Towed today but no wind resistance. No issues. Planning on a couple thousand miles in another week or so. That will really tell me if I both have a problem and how I might deal with it.

Panther Dash...

I did not introduce that term but got that impression. Just like that bumper sticker on the back of my toy hauler gets some people hostile. Those people get on forums. My experience with them is they take everything personal and have little to no sense of humor.

I get feedback from them and I do not want to get into any kind of political, gun-control, abortion, gay rights etc. discussion. These forums facilitate the sharing of information on the topic - here it's Ecodiesel pickups.

That sticker on my trailer and some on my truck, like the "Discourage inbreeding, ban country music" sticker on my old truck would really get into people. I have a sticker on my new Ram Ecodiesel. I will not comment and had trouble showing off the ARE cap on another post here.

You want an answer...What if I showed this?