Posted by ScottyHOMEy on August 06, 2009 at 09:09:03 from (71.241.219.61):
In Reply to: O/T - towing question posted by Nancy Howell on August 06, 2009 at 06:46:20:
That's a tough one, but I think I'd run bareback on each end and bring the hosses over in the big trailer.
My experience is that wind drag does as much and sometimes more to lower mileage than weight. My 2100# car hauler doesn't even touch the mileage on the Cummins when it's empty. Put a 3500# car on it to make 5600# and my mileage drops from 20mpg to 17.
Put my empty 3200# box trailer behind the same truck, and I'm down to 17 or less from the gitgo, and only lose another 1 or 2mpg when it's fully loaded.
There is a tipping point at which weight starts to take over, though, and I don't know just where that is. My deckover gooseneck scales just over 5000# and unladen, that's enough weight to hit my mileage pretty hard, drops me to about 16. With it loaded to the full 14k, 12 is about the best I can get.
That 8k trailer must be a palace (I'm guessing living quarters?) to weigh that much.
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