Re: ihc-digest V5 #65

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> The other goodie here, is that I get about 9.5 mpg around town 
>     and travelling on the road without a trailer.  Now this is good, I 
>     got 11.5 WITH the trailer!  I couldn't believe it myself.  Miss 
>     that trailer,as I filled up today, took 35 gals to fill both tanks.
>     $40.  bummer, another week of work using up gas.
>     
>        Just had to vent with all the talk about towing.
>     
>
>     -Joel Brodsky
I think I mentioned in the past that with my Travelall, I consistently 
got about a mile a gallon better gas mileage when towing my 3500 or so 
pound trailer than when pulling nothing. I essentially drove the same 
speed in either situation. It had to have to do with the wind resistance 
of the Travelall caused by that square back and the wind stream creating 
a vacuum back there that was like an anchor. I later pulled the same 
trailer with an SSII and didn't get the same improvement in gas mileage. 
Damn, retrospect has made that Travelall the perfect vehicle. Kind of 
like my first father-in-law, everyone was probably relieved when he died, 
but 25 years later, my mother-in-law refers to him as her sainted first 
husband. I'm setting up a web page with some pictures of that Travelall 
winching up Surprise Canyon in Death Valley. When I get it up and 
running, I'll let the digest in on how to access it. You're not going to 
find a lot of pictures of Travelalls winching up Surprise anywhere else. 
John

John Hofstetter
Life Member, National Rifle Association
Member, California Rifle and Pistol Association
Member, Sierra Macintosh Users Group  Member, MacTwain Macintosh Users 
Group
Charter Member, FRIENDS OF DEATH VALLEY   Member, Blue Ribbon Coalition
Life Member, Association of California School Administrators
Owner of 79 Scout Terra "It's a legend"