Today I towed this small trailer 800 miles from Iowa to Colorado.
In these gusty headwinds:
I averaged about 10.5 MPG over 800 miles. When we tow our 5th wheel in little to no wind we get 9.6 MPG. I towed either 65 or 70 the entire distance because I was trying to keep the ETGs below 1000F. A 40 MPH headwind and a flat front trailer equals a lot of fuel burn.
When I got to I-25 and headed south, the wind was straight across the interstate. There were several trucks blown over. I came up on a truck in the right lane that had a serious case of the wiggles. I hung back for a while, but decided to pass him, so I hustled by. When I got about a car length in front of him, his entire truck got blown over into my lane and he almost went into the ditch. Never hang out on the downwind side of trucks.
In these gusty headwinds:
I averaged about 10.5 MPG over 800 miles. When we tow our 5th wheel in little to no wind we get 9.6 MPG. I towed either 65 or 70 the entire distance because I was trying to keep the ETGs below 1000F. A 40 MPH headwind and a flat front trailer equals a lot of fuel burn.
When I got to I-25 and headed south, the wind was straight across the interstate. There were several trucks blown over. I came up on a truck in the right lane that had a serious case of the wiggles. I hung back for a while, but decided to pass him, so I hustled by. When I got about a car length in front of him, his entire truck got blown over into my lane and he almost went into the ditch. Never hang out on the downwind side of trucks.