tow vehicle for 31ft 1970 Land Yacht?

[Poprivet]

Hard to beat a 3/4 ton 6L Chevy. It does everything well and runs on E85 if you can find it.

[overlander63]

We tow our 74 Sovereign with an F250, but in a gasoline fueled model. Trust me when I say the truck knows the trailer is back there.

[overlander63]

Originally Posted by n2916s

Well,

I'll probably get jumped on but I towed my 31' Sovereign 4500 miles last Summer behind my 1/2 ton Nissan Titan. No problems whatsoever.


Mike

I know your post is from April, but Rich Luhr tows his new 30' Safari all over the country with an Armada, which is nothing mor than a Titan with sheet metal where the bed should be. He is happy with it, but has said if he had it to do over again, he would look harder at the Titan, from a "stuff" carrying standpoint.

[maccamper]

Frenchbern, I haven't been all that consistent with tracking my mileage, but I can give you some rough numbers. The Tundra has a 6 speed automatic transmission, so I get around 18 or 19 mpg on the highway when not towing.

Of course, driving in central Illinois is like driving on a pool table, very flat. There is a "tow/haul" button that I push which changes the gearing some when I am towing. I think that drops me down to the 14 to 16 mpg range, but Illinois has a 55 mph limit for towing, so I am not going 70 mph down the interstate. Coming through the Smoky Mountains, I got somewhere around 11 or 12 mpg.

Since this is our first trailer, I am still in the "take it easy and play it safe" mode of driving, someone in more of a hurry than I am could get lower mileage numbers. I will be doing a lot of moving and hauling with the truck other than towing the AS, so I was very interested in reliability and comfort. Our previous Tundra (2000) provided both, so I was comfortable with getting the new model. It has worked out well so far.