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here is my story.
1. You need a diesel to pull any trailer worth using.
2. The easiest trailer to pull is a 5th wheel style, and not bumper hitched.
3. The front has to be eggshape fibre glass fronts, and not flat curved like the cheaper units.
4. I tow my 15500lbs trailer 39ft long with less fuel then I did the first 24ft 4200lbs pancake low profile model 5th wheel with a Ford Ranger STX 2.9L Standard.
5. Choose a trailer with as high rated tires as posible, I have 110Lbs in my tires.
6. The lower the trailer is to the ground the better it is on fuel mileage. Mine is about 13" from the road and 13'2" high at the front, and next to no wind resistence at 60MPH because of the eggshape front similar to the Truckers.
7. Though I have a long bed the trailer seem to deflect the wind very well. I do slowdown some with cross winds because cross wind affect mileage much more then head wind with a long trailer.
Thats my experience with this new trailer that realy surprises me every trip I do while observing the mileage with my calibrated ScangaugeII.
Did 16MPG in the state of Florida and 14MPG in the hills of Virginia and Pensyvania
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