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Mech, I had less than $30k into a three year old diesel truck AND a '34 aerodynamic trailer when purchased. 15+ mpg at 63 mph on the flats. Had I slowed to my current 58-mph, I'd have broken 16 mpg. An early 2000's GM or Dodge diesel 2WD with stick is the key. (My current 90-day mpg average shown is all city miles). The better-built non-Airstream aluminum trailers (AVION, SILVER STREAK, STREAMLINE) are bargains . . and will last more than 30-years without major work. See also KamperBob's threads and info on his 5'er behind a small pickup, and on CASITA and similar trailers. The wife might not be interested, but you'll find plenty of good DIY reading if that's appealing.
Plenty of folks will be dumping these trailers in the next couple of years as fuel prices continue the inexorable rise, and, with the potential of smaller TD pickups (or DI turbo gas), the economy of this (both initial cost and long term) will be better than it has been for decades (1960's).
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