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The average American camper weighs 5,200lbs [1] completely empty. Once it's loaded with water, fuel, and gear, it's about 1,500 lbs heavier. I encourage you to
by freehunter 8y ago
The average American camper weighs 5,200lbs [1] completely empty. Once it's loaded with water, fuel, and gear, it's about 1,500 lbs heavier. I encourage you to find a 1.8L engine that will tow a 6,000+ lb trailer over a mountain pass.
I'm guessing the next argument will be "yeah but no one needs a 5,000 lb camper" to which I will say "why do you need a camper or car at all if you're trying to save the environment" to which the response will be "yeah but" and then I'll come back with "but no" and then I'll get yelled at by `dang so let's skip all that and say someone buying a 3.6L engine they don't need is a bad thing but so is the self-righteous idea that what works for you must always work for everyone else, and then agree that we're not going to solve the world's climate problems with throwaway HN comments.
[1] https://camperreport.com/camper-weight/ https://camperreport.com/camper-weight/
- ip26 8y agoThe original comment was 3.6l is >2 times more cylinder volume than useful in >95% of scenarios. Towing a large american camper would be one of those 5% of scenarios. Many people have large campers, but far far more do not.
- freehunter 8y agoAnd your comment was "A 1.8L will move all the cargo you care to", which is incorrect.
- ip26 8y agoAgain perhaps a bad assumption, but I generally hear "cargo" to refer to personal items that go in the car. Clothing, backpacks, shoes, groceries, books, etc. Hardly a strict definition of course, but that's what I was thinking about, not towed loads or a bedfull of dirt or construction materials, that I might call a "payload". But I hate quibbling semantics; my apologies.