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What's the gas mileage when traveling on a highway? Do you know of any others who did this in other countries?

by da02 13y ago

chiph 13y ago
Anywhere between 4 and 12 mpg (US). The lower mileage tends to come from gas/petrol engines -- the Ford V10 is popular. As well as smaller diesels that are towing another car (A "dinghy") up hills. The higher mileage is usually from Mercedes Sprinter based RVs, and Class 7 & 8 truck conversions. Costs when driving are high, because of the fuel expense. But once you're parked in a campground (or even in the street like in the story) the costs are pretty low -- $200-400 a month (or $20-50 for a daily rate) for a campground. $50-200 to refill the propane tank. And $20-40 to empty the black water tank at a dumping station. Some campgrounds charge for electricity (20, 30, or 50 amp connection). Internet can be had over a parks WiFi, satellite, or a MiFi device (factoid: a 50GB plan on AT&T is $300/month), or if you're monthly, a campground may allow TimeWarner or Comcast to run a line to your rig.
sanswork 13y ago
I get about 10mpg with mine(30' with an E450 chassis). Not so much young people but Australia has "Grey Nomads" who tend to be retired people that spend their time travelling around the country living in their RVs full time.
- SwellJoe 13y ago
  The oldtimers in RVs are called Snow Birds here in the US. They are the predominant group living fulltime in RVs here. I've met a lot of retirees in my travels.
SwellJoe 13y ago
My rig is a pretty modern Ford V10 based gasoline chassis. It gets 8-11 MPG, depending on how fast I'm driving, the weather, and whether I'm going over hills or not. Towing a vehicle behind will effect mileage. But, speed is the biggest determinant of mileage. The big diesels tend to get about the same mileage. There are some little turbo diesels built on Sprinter chassis that get up to 17 MPG. The old (ancient) diesel rigs I'm looking at to replace my current motorhome will get about 7-10 MPG, but can be converted to waste vegetable oil, or run biodiesel. So...maybe environmentally acceptable, as long as I don't put a lot of miles on it (I tend to like to travel for short distances at a stretch anyway, so I don't drive a huge amount of miles in any given month...much less than someone commuting 20-30 minutes to work every day would, for example). I've talked to people doing it in the US, Canada, Europe, and Australia. I've met people from dozens of countries travelling the US this way. Germans, in particular, seem to be very interested in RVing in the US.

What's the gas mileage when traveling on a highway? Do you know of any others who did this in other countries?

by da02 13y ago

What's the gas mileage when traveling on a highway? Do you know of any others who did this in other countries?

chiph 13y ago

Anywhere between 4 and 12 mpg (US). The lower mileage tends to come from gas/petrol engines -- the Ford V10 is popular. As well as smaller diesels that are towing another car (A "dinghy") up hills. The higher mileage is usually from Mercedes Sprinter based RVs, and Class 7 & 8 truck conversions. Costs when driving are high, because of the fuel expense. But once you're parked in a campground (or even in the street like in the story) the costs are pretty low -- $200-400 a month (or $20-50 for a daily rate) for a campground. $50-200 to refill the propane tank. And $20-40 to empty the black water tank at a dumping station. Some campgrounds charge for electricity (20, 30, or 50 amp connection). Internet can be had over a parks WiFi, satellite, or a MiFi device (factoid: a 50GB plan on AT&T is $300/month), or if you're monthly, a campground may allow TimeWarner or Comcast to run a line to your rig.

sanswork 13y ago

I get about 10mpg with mine(30' with an E450 chassis). Not so much young people but Australia has "Grey Nomads" who tend to be retired people that spend their time travelling around the country living in their RVs full time.

SwellJoe 13y ago
The oldtimers in RVs are called Snow Birds here in the US. They are the predominant group living fulltime in RVs here. I've met a lot of retirees in my travels.

SwellJoe 13y ago

My rig is a pretty modern Ford V10 based gasoline chassis. It gets 8-11 MPG, depending on how fast I'm driving, the weather, and whether I'm going over hills or not. Towing a vehicle behind will effect mileage. But, speed is the biggest determinant of mileage. The big diesels tend to get about the same mileage. There are some little turbo diesels built on Sprinter chassis that get up to 17 MPG. The old (ancient) diesel rigs I'm looking at to replace my current motorhome will get about 7-10 MPG, but can be converted to waste vegetable oil, or run biodiesel. So...maybe environmentally acceptable, as long as I don't put a lot of miles on it (I tend to like to travel for short distances at a stretch anyway, so I don't drive a huge amount of miles in any given month...much less than someone commuting 20-30 minutes to work every day would, for example). I've talked to people doing it in the US, Canada, Europe, and Australia. I've met people from dozens of countries travelling the US this way. Germans, in particular, seem to be very interested in RVing in the US.