3000 mile trip
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From: Huntington Indiana
3000 mile trip
We went to Florida via the panhandle then to Disney World. Went thru storms high winds, high water. Overall we got 9.7 mpg towing our rig from Michigan. We are very happy how the rig handled all the good and bad roads and variable weather conditions.
How has your towing been?
How has your towing been?
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We went to Florida via the panhandle then to Disney World. Went thru storms high winds, high water. Overall we got 9.7 mpg towing our rig from Michigan. We are very happy how the rig handled all the good and bad roads and variable weather conditions.
How has your towing been?
How has your towing been?
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Recently when we upgraded from a 30 ft travel trailer to a 36 ft 5th wheel I logged the mileage from WI down to GA which was just under 2000 miles for us round trip. We logged 18.5 unloaded and 12 MPG loaded with the 5th wheel.
The truck and trailer details are in my signature.
The truck and trailer details are in my signature.
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January 2nd we pulled our nend 40 1/2' 16k 5th wheel from Pensacola, FL to Lake Guntersville AL, in severe thunderstorms and tornado warnings. We than drove to Charlotte, NC via hwy 64 through part of the Smokey mountains. A lot of up hill climbs. From Charolette went traveled to Columbia, SC, than to Atlanta, GA and home to Pensacola. Overall we got 9-9 1/2 mpg. I did get 10mpg until we got north of Birmingham. Some driving was with cruise, some with town haul and some with just using the pedal. Using the pedal was best for mountains. I did use tow haul on up grades and turning tow haul off going down hill and just coasting. Wirh using cruise, transmission would drop to 4th gear, than 5th until late I got to top and than 6th. Most of the time it was 6th gear dropping to 5th on large inclines. I think it's due to the 3.55 axel. Overall I was every pleased with the towing. I only had 2000 miles on truck when we started out. Hope to get better mpg on next trip
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Sitting in Jackson Springs, NC right now. Not that far from home though. 11.2 on the mpg meter over 400 miles.
Been good weather, hi 60's.
Been good weather, hi 60's.
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When we went to Florida. It got down to 35 some nights with highs in the 50's. That was for 4 days then it finally went up to the 70's for the rest of trip. Was a little nippy to be outside those 4 days. But it got us out of the single digit highs here at home.
Our speed most of the way was 75 on I65 as if you ran any slower you was a hazard by blocking traffic.
Our speed most of the way was 75 on I65 as if you ran any slower you was a hazard by blocking traffic.
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From: Lakeland, Fl
My average over 15k miles towing is 11.4 pulling my 30' 5th wheel, total rig weight is 20k lbs. I try to keep it around 65 mph, mileage really drops over 70 mph.
I've done the FL-MI run twice now, we like the UP in the summer.
I've done the FL-MI run twice now, we like the UP in the summer.
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