Jeez
You guys and juice !
When im trailering 'Beastie' im getting 40 mpg average with my diesel BMW 530
msport estate and my lightweight streamlined covered Trailer at 70 mph .... I
can't afford to truck at your prices ! Beastie does 10 mpg so I'd rather drive
and sleep in the hedges with the wildlife !
Regards
Tony
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On 17 May 2012, at 17:12, Joe Alexander <n197tr4@cs.com> wrote:
> 1999 Class B Ford motorhome chassis TRITON V8
>
> Open Trailer with Ambro = 3500#
>
> 13 mpg @ 60 mph
>
> Motor Home offsets a lot of the motel costs on any given trip, but
> maintenance, depreciation, etc still makes it a lifestyle choice. Sure is
nice
> having at the track, though.
>
>
>
> Joe Alexander
> A. R. E.
> 645 1st Street
> Jesup, Iowa 50648
> 319.464.4711 (cell)
> n197tr4@cs.com
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: George Harmuth <harmug@us.ibm.com>
> To: fot <fot@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Thu, May 17, 2012 10:49 am
> Subject: Re: [Fot] Fot Digest, Vol 66, Issue 42 - towing
>
>
> I was using my "new" mini motorhome for the first time going to this event.
> For years I've been towing my open 3500LB trailer with a 1985 35 foot Class
> A (16,000 Lbs) motorhome with a 454 (gas) engine. No matter where I went
> with it, if I kept it under 70, I'd get 5.5 -6 MPG. After doing some rough
> guesses on the amount of gas to get to the Mitty and back to NY, I started
> looking for a smaller rig.
>
> I eventually found a 96 Chevy 1 ton van based Class B motorhome. It has a
> fuel injected 350 gas engine, 29K miles and everything inside with the
> exception of a shower that the old behemoth had, just on a smaller scale
> (17' vs 35'). Since it was the first trip in it, I was checking milage just
> about every stop on the way down (Up and down hill almost all the way
> there). I got a worst of 8 MPG in PA and a best of almost 13 when we got
> closer to GA. Over all on the trip it came out to just under 10 MPG, so I
> "saved" almost $600 with the new rig. My 1st run in the thing, a 2 hour
> trip home, when I bought it last month, nothing in tow, at 65-70 MPH,
> averaged ~20 MPG so I think it's a keeper. I'll lay off the twinkies (does
> Light beer weigh less too?) and see what stuff I don't really need in the
> trailer , and maybe get it up to 12 MPG for my local events (with fewer
> hills) at Limerock, Watkins Glen, NJMP and Pocono.
>
> 63 Spitfire #7
>
> G. Michael Harmuth
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