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Do you get better mileage by hauling equipment in the bed of a truck or in a trailer?
I'm not sure if it would be easier to pull weight that's distributed along its own axle rather than a drive axle.
how about this, think in terms of a bus to be specific. the bed of a truck is a bad example. basically would it be better to have a larger bus to pull everything or a smaller bus plus a trailer
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- ?Lv 49 years agoFavorite Answer
it all depends of the weight you need to move.
read the manufacturers specs on your truck. towing capacity is not the same as carrying capacity. or else you would just dump 2 tons of sand over the bed of the truck and the whole suspension would fail. so unless you need to move lower weight materials like some construction materials or whatever It all depends how much you are willing to carry.
so bigger weight and size I'd just tow it. smaller lower weights material, I'd just dumped it on the bed of the truck.
but yes generally speaking towing a trailer + materials = more fuel needed to just move the trailer itself.
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- ?Lv 49 years ago
On the bed of the truck , the trailer is an added weight and a burden for the transmission hope this helps
- Anonymous9 years ago
X AMOUNT OF WEIGHT = X amount of Fuel + wind resistance and friction. So a trailer= extra friction & wind resistance. Unless you are loading high in a truck. To reduce wind.
