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Good point. Not trying to maintain your speed going uphill is a fuel sucker.

There is an exponential increase in fuel consumption as you get above a certain speed. Trailer or not. The wide flat overhanging edges of the trailer exasperate the issue. I was pulling an S-280 on a gooseneck last year. It was square with the trailer. Fuel consumption was poor, but as...

You have a really wide trailer behind a narrower vehicle. Weight isn’t a huge factor, it’s that giant wall you are pulling. If you have a RTT, then more flat surface area and some wind drag as well. if it’s that much if an issue, you might look at a 101A2.It’s narrower and a couple hundred...

If the bearings or brakes were contributing any significant amount of drag at all they would have burned up by now. Slow down if MPG concerns you. A lot of surface area to contend with.