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jeremyrperry
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Posted: 24 Jan 2018 at 9:45pm |
I pull my RP-171 with an X3 diesel. I get 17-18 overall when towing. When not towing, I get 31 overall, and 34+ on the highway. The 17-18 rate is based on going around 60-65 MPH. Not too shabby considering all of the other numbers I've seen.
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clenaghen
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Pulling a 171 with a 4-cylinder Range Rover Evoque I get 12-14 MPG if I stay on highways (55-60). On the freeway at 75 I get much less (~8 mpg).
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Tomcamper
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Welcome dickaye! You have been married 42.9 years if that helps. We also have 2010 177. Wife also happy. For mileage expect to get about 1/2 of what is normal. Thom
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dickaye
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I have a 1999 Chevy Silverado 1/2 ton gas two door white pickup truck pulling a 2014
R-POD 177 that I purchased used from a R-Pod dealer about two months ago. With a full two week camping trip load, I averaged 15.9 MPG from Utah to Oregon and back. Now I am a little rusty on the memory thing. Being so, I might have averaged 14.9 MPG or even 13.9 or 12.9, but I am certain it was something point nine. Point nine anything is not bad, but while I am here, I want to say this little trailer has really made an impression on my little wife of 42 years(or was it 43 years?). She was not too happy about the boat or the gun collection or the ham radio, but she really loves the R-Pod camping trailer. So, since I am now in her good graces, I have decided to join this here forum and share some of my experiences. This is my very first post so I hope I haven't stepped over any lines or something.
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"You can lead a horse to water, but a pencil must be lead" Stan Laurel 1932
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J&J fl
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Pulling with f-150 5.4 V8 171 .heading home from Everglades to Orlando and got 16 MPG. That was best ever. Tail wind and doing 65 MPH. I checked calculations 3 time . have been getting 12 mpg doing 70 mph.
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1shadowsabre
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We made it back from a 650 mile trip with our r pod 171 towing behind our brand new Ram 1500 ecodiesel. Averaged 19 mpg on the whole trip with about 15 mpg while towing. I was able to set the cruise control and the Ram never felt like it was working.
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1shadowsabre
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With my 2002 tundra I was lucky to get 12 mpg. We will be leaving on a trip in a week or so and I will be towing my r pod 171 with my brand new Ram 1500 ecodiesel. I will post an update when we get back.
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drhalvey
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I am towing a 2010 175 POD with a 2014 Grand Caravan. At 60-65 MPH she makes 11-14 MPG (depending on the head wind). The lower gas prices helps take the bite out of the pump. Eh? POD ON!
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Respectfully,
Southwest Kansas R-Pod 2010 |
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tsunami
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Re: my ATVs. I used to buy the cheapest 87 octane gas for them, even if the gas was ethanol.
They would sit most of time during the winter...even tho' I put some 'Stabil" tm stabilizer in them. During the last summer, I had to have all three have their carbs/injectors cleaned for a considerable amount of money. The repair shop told me that as stations keep raising the ethanol level in their gas...the shop has had increasing repairs to clean out gummed machines. I was told only to put 91 octane non-ethanol in them. An annual $300 repair job more than justifies using more expensive non-ethanol. Most cars use up any 'old' ethanol gas in their tanks quite quickly. My Toyota dealer told me that I really needed to use up all of the gas in my cars at least monthly. That is, if your tank holds 15 gallons...make sure that you drive enough to have to add another 15 gallons. To freshen up the older gas that could potentially start to develop gummy deposits. |
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Ratdog
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We moved from Florida to Minnesota in 2005 and just moved back to Florida this year. My wife has a car that ran fine in FL (where Ethanol wasn't added to gas until 2010). When we moved to MN, she put the car in storage for 6 months every winter. At the end of the first 2 winters when we got the car out of storage, the injectors were gummed up so bad the car wouldn't run. Big expense. MN was already adding Ethanol to the gas when we got up there so that's what she bought. Her mechanic told her where to find non-ethanol gas in nearby town. That's where she started buying gas and she never had another problem over the next 5 winters. It didn't matter how much more expensive the non-ethanol gas was because it was cheaper than rebuilding fuel injectors every year. You're right, small motors don't like ethanol either. And it's not good to let ethanol sit in your tank, fuel lines, injectors, or carburetors. My experience is that ethanol gas doesn't have a very long shelf life. That's why my wife's car had problems . . . the gas sat in there all winter. I have a an old mid-60's muscle car with its original engine. This car was built before ethanol gas came on the market so it was designed to run on non-ethanol. I don't know what gas was used in it between the time ethanol came on the market and when I bought it but I suspect ethanol because the fuel line was gummed up and had to be replaced and the carburetor was also gummed up and had to be rebuilt. I've only used non-ethanol in the car since that work was done and haven't had any more problems. Haven't tried non-ethanol in my tow vehicle yet but I'm thinking of giving it a try to see if I can squeeze out a few more mpg. I realize all of this is anecdotal, but it's all the convincing I need that non-ethanol is a better choice than ethanol. I recently signed a petition to change the law here in Florida to allow non-ethanol gasoline to be sold at all stations. -- Steve |
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