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slowmover · 10-16-2009, 10:13 PM

I knew I had seen a discussion on the AIRSTREAM travel trailer forum, (airforums) about the capacity of the Ridgeline to handle a sub 20' travel trailer:

Best Weight Distribution set up for a Honda Ridgeline - Airstream Forums

The second is from the RIDGELINE OWNERS forum (some of the same folks from the above forum also posting):

http://www.ridgelineownersclub.com/f...ead.php?t=5647

It's apples and oranges until the all-important weight numbers (and, trailer frontal area) are factored.

Here's an example where the numbers are factored AND fuel mileage over a long period reported:

http://www.ridgelineownersclub.com/f...8&postcount=29

The question is now: what was the frontal area of that trailer, and how "aero" is it? Did the owner try to maximize the trailers efficiency (alignment, tire balance, etc)?

10-16-2009, 10:13 PM	#15 (permalink)
slowmover Banned Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Fort Worth, Texas Posts: 2,442 2004 CTD - '04 DODGE RAM 2500 SLT Team Cummins 90 day: 19.36 mpg (US) Thanks: 1,422 Thanked 737 Times in 557 Posts	I knew I had seen a discussion on the AIRSTREAM travel trailer forum, (airforums) about the capacity of the Ridgeline to handle a sub 20' travel trailer: Best Weight Distribution set up for a Honda Ridgeline - Airstream Forums The second is from the RIDGELINE OWNERS forum (some of the same folks from the above forum also posting): http://www.ridgelineownersclub.com/f...ead.php?t=5647 It's apples and oranges until the all-important weight numbers (and, trailer frontal area) are factored. Here's an example where the numbers are factored AND fuel mileage over a long period reported: http://www.ridgelineownersclub.com/f...8&postcount=29 The question is now: what was the frontal area of that trailer, and how "aero" is it? Did the owner try to maximize the trailers efficiency (alignment, tire balance, etc)? Last edited by slowmover; 10-16-2009 at 10:24 PM..