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I'm puzzled and here's a curiosity for y'all to clue me in on. It's real world info after calculations from my weekend anny run compared to lot of previous towing mileage info. Towrig is 2WD 1995 F-250, 5.8L, E4OD, 3.55 rear at 5,400-lbs curb weight with driver and both tanks full. 15.3 mpg.
First, here's the rig, trailer, towrig configuration with a 1,280-lb equipment trailer. 7.5 mpg loaded:
This configuration is with the same trailrig loaded even heavier with parts, tools, etc. on my 2,100-lb steel flatdeck and the addition of the butt-ugly aluminum Fatty RV topper I shacked in over the weekend....10.2 mpg average to and from the event.
Did the POS topper break up the airflow? Is a good quality trailer that much easier to pull than a kitbuilt equipment trailer of half the weight? Did a fairy sprinkle my rig with fairy dust? WTF?
First, here's the rig, trailer, towrig configuration with a 1,280-lb equipment trailer. 7.5 mpg loaded:

This configuration is with the same trailrig loaded even heavier with parts, tools, etc. on my 2,100-lb steel flatdeck and the addition of the butt-ugly aluminum Fatty RV topper I shacked in over the weekend....10.2 mpg average to and from the event.
Did the POS topper break up the airflow? Is a good quality trailer that much easier to pull than a kitbuilt equipment trailer of half the weight? Did a fairy sprinkle my rig with fairy dust? WTF?