This is my followup to a vid I made about towing my 25' Flagstaff Microlite RV Travel Trailer with my 2017 Ram 1500. If you haven't seen that vid yet, go check it out here: • Towing a 25' RV Travel Trailer with a... In that last vid I mostly talked about what it's like towing an RV with a Half Ton Truck along with the mileage. In Part 2 here, I go on the exact same RV trip from Dallas, Texas to Orlando, Florida and decided to run a little experiment. This time around, since I had several comments about going too fast while towing (even though I was never at any point over the speed limit), as well as that hurting my mileage, I keep limit my speed to just 60 mph. As before I keep track of all the data including distance, time, fuel pumped, cost, etc. and calculate real numbers to then we compare it to my previous vid to see how much of a difference driving at 60 mph makes versus driving 70+ mph.
Tow Vehicle 2017 Ram 1500 Crew Cab Lonestar 2wd with a 5.7 Hemi, 8 Speed Automatic and 3.21 Gears
RV 2021 Flagstaff by Forest River Microlite 25BRDS
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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
2:41 First update 240 miles into the trip
3:11 Update after Day 1
5:01 Destination Arrival Update with Comparison
7:12 Start of Return Trip
7:58 Day 1 Return Trip Update
8:52 Final Numbers
13:14 Final Thoughts
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