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Originally Posted by Chance
Above is not a scientific test but makes the point nonetheless. A larger and heavier trailer can be more fuel efficient by simply being more aerodynamic.  . |
I know Andy take on this and He helped me a lot when I started towing campers.
His test is absolutely right and I had the opportunity to test this on my own so his result is right and validated BUT have you seeing the bedroom inside a camper with a sloped front like that?
In my experiment my friend, with a rig sloped like that, got 1mpg better than me (thats a good 12% improvement over my baseline)
BUT his bedroom was cramped, didn't have a wardrobe on a slide (because you don't have space at the side wall for that) and in general, it looked to have 1/2 the internal space we had with an almost vertical front cap.
So our response in that case is still NO.
BTW, my motorhome towing our SUV burns just 1mpg more than my F150 towing a camper and just 2mpg more than my friend with his F250 towing a camper with a sloped front so to me the MH is way more efficient than those rigs.
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