Smallest Car that Conveniently Holds 2x2 Widebody

[Ken Blackwell]

Folks,

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.

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.

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.

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.

Just some thoughts as you look.

Cheers,

Ken Blackwell
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