For those who have traded up to a bigger trailer but kept the same tow vehicle- what did your gas mileage do?
I'm curious not because I want to trade up but because I've seen some pretty low figures with some larger vehicles and wonder if that is trailer weight or just lower efficiency.
Trailer: 2013 Escape 21 Classic Number 6, pulled by 2018 Toyota Highlander
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Gas mileage down about 10% from a 19 to
a 21. Comfort up about 20% on the floor space. As my old friend Boge Johnson the flag man at the Knoxville Iowa Speedway used to say “ It costs money to go racin’.”
Slow down a few miles an hour and you can get a lot of the drop back. “ You ain’t goin to a fire are you?” Dad
Iowa Dave
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We got around 14 MPG’s towing our 16 ft Scamp
On our last trip we got a little over 12.5 ( Maybe closer to13) MPG’s towing our 17 ft trailer
On a 5000 mile trip the difference in fuel costs would be well under $100 between (calculated ) the two trailers.
The question I always ask my self is “ Would I stay home and avoid seeing the USA and Canada just to save $50 or $75 ? “ The answer is always no.
Buying a travel trailer and then being overly concerned about fuel mileage never made sense to me but then I never claimed to be too bright !
I'm really wondering what kind of gas mileage I'll get with current trailer and upgrade tow vehicle. I get 18-19 now (whih is interestingly about the same as with the Campster, which was lighter but less aerodynamic and probably I slowed down a bit). So if I go to something like a Highlander ( or more likely Subaru Ascent) will I stay the same (more power, same trailer) or go down (bigger, slightly less efficient vehicle)?
Averaged 12-13 mpg with my ‘08 Toyota Sequoia 5.7 pulling a 17’ Casita
Averaged the same 12-13 mpg towing a 19’ Escape
In June should find out if the mpg changes when we get our 21’ Escape