Towing mpg

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Artie

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You get better with the canoe up top?

I averaged 13 I think with this set up. It's heavier than it looks with 2 canoes up top and a the bed full of camping gear. 4b510247c2424a161464cd9a008cd311.jpg

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Yup, it’s contrary to what you might think but canoe on top makes the MPG go up when I tow the Conqueror. My guess is the canoe moves most of the wind resistance around the Conqueror instead of it hitting the wind head on.
 
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So I scaled the trailer but i had it loaded light, a full tank of water but only 2 bikes no fishing gear, or water in the water heater, so the tongue weight wound up being 920lbs...the trailer scaled out at 6300lbs. I will rescale it in 3 weeks when we go out again, i moved some stuff around and lightened it up, and we will have the normal load out and see what it looks like, i got 8.7mpg regular gas, but i was doing 70-75 keeping up with traffic
 

Joel Schroeder

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I'm towing a 3,*** lb Jayco in the mountains of NM. Last trip I got around 11-12 MPG. Granted it was pretty windy on that trip.
 
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