[Fot] MPH towing...

[Greg & Alison Blake]

We got between 10 and 14 mpg in Alison's 2001 4x4 suburban towing the 18'
dual axle trailer with the TR3.  We just turned past 183,000 on this trip.
About 4200# on the hook and another 1000# inside.  When we were chasing the
Bobs at 85mph, we were getting 10 mpg, when we were leading at 75, we were
getting 14mpg.

I always tow with trailer brakes but still I am constantly replacing rotors
and pads on the front and rear.  Chevy cheaped out on the brake package.
Don't even get me started about the parking brake design.

Greg

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From: fot-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:fot-bounces at autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of Bob Kramer
Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2012 5:08 PM
To: robert bownes
Cc: 'Friends of Triumph' Triumph
Subject: Re: [Fot] MPH towing...

My 2500 HD has 140,000 miles on the factory brakes. That's with a fair
amount of towing included. I remember doing brakes at 22,000 miles on my old
1500 with plastic caliper pucks. That's why I drive an HD.

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On May 17, 2012, at 9:51 AM, robert bownes <bownes at seiri.com> wrote:

> My Avalanche with the 5.3 V* gets about 11.5-12 depending on ethanol 
> content of the fuel with the 24' enclosed trailer pretty much 
> regardless of the contents, be it a few thousand lbs of LeMons car or 
> the FV. It slows down on the hills, but doesn't have to. My biggest 
> complaint, both with the
> 2006 and the 2002 would be that they warp front rotors if you look at 
> them cross eyed. I've been tempted to put the 2500 wheels/suspension 
> under a
> 1500 to see how well it holds up.
>
> I do have to add that the the light bar on top of the Avalanche costs 
> at least a few MPG, if only because it adds a few MPH...:)
>
>
>
> On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 2:58 AM, Joe Curry <spitlist at cox.net> wrote:
>
>> 2002 Chevy Avalanche with 5.3 liter V8 auto trans, towing my double 
>> deck open trailer loaded with two Spitfires and a full complement of 
>> gear and tools gets 9 to 11 MPG at a constant 70 to 80 MPH, depending 
>> entirely on wind direction and the grade.
>>
>> It pulls down a lot up a steep grade (such as going up the mountain 
>> to Breckenridge last summer) but on flat pavement it goes fine at 
>> whatever
the
>> posted speed limit is.
>>
>> Joe C.
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