BOSTON4RUNNER

and just to give you some persepective, we have taken this monster on some long road surf trips as well

just make sure everything is all set and just go!

keisur

T-minus 3 days and counting for my Uhaul trip from Greenville to Houston.

yoda-g2

In my '91 Runner I pulled a flatbed with 4 quads and 3 bikes (at least 3500lbs+) on it over 1000 miles. I had lift, tires, etc, and I got a surprising 13-16mpg going 60-70ish in cruise control the whole way. Just watch the stopping distance! Stock brakes weren't meant for too heavy a load.

terryjmatthew

Keisur,
Did you ever figure up your mileage w/ U-haul?
I will be doing Auburn, AL to Houston, Tx next month.

keisur

yep, I just made a spreadsheet. it shows my trip down to houston with the trailer, then 1 tank without the trailer and then finally my trip back up here after changing the sparkplugs and cleaning the throttle body.

here:

Date ........ Start ... Fill-up Miles Gallons $/Gal MPG Cost Octane

Towing from Greenville to Houston - Drove through ice storm in Atlanta

1/29/2005 120956 121156 200 15.054 $2.10 13.29 $31.60 93
1/29/2005 121156 121377 221 17.195 $2.10 12.85 $34.37 93
1/29/2005 121377 121558 181 15.186 $2.04 11.92 $30.96 93
1/29/2005 121558 121780 222 18.310 $1.97 12.12 $36.05 93

Not towing
2/1/2005 121780 122006 226 15.327 $2.10 14.75 $32.17 93

Trip from Houston to Greenville after changing sparkplugs and cleaning throttle body
2/6/2005 122006 122249 243 15.499 $1.90 15.68 $29.43 87
2/6/2005 122249 122492 243 16.034 $2.00 15.16 $32.05 93
2/6/2005 122492 122750 258 15.619 $2.06 16.52 $32.16 93

I still have to fill up now to account for the other 250 return miles. One-way trip from my house in Houston to my apartment in Greenville is exactly 1000 miles. I'll update the chart when I fill up this week.