Another morning of lazing in bed for awhile before getting up and hitting the road. Once again a nice quick pack up saw me heading north towards home by about 7:30 am. I had a rather ordinary sausage roll for breakfast in Macksville and then spent the rest of the morning driving. No real worries and the traffic mostly flowed along pretty well. I got home around noon Qld time and quickly unpacked what I needed from the camper and left the rest of it packed ready for the next trip. Only around 380 Kms today.
Calculating out the fuel economy for the trip showed that heading south I was averaging around 10.4 l/100 Kms and on the trip home with the camper on the back this increased to around 10.9 l/100 Kms. This seems reasonable for the extra weight and air resistance of the camper. Now to take the setup to a weigh bridge and get it weighed so I can plan out what suspension changes I need to make. I really didn't notice any change to the performance of Blute with the camper on, although it did tend to wallow a bit on dips and hollows due to the weight of the camper.
All up that was a fun little trip of a couple of thousand Kms and I think I am already addicted to the ease of setting up and packing the new camper.
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Calculating out the fuel economy for the trip showed that heading south I was averaging around 10.4 l/100 Kms and on the trip home with the camper on the back this increased to around 10.9 l/100 Kms. This seems reasonable for the extra weight and air resistance of the camper. Now to take the setup to a weigh bridge and get it weighed so I can plan out what suspension changes I need to make. I really didn't notice any change to the performance of Blute with the camper on, although it did tend to wallow a bit on dips and hollows due to the weight of the camper.
All up that was a fun little trip of a couple of thousand Kms and I think I am already addicted to the ease of setting up and packing the new camper.
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