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just picked up our 26RR tonight and must say for 30ft it towed great with the F150 on way over through town we were getting around 19 to 22 mpg my usual is about 18 to 19, on the way home we got avg of 11mpg.
We are heading to Berea ohio tomorrow staying the weekend wish these heavy winds would die down some but i will report back on how it tow's and MPG as this will be about 1hr 20min drive up 71 an interstate in windy conditions im estimating mpg to be around 9mpg.
I don't think they were making toy haulers when we started. This was our first 'doubles' rig. We kept changing stuff over the years, ended up with a 1 ton diesel, 35' fiver w/2 slide outs and 21' boat. We were 1' over the 75' overall length law but never got busted. Had a 6x10 enclosed for the bike. It was nice having a portable garage for the bike.
It's not a problem around here, but I hear there's parts of the country you can't pull doubles.
Ok we towed ours friday the day after we bought it 1hr north on 71 using our new F150 4x4 with V8 super crew and max tow and here are the results
Going north on 71 we had some tail winds and managed to run about 60 to 65mph with average mpg of 11mpg trailer was loaded with all our supplies for the expo show we were doing which was not much weight at all really.
On the way home it seemed more uphill and going into the heavy winds gust up to 20mph we only averaged about 9.5 to 10.2mpg running at about same speeds.
We loved the toy hauler and had a great weekend staying in it at the fairgrounds in Berea ohio even during the snow and cold saturday night
I do have a question on the new F150's what is everyone seeing as far as Tranny Temp's when towing. my normal operating temp around town seems to be about 195 to 199, during towing i was running around 204 and when going up steep hill around 210.
I was using the tow haul mode along with the Manual shift option on long inclines to maintain speed and torque.
I do have a question on the new F150's what is everyone seeing as far as Tranny Temp's when towing. my normal operating temp around town seems to be about 195 to 199, during towing i was running around 204 and when going up steep hill around 210.
I was using the tow haul mode along with the Manual shift option on long inclines to maintain speed and torque.
Those trans temps are good. Was it cool/cold out?-- Summer will make a big difference in trans temps from my experience. I run an Edge evolution with gauges that has a warning system built in. I have an auxiliary cooler too. I've only reached the warning I set at 225 once pulling the Western Maryland mountains on I-68 on a almost 100 degree day. You are watching trans temps and that's good and important as one could smoke an auto trans quick with high temps,
Good luck and safe travels with [IMHO] the best way to see the USA. We're on our second lap of the USA and our 51st state up north. No mexihole this time LOL
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