Change the tow vehicle, trailer, neither?

[cpaharley2008]

No, we attended an Escape Rally in Osoyoos, BC. Took I70 in Pennsylvania all the way to Utah and then meandered thru Idaho and Oregon and Washington to British Columbia on the 2 lane roads. Came back on I90 thru Montana,Dakotas,Iowa back down to I70 in Indiana. I got altitude sickness in Colorado so we avoided traversing the Cascades.

[Boomer]

Brian, Towed a 25 ft front bed Big Foot with my Tundra. My weight with the Big Foot was over 7200 lbs and we averaged right around 11 to 12 miles per gallon. Sold the Big Foot last fall and just purchased a Oliver 22 ft Elite II. Am getting 14 miles per gallon and the weight of the trailer is right around 4700 lbs. No sway control and the Oliver tracks really well with no sway. Coming back from Tenn we kept the speed right at 60. I used the Equalizer Sway control with the Big Foot. Jerry

[arlon]

Originally Posted by smeagol

Yep, I'm a turbo diesel lover.

Hard to beat a diesel for towing but I doubt I'd ever buy a new smog model. You might consider looking for one of the older diesels. I have an old pre smog Dodge/Cummins that has been extremely reliable after 180k miles towing a lot of different things. Towing a 10klb 5th wheel it gets better mileage than most V6 SUVs get towing a Casita. Towing a Casita I'm always at 20+mpg, has tons of range with an easily to installed 45gal auxillary tank. Just got a shell for it to add some storage space. It's also the most comfortable driving of all of our cars. My wife even prefers it for road trips to her edge.

I really like being able to get fuel when I want to rather than having to stop after every hill. If I don't see a station I like between here and California, that's ok. I need breaks like everyone else but I can choose to stop at more family friendly places for those breaks (or use the casita facilities if necessary). My wife would rather stop at a walmart than a gas station for making necessary deposits. Seems like the gas stations are always a mess.

If I were forced to buy a new car, I'd just sell my wifes shoe collection and get a new Grand Cherokee.. (-:}