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<font color="#000000"><font size="3"><font face="Arial">Folks,<br>
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You won't believe this one. I have a 2005 Ford F-150 5.4 L V-8 (4-dr
extended cab) that gets 19-20 mpg on the highway......19 at 70 mph and
19 at 65 mph. This is the one with the so called extended cab (4dr).
The super cab with four full doors won't haul a pattern airplane.<br>
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face="Arial">Now this isn't 30 mpg nor 25, but it will haul a bunch of
stuff getting better mileage than you might think. I also use it to
pull my 6,000 GW travel trailer and just finished a 10,000 mile
excursion to the NATS then to the west coast and back to Enterprise,
AL. The 5.4L engine is a real workhorse. It is a long stroke engine
with 3-valves/cylinder and max torque is at 2500 rpm vs 4000 to 4500
rpm form most short stroke engines which provides much better pulling
power than any other engine of that size that I have seen.<br>
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As I mentioned earlier, I have the light weight Aero Express model
trailer which is great, but the extra drag will drop gas mileage on
most vehicles to where it might not be any better than my F-150.<br>
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If you can get the airplanes inside the vehicle and it gets reasonable
mileage....this is by far the best way/most economical way to go.<br>
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Just some thoughts as you look.<br>
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Cheers,<br>
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Ken Blackwell<br>
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