bpounds
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valhalla360 wrote:...(the 88 would probably have been fine if it was well maintained).
We did a 1992 F250 diesel (a whopping 180hp when new) with the trailer below.
Yeah, but that '92 diesel is a far cry from an '88 350 C.I. gasser. I would take the measly 180hp every day of the week and twice on Sunday.
That Dodge V-10 is a good engine. My brother had one in a '00. Lots of people wish Dodge still offered that motor. Your mileage won't be good, but it will get the job done nicely.
Bill and Carol
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Nutinelse2do
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Quote:
That Dodge V-10 is a good engine. My brother had one in a '00. Lots of people wish Dodge still offered that motor. Your mileage won't be good, but it will get the job done nicely.
How bad are we talking here?
Richard and Cheryl
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SOLD IT --- Dingy -2001 Suzuki Grand Vitara Dingy
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bpounds
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Nutinelse2do wrote:Quote:
That Dodge V-10 is a good engine. My brother had one in a '00. Lots of people wish Dodge still offered that motor. Your mileage won't be good, but it will get the job done nicely.
How bad are we talking here?
I couldn't guess. I know he got about 10mpg whether he was running empty or pulling his TT. But his trailer at the time was only a little 19'. You shouldn't be concerned though, because if you are going to go with a gasser, you just have to live with poor mileage when towing. You might not want this truck to be your daily driver.
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Snowman9000
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For your stated usage, 6000 miles per year, I wouldn't worry too much about gas mileage.
We are in the PHX area right now, having just arrived from Illinois. With the size of fiver you are talking about, you don't need to be fretting about upgraded hitches. We have a basic hitch, and the rig is super stable. I can feel when there is a crosswind, but it's still uneventful. At the start of this trip, my wife was following me for the first 150 miles in a Honda Pilot SUV which we were dropping off. There was a healthy crosswind. When we got back together, she complained about the wind she had felt, I said I noticed it was there but it really wasn't a factor. Often I find myself driving with just a couple fingers on the wheel. Not a good practice, I know.
The upgraded hitches are for 1) tight maneuvering, and 2) shock absorption. For a 500 mile round trip, I think you could definitely get by with the basic hitch.
For the trips you mention, I think the convenience or inconvenience factors will be trivial. I'd love to have a MH to travel the continent. But for driving somewhere within one day's drive, camping a few days, and then returning home, I think the fiver makes more sense.
I don't get the wish for the M2 though. Unless you are planning to go huge and haul long miles?
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valhalla360
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bpounds wrote:valhalla360 wrote:...(the 88 would probably have been fine if it was well maintained).
We did a 1992 F250 diesel (a whopping 180hp when new) with the trailer below.
Yeah, but that '92 diesel is a far cry from an '88 350 C.I. gasser. I would take the measly 180hp every day of the week and twice on Sunday.
That Dodge V-10 is a good engine. My brother had one in a '00. Lots of people wish Dodge still offered that motor. Your mileage won't be good, but it will get the job done nicely.
My dad has over 100,000 miles on his similarly sized TT and the biggest engine he ever had was a 360. It did fine.
My father-in-law had the dodge V-10 in a 1ton SRW and it did fairly good mpg wise (power it was more than enough). He claimed 18mpg solo and 11mpg towing with a rig about the same size as ours (we get just shy of 13mpg with the old diesel)
Tammy Mike & the Bilge Rat (AKA: Diego)
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Nutinelse2do
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I thank everyone for the input and help, looks like my plans are on hold, the buyer for my coach has not come through and I am back to square one. I have learned tons from all of your posts, and look forward to having this problem in the future.
-Nutin
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jalichty
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I think you are really pretty lucky you didn't get to buy that 1988 pickup. I had a 1987 with a 350 and towed a small, 21.5', fifth-wheel and a 19' Bayliner Capri boat. Last trip we took with it was in a somewhat bad windstorm and almost ran out of gas before going 130 miles, averaged 5.3 mpg. Didn't have enough power, as far as I was concerned, so sold it and went to a 454 with a manual transmission. All the difference in the world as far as towing. However mileage not great, had problems for a couple of years and dealer/friend traded me out for $2,000 plus for upgrades, auto and Vortec. Again, big difference, but finally got tired and went the diesel route and used it for nine years, pulling the same fifth-wheel and four different boats and when got rid of that went with a diesel again. I'm not going back to gas if I can help it. Sorry your plans haven't worked out yet, but keep working on it, they'll come through.
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