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slowmover · 03-03-2012, 11:00 PM

I actually would like to get a View or Navion Sprinter-based motorhome, they do get that mileage.

Be sure to read Orbywan's Class C threads here. Great DIY and impressive work on aero mods to that moho.

We definitely are keeping our options open re an Airstream trailer. We want to travel all over the country, and it bugs me to get 10.5 MPG with our current combo. I sort of have a goal of having a 15 MPG combo without giving up much room.

15-mpg with a CTD and aero aluminum 28-34' TT is pedestrian. Common. (Fords and later GM doesn't count). The range is 14-16-mpg for at least a half-dozen owners. My goal is 17+ over this coming next pair of calendar years for highs, and to move solidly past 15-mpg for all but mountains.

You are on the right website for learning how to spec the truck and the trailer from the aspect of aerodynamics and for what works on getting best driver performance from best spec'd TV. The guys using European AWD TD SUV's are in the mid-20's for mpg with 23 - 25' Airstreams. Andy Thomson is the CAN AM guru to read all and everything of (extensive searches and especially on AIRFORUMS).

Start from scratch. I went for 2WD turbodiesel manual transmission as the TV also was the DD. Had to be economical all around. No "extra" car will ever match or offset that (after running numbers). 21-city and 25-highway pays for itself when it also tows at 15+.

If Big Dave (with a 7.3L Ford) and Diesel_Dave (with a 6.7L Dodge) can both average above 27-mpg with their trucks (solo) then you've some fun reading ahead on what works and why.

Avion, Silver Streak & Streamline were all better-built TT's than Airstream (but there are tens of thousands of them, and tens of thousands of owners by contrast), so there is a range for any budget or (realistic) level of DIY. I bought both truck and trailer for just under $30k, and had less than $40k in them by the time I was done. Or, a new Mercedes 350 and a 30' A/S for a combined $180k. It's all there.

Ton's of great reading around here transferable to RV concerns. KamperBob, Skyking are other RV'ers here.

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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 actually would like to get a View or Navion Sprinter-based motorhome, they do get that mileage. Be sure to read Orbywan's Class C threads here. Great DIY and impressive work on aero mods to that moho. We definitely are keeping our options open re an Airstream trailer. We want to travel all over the country, and it bugs me to get 10.5 MPG with our current combo. I sort of have a goal of having a 15 MPG combo without giving up much room. 15-mpg with a CTD and aero aluminum 28-34' TT is pedestrian. Common. (Fords and later GM doesn't count). The range is 14-16-mpg for at least a half-dozen owners. My goal is 17+ over this coming next pair of calendar years for highs, and to move solidly past 15-mpg for all but mountains. You are on the right website for learning how to spec the truck and the trailer from the aspect of aerodynamics and for what works on getting best driver performance from best spec'd TV. The guys using European AWD TD SUV's are in the mid-20's for mpg with 23 - 25' Airstreams. Andy Thomson is the CAN AM guru to read all and everything of (extensive searches and especially on AIRFORUMS). Start from scratch. I went for 2WD turbodiesel manual transmission as the TV also was the DD. Had to be economical all around. No "extra" car will ever match or offset that (after running numbers). 21-city and 25-highway pays for itself when it also tows at 15+. If Big Dave (with a 7.3L Ford) and Diesel_Dave (with a 6.7L Dodge) can both average above 27-mpg with their trucks (solo) then you've some fun reading ahead on what works and why. Avion, Silver Streak & Streamline were all better-built TT's than Airstream (but there are tens of thousands of them, and tens of thousands of owners by contrast), so there is a range for any budget or (realistic) level of DIY. I bought both truck and trailer for just under $30k, and had less than $40k in them by the time I was done. Or, a new Mercedes 350 and a 30' A/S for a combined $180k. It's all there. Ton's of great reading around here transferable to RV concerns. KamperBob, Skyking are other RV'ers here. .