Travel Trailer Recommendations

[jaredjohn4]

Make sure you have a big enough tow vehicle. I run a high top Chevy conversion van with the 5.3 V-8. Pulling a 3500lb pop-up, we can run 70 mph all day and still get 13.5 mpg compared to 15 daily driving. Wife's uncle bought a hybrid that was pretty short. He thought he could pull with his mini van because it was only 3200lb. He couldn't get the van much over 55 or into high gear. I hooked on with my van, and the camper just has too much wind resistance. I could run 65, but it was work to get it any faster. Towing mileage dropped from 13.5 to 9 mpg. Then I hooked onto it with our new Jeep Grand Cherokee with the diesel engine. It pulled it great, felt good running 65, but never got into 8th gear. It really felt good running in 7th. Mileage dropped from 28 to about 22mpg. It's not the pounds, but the size of the sail you are pulling behind you.

1975 Fort Wilderness 2 Nights 500 Loop..........1977 Off Property 5 Nights.............................1993 Off Property 7 Nights
1885 Dixie Landings 7 Nights.........................2003 Fort Wilderness 7 Nights 1400 Loop.........2006 Disneyland - Off Property 7 Nights
2006 Fort Wilderness 12 Nights 900 Loop........2009 Fort Wilderness 14 Nights 1300 Loop.......2010 Disneyland - Paradise Pier 8 Nights
2011 Fort Wilderness 11 Nights 1300 Loop......2013 Fort Wilderness 10 Nights 1300 Loop........2014 Fort Wilderness 10 Nights 1300 Loop
** 2008 Chevy Express Conversion Van / 2007 Coleman Bayside **