tow vehiicle Choice - Event Date: 06 Mar 2017

In California, the state-wide speed limit for vehicles pulling trailers is 55. Because of the delta between the generic speed limit and the otherwise speed limit of 65, 70, or 75, I will usually bump it up to 57 or 58, but I'm not going to push my luck.

It's interesting to the MPG ranges people get. I suspect that most of it is due to the speeds that people drive. Our F-150 will get as good as 21-22 MPG on the freeway and not towing. When we're pulling the pod, we get between 12 and 15 MPG. 15 is we're on the freeway and it's relatively flat. 12 if there are hills and/or stop and go.

So when I am towing the RPod with my 3500 Dodge 1 ton turbo diesel I get 13 to 14 mpg at 60.  Same mileage I get when not towing.  Granted I am towing with way overkill and 4:10 gears.  I don't even know the Pod is back there.

Originally posted by PilotPodder I've towed with both a Honda Pilot and a Toyota Tundra. IMO the Honda while a great SUV was not ideal as a tow vehicle. Unless the pod was empty, the tran would gear up much more frequently than I liked. Highway rated mpg is 24 on the Pilot and I usually got 10-11 mpg at 60 mph. With the Tundra, as expected, you don't really feel like you are towing anything. Highway rated mpg for the Tundra is a stellar 17 and I just averaged about 12 to and from FL with many hills in KY & TN at about 60 mph. I know that sounds abysmal, but I was pleased.

I have only towed my from the dealer to the house. About 40 miles with very slight inclines here and there. My TV is 2004 Chevy Tahoe. I got 12.8 mpg on the tow home. I was quite happy with this number. Towed it just fine, but I knew it would. Have towed a trailer twice as heavy as the R-Pod 179 with no issues. I did not have the WDH bars installed or the anti sway. Pulled just fine with out them, but will be added because I have them and better safe than sorry. Trailer was a tad bouncy on certain parts of the road, but to be expected with a single axle trailer. WD bars should alleviate that a little. 

We bought a 179 last year and tow it with a 2016 Ford Explorer V6. Last September we pulled it from Illinois to Custer State Park in western South Dakota. Pulled fine and was a comfortable ride. We did use the tow/haul feature on the Explorer while in the hills. The Explorer is rated for towing 5000 lbs with factory Reese style hitch. We did not use a distribution hitch but did add an adapter that allowed the use of a sway bar. As with any vehicle, the gas mileage suffered while towing trailer but was not worse than expected - around 10 mpg in hilly areas.