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[The Bolvine Gigolo!]

I'm trying to decided on an open or enclosed trailer, and it's now down to gas mileage, what are your numbers on Diesel mileage towing a trailer and not ??

[Toofast_28]

I'm trying to decided on an open or enclosed trailer, and it's now down to gas mileage, what are your numbers on Diesel mileage towing a trailer and not ??

I've pulled trailers weekly for 20+ years, never once pondered fuel mileage when buying (or building in my case) a trailer.  I get what I want/need and the truck mpg is what it is.  A lot of factors go into how a trailer pulls.  I have a 24 ft 102in wide enclosed that gets better mileage loaded with 10k lbs than it gets empty.  I've pulled a 12x6 5 ft tall enclosed dual axle that was BY FAR the hardest pulling trailer I've ever pulled, 3-4 mpg empty.  We kept stopping to check if the brakes were locked up or bearings out.  Thing was brand new, just pulled like a boat anchor.

My point is, get what you want/need, not what someone else gets good MPG with.  If you're using a diesel to pull a bike trailer, you shouldn't even know it's back there.

[efrbc1]

I have a 5x10 enclosed trailer with a v nose and a slant front.  Custom built to 6'6" overall height.  Towing with a 2016 Silverado Diesel.  16-19 MPG on the highway depending upon how fast I want to get there.

Chris

[RoadTrip]

I've pulled an Ironhorse https://www.ironhorsetrailers.com single for three years with a diesel and barely know it's there. They aren't cheap, but retain their value very well.

[Twolanerider]

At different times I've had an Excalibur single and an Ironhorse dual.  Both were great.  Even pulled behind a V6 pickup the mileage loss was negligible and the vehicles barely knew the trailers were behind them.

[CVODON]

Buy a Ironhorse. If u bought it new u paid at least 7k extra for that diesel. Forget about fuel mileage & use the power.

[Billy]

So what does a  2 bike trailer cost  with tandem wheels? Billy

[kevin_n]

The cost of a trailer varies. When we were looking for a trailer the cheapest tandem axel trailer we found new was $3600 but most of the ones we looked at were right around $4000 to $4800. We didn't go with the $3600 one cause it seemed cheap and the salesman at the dealer seemed like he had better things to do when I was trying to talk to home about it, made me feel like I was waistline his time.  We bought a trailer made by stealth trailers. It has a wedge nose with a slant roof.