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RVs get horrible gas mileage, and are not easy to drive around. Guess what else gets horrible mileage when you hook a trailer to it? I'll put our 26' Sprinter

RVs get horrible gas mileage, and are not easy to drive around. Guess what else gets horrible mileage when you hook a trailer to it? I'll put our 26' Sprinter class C's 15mpg up against anything pulling something larger than a pod trailer. And after I did some much-needed suspension upgrades, the thing drives like a car. Best of all, I don't have to pull a trailer. We use ours a fair amount because all we do is toss food in the fridge, turn the key and go. A lot of the reason I see for pulling a car (often referred to as a "toad". "towed", get it?), is so one doesn't have to roll everything up just to go see the sights.

iancmceachern 3y ago
I get close to 15 mpg while towing our 13000 lb travel trailer in our f250 diesel, a lot of motor homes get closer to 5
dylan604 3y ago
You forgot the second half of the quote you pulled: "and are not easy to drive around".
- mikestew 3y ago
  And after I did some much-needed suspension upgrades, the thing drives like a car., or am I not understanding your point?
  - dylan604 3y ago
    Sorry, I should have quoted that last line: >A lot of the reason I see for pulling a car (often referred to as a "toad". "towed", get it?), is so one doesn't have to roll everything up just to go see the sights.
    - mikestew 3y ago
      Gotcha, thanks for the clarification. And your point stands; I'm probably one of dozens who has gone to the trouble of fixing the wobbling mess that is most stock RV suspension. (And if you have a Sprinter-based Class C: Sumo Springs front and rear, Fox rear shocks with more rebound damping, and if I had to do it over I'd skip the larger sway bar.)
bombcar 3y ago
That's a huge difference - an RV that does not expand or really hook up is much easier to just jump into and go somewhere than one that folds out until it's larger than a Manhattan apartment. And both can be supplemented by auxiliary transportation (bikes, motorbikes, small car).

iancmceachern 3y ago

I get close to 15 mpg while towing our 13000 lb travel trailer in our f250 diesel, a lot of motor homes get closer to 5

dylan604 3y ago

You forgot the second half of the quote you pulled: "and are not easy to drive around".

mikestew 3y ago
And after I did some much-needed suspension upgrades, the thing drives like a car., or am I not understanding your point?
- dylan604 3y ago
  Sorry, I should have quoted that last line: >A lot of the reason I see for pulling a car (often referred to as a "toad". "towed", get it?), is so one doesn't have to roll everything up just to go see the sights.
  - mikestew 3y ago
    Gotcha, thanks for the clarification. And your point stands; I'm probably one of dozens who has gone to the trouble of fixing the wobbling mess that is most stock RV suspension. (And if you have a Sprinter-based Class C: Sumo Springs front and rear, Fox rear shocks with more rebound damping, and if I had to do it over I'd skip the larger sway bar.)

bombcar 3y ago

That's a huge difference - an RV that does not expand or really hook up is much easier to just jump into and go somewhere than one that folds out until it's larger than a Manhattan apartment. And both can be supplemented by auxiliary transportation (bikes, motorbikes, small car).