Towing rig

[ProCharged509]

We first put this "triple tow" rig together for Drag Week 2010.
Crew chief Bob's "farm truck" Sierra Crew Cab 1500HD (HIGH mileage 6.0)
Borrowed 16ft car hauler (wood deck, dove tail) with class 1 receiver at the back.
"spec" U-Haul 4x8 (rent & pack it at home; haul it both ways)
Steve & Bob

[HBZ_81_C3]

'81 Corvette - 17MPG @ 75 - 80 MPH with everything but the kitchen sink packed inside!

[nesabo]

09 F150 extended cab, 22' open trailer, 12-14 mpg.

[MoparBilly]

93 Dodge 5.9 diesel, 24 ft enclosed with 1 lightweight race car. 13 mpg




93 Dodge 5.9 Diesel, and 32ft 2 car open trailer loaded with 2 heavy street cars, grossing 19K. 15 mpg... go figure.

[R Munch]

i have a 2002 suburban with 180,000 mile and have been towing local but would like to use it this year for drag week what do you think

Try maintaining it once and a while and there will be no trouble My gmc had 260,000 when i used it last for drag week. Not everything is like your food 55 gallon drum of oil and bailing wire to keep it going!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MR P-BODY]

95 Dodge dually with a Cummins 6 speed stick... 43' enclosed trailer.. if I keep
the revs at 2000 to 2200 I can get 18 MPG on the e-way...
you can see the truck in the back ground

[squirrel]

24 ft enclosed with 1 lightweight race car. 13 mpg

32ft 2 car open trailer loaded with 2 heavy street cars, grossing 19K. 15 mpg... go figure.

aerodynamics.....

[MR P-BODY]

aerodynamics.....

Thats all it is... with the small front nose on my trailer I get good
mileage once I'm on the e-way... getting to the e-way with traffic
lights hurts my mileage... people would be suprized at what that
front wall on a trailer does to mileage... we had a truck at work
with a adjustable wall behind the cab for loading the truck when
it was rolling.... we could raise it to 8' above the cab... you really
had to put the pedal to it to maintain speed at 70

[milner351]

^^^ aint that the truth - the "parachute effect" of a trailer can be amazing.

2001 F350 crewcab 8ft bed 4x4, 7.3 power-choke, 4R100, 3.73 gears.

Best 19.8mpg at 75mph with cab height cap on, no trailer.

Worst 13.5mpg towing 3600lb open trailer with at least 6000lb of building materials (paver bricks) in traffic.

Drag week was between 15 - 18 depending on terrain, and winds, and torrential down pours.

[quick 52]

Try maintaining it once and a while and there will be no trouble My gmc had 260,000 when i used it last for drag week. Not everything is like your food 55 gallon drum of oil and bailing wire to keep it going!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hey i like my old ford farm truck it sits up high and i can see the oil leaked path from the mopar's and just follow that so i dont get lost but seem's that then were both lost then

[Russell]

I have 98 quad cab long bed ram 2500 4x4 cummins auto 255k miles pulling open trailer with fox on it gets around 14-16mpg going around 75 mph thinking about selling it.

[STINEY]

My normally 30+ mpg Magnum drops to 12 mpg towing this.....yup, all aero dynamics. The trailer is only #280 and the buggy is only #1100.



I would get about 12 mpg pulling this with an '89 EFI 352 non-overdrive Ford E350



The current rig is a 3500 Express LQ4 LS 4L80E, it manages 14 mpg with the loaded trailer.

[MR P-BODY]

Thats pretty good that you could haul your buggy on a snowmobile trailer...
you had to close to the max limit
I assume you hauled up to Silver lake in Mi

[STINEY]

Magnum SXT is rated for #2200.........trailer tires are rated for #2000...... I did my math and ditched the wooden trailer deck for 1/8" aluminum sheeting. Got me from #700 down to #280. I'm a happy camper.

[MR P-BODY]

I use to run up there with my brother... we built a few buggies... right
now I think he has 3 buggies... that place was fun... but damn is it PACKED
with people