Bob,
I respectfully submit that it will be an idea you will regret. It probably
will turn out to be false economy.
Here is the reason:
I tow a 34' with a fuel injected Ford 460 in a F250HD. A friend owns a 1/2
ton 350 powered Chevy Suburban with which he tows a 24' Hi-Low, one of the
box trailers that allows the top half to telescope down over the lower half
reducing the towing height of the trailer by about 1# or more.
A couple of years ago he and I and two other trailering couples took off
together on an extended week-end trip. We both gassed up as we left
Lubbock, TX then, because we were going to begin a climb up into higher
elevations, we gassed up again about 100 miles later in Clovis, NM. My 460
Ford with a 9000 lb. trailer turned in 10.53 mpg if I remember correctly and
my friends 350 Chevy towing a much smaller and lighter trailer with little
wind resistance turned in 10.48 or something similar. The point was the big
engine loafing is more economical than a smaller engine pulling hard.
Harvey
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From: Bob Patterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Multiple recipients of VACList <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2001 1:55 PM
Subject: [VAC] Toyota towing
> Hi All,
> I know some will think I'm nuts but due to the changing economy and my
> pension I am considering a Toyota V6 truck to pull my 1953 Flying Cloud.
> Not the big Tundra truck but the smaller Tacoma model. The specs say it
can
> tow 5000 pounds with a tongue weight of 500 pounds. What's y'all think?
> Bob
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