Re: Really cheap running FT Diesel Pusher on Oodle...
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Our 1989 Foretravel 36' GV has the DD 8.2 V8 250HP. Yes, it is underpowered but we have, because of this lack of "muscle" plan our routes off the beaten path and have really discovered the more leisurely pace, the lesser traffic, all the novel sights not normally seen along high speed interstates. The DW loves taking pics of things we never saw when we were "flying" from place to place in the auto.
Example: We came up thru Frederick, OK, continued 9 miles to Manitou, then east 5 miles, then left, up to Frederick "city" park. We were the only ones there, had water and electric hookup, had the bath houses to ourselves, the host told us to take all the dried firewood we needed, and it cost a whole $12/day. It has nice pull-thru sites, a large man-made lake, and about a hundred sites. No traffic noise, was quiet night and day, walk with the cat anywhere. All in all, we probably wouldn't find anything on the high traffic/high speed routes. We also found diesel prices were lower.