R1T glamper towing road trip

rickstertrixter · Apr 30, 2023

Hi I am new here. We have are on a road trip in our new R1t, towing 7500 lbs, getting 106 mi on 100% to 0%, air conditioning seems to be a factor... obviously I guess . The truck is amazing to drive ! Even at 50 mph, conserving t h e juice e. L after guys

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Yellow Buddy · Apr 30, 2023

rickstertrixter said:
Hi I am new here. We have are on a road trip in our new R1t, towing 7500 lbs, getting 106 mi on 100% to 0%, air conditioning seems to be a factor... obviously I guess . The truck is amazing to drive ! Even at 50 mph, conserving t h e juice e. L after guys

106 on a full charge would imply you're getting 0.78-0.82mi/kWh, is that right? That seems really low if you're only going 50mph. How's the wind?

Hillbilly · Apr 30, 2023

Yikes. We just picked up ours yesterday. I hope the towing is about 50% better.

Thedude · Apr 30, 2023

Hillbilly said:
Yikes. We just picked up ours yesterday. I hope the towing is about 50% better.

Unlikely to be much better. I tow with mine several times a week and it always averages around 1mi/kWh.

kizamybute' · Apr 30, 2023

7,000 lbs, despite the truck being rated for higher, is pushing it. 100 miles in range sounds about right. Much of that is aero disadvantage. Also, looks like the tongue weight might be a little on the high side as the rear appears to be sagging?? If that's the case, hurting your aero even more with lowering the rear of the truck, thus the air heads downward then smacks the face of the trailer. If you can keep the rear of the truck up higher, should see some improvement in aero.

WSea · Apr 30, 2023

kizamybute' said:
7,000 lbs, despite the truck being rating for higher, is pushing it. 100 miles in range sounds about right. Much of that is aero disadvantage. Also, looks like the tongue weight might be a little on the high side as the rear appears to be sagging?? If that's the case, hurting you aero even more with lowering the rear of the truck, thus the air heads down then smacks the face of the trailer. If you can keep the rear of the truck up higher, would be some improvement in aero.

Truck should auto level. Maybe they hadn’t driven yet after hooking up (pic)

Yellow Buddy · May 1, 2023

kizamybute' said:
7,000 lbs, despite the truck being rated for higher, is pushing it. 100 miles in range sounds about right. Much of that is aero disadvantage. Also, looks like the tongue weight might be a little on the high side as the rear appears to be sagging?? If that's the case, hurting your aero even more with lowering the rear of the truck, thus the air heads downward then smacks the face of the trailer. If you can keep the rear of the truck up higher, should see some improvement in aero.

100% on the Aero. I get ~1.0-1.3mi/kWh on mine towing (~6500lbs) at 60-70mph. I'm more surprised at the .8mi/kWh at 50mph. I would have expected around 1.0 at 50 with that trailer.

Yossarian · May 1, 2023

Thedude said:
Unlikely to be much better. I tow with mine several times a week and it always averages around 1mi/kWh.

I'm hoping, perhaps unrealistically, that I will get somewhat better than 1.0mi/kWh towing my small, light and somewhat aero teardrop. With an effective, on-the-road capacity of about 78kWh from the Large battery pack (80%/20% SOC) that means stopping to recharge nearly every hour.

Thedude · May 1, 2023

kizamybute' said:
7,000 lbs, despite the truck being rated for higher, is pushing it. 100 miles in range sounds about right. Much of that is aero disadvantage. Also, looks like the tongue weight might be a little on the high side as the rear appears to be sagging?? If that's the case, hurting your aero even more with lowering the rear of the truck, thus the air heads downward then smacks the face of the trailer. If you can keep the rear of the truck up higher, should see some improvement in aero.

A 7000lb trailer is actually an entirely uneventful tow with the truck. Other than the problems with range and charge times I wouldn’t hesitate to tow a full 11,000lbs.

MReda · May 1, 2023

Yossarian said:
I'm hoping, perhaps unrealistically, that I will get somewhat better than 1.0mi/kWh towing my small, light and somewhat aero teardrop. With an effective, on-the-road capacity of about 78kWh from the Large battery pack (80%/20% SOC) that means stopping to recharge nearly every hour.

I tow a Turtleback Getaway with a RTT on it. Not very heavy, but it has A/T tires and not very aero. I pretty easily get around 1.5 mi/kWh round trip.

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