Do you know how much your van weighs?
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Haven't nearly completed my build but I did take my 2012 GMC 2500 12 Seat passenger van 6.0L six speed to a local truck stop about 2 weeks after I bought it and it was original cond. and weighed 6120 lbs. I want to know after my build also. I've still got most everything removed and YES I know I'm slow.
I was getting over 20 mpg on the highway at that time. After I installed roof racks it seemed to drop at least 1-2 mpg. After solar and build completed I will report whenever that will be.
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Haven't nearly completed my build but I did take my 2012 GMC 2500 12 Seat passenger van 6.0L six speed to a local truck stop about 2 weeks after I bought it and it was original cond. and weighed 6120 lbs. I want to know after my build also. I've still got most everything removed and YES I know I'm slow.
I was getting over 20 mpg on the highway at that time. After I installed roof racks it seemed to drop at least 1-2 mpg. After solar and build completed I will report whenever that will be.
Like TxJaybird wrote IGTOFTS. (I'm getting too old for this ....) Gapper2
gapper2 said:Mayble,
Haven't nearly completed my build but I did take my 2012 GMC 2500 12 Seat passenger van 6.0L six speed to a local truck stop about 2 weeks after I bought it and it was original cond. and weighed 6120 lbs. I want to know after my build also. I've still got most everything removed and YES I know I'm slow.
I was getting over 20 mpg on the highway at that time. After I installed roof racks it seemed to drop at least 1-2 mpg. After solar and build completed I will report whenever that will be.
Gapper2
That must be aerodynamics of roof over-flow interactions: the roof seems to make a lot of difference in wind-flow. A poster here put solar on top of plywood boards on simple rack-blocks, and had negligible loss of mpg due to the roof addition. I theorize it is like a wind spoiler (like race cars and big rigs) now guides the vehicle. For example, the wind directional changes effect a vehicle's efficiency without wind spoilers much easier than one with stabilizing spoilers. It's variance of wind forces (vs. stable forces) that reduce vehicle efficiency (or mpg.) ymmv.
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The van weighed in as 7,231. lbs when I had to put it on the scale as part of the process for getting it declared a motorhome here in BC.
I was supposed to empty it of anything moveable to get the GVW, but there was no way I was hauling the fridge and freezer out of it nor emptying the pantry. I did take the water crates and the solar panels, lawn chairs etc. out of it.
I was supposed to empty it of anything moveable to get the GVW, but there was no way I was hauling the fridge and freezer out of it nor emptying the pantry. I did take the water crates and the solar panels, lawn chairs etc. out of it.
I had been curious about what my RVs weight. Never did anything about it until I saw some teens jumping in and out of a pickup at a closed Oregon State weigh station. The scale was still on. I pulled in and got my vehicle weight.
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