Ted
The pilot formerly known as Twin Engine Ted
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- Oct 9, 2007
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Vehicles over 10,000# or towing in combination, in most western states are restricted to 60 MPH, I set the Coach to 60 and put it on cruise, and the tranny in economy mode and let it run. doing that will give me 10.5 MPG. When I run 65-70 I get 6-7 MPG.
Over a 12 hour day the guys doing 70 are 120 miles ahead of me. or 2 hours travel time.
When I was driving around out west with my Dodge Ram and the trailer I'd do about 18-20 mpg empty, and 13-16 loaded (depending on the load). It was an unenclosed trailer, so pretty much no drag if I was empty. Cruise was set at 70 all the time, worked well.