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Old 08-04-2016, 08:35 PM   #24 (permalink)
elhigh
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Josie - '87 Toyota Pickup
90 day: 29.5 mpg (US)

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One thought:

If you're using this rig's hauling capacity mostly for schlepping in your drinking water, consider adding a rainwater harvesting system to supply your laundry and toilet flushing needs, and create a separate water circuit for those.

NOTE: hot water concerns. I don't have them since I never use hot water in the laundry, but you do you.

Eliminating some of those loaded runs couldn't be a bad thing.

And finally, consider getting a little ecobeater for when you aren't towing thousands of pounds of water. Getting decent mileage in a big bruiser is nice, but you can get decent mileage in a little scootabout too, and that's before you make any mods to make it even thriftier.
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