Florida Here I Come

[Maverick]

Originally posted by Bantan
WOW!
I postponed leaving on Friday because of the hurricane.
What size Trailer did you haul?
What was your top speed?

i hauled a 5x8 "van" trailer, tracked perfectly..i didnt push it past 80 mph though, it started getting a little drifty up past 75 on downhill runs.. im guessing the total weight was in the 3500 lb range or so..the only time i could feel the trailer was on steep inclines, or when it was "surfing" in the flooded sections of i-95 (but ofcourse i was going much slower then as well.) kept it in "3" most of the time as per the vehicle manual.. theonly problem i had was with the trailer lights. turns out i have a bad logic box. no brake or turn signal on the right side, but everything else worked fortunately..

btw, the whole round trip was 3600 miles ( iwas all over the north east) , i used 1/2 quart of mobile one, and had a high of 22 mpg (way up) and a low of about 13 mpg (with trailer in bad weather.) average fuel cost was around $1.87 a gallon..lowest was in the carolinas (it used to be Georgia) , highest was in NY....