That's the life, my friend.I took my Cybertruck towing 19' Airstream (~4,500 lbs) to see the eclipse. Total towing miles was 3,400 (out of the 5,400 total miles on the truck). Started in Salt Lake City, Utah and went to Houston, TX and back.
Stats:
Miles driven: 3,420 kWh used: 2,686 Wh per mile: 785 Wh Time Driven: 66 hours Average Speed: 52 mph
I'll see if I have the stats for how many of the charging stops required dropping the trailer, but it was less than 50%, and I got the time needed to unhook the trailer to around 3 minutes (I was using a sway control hitch).
EDIT: 30 supercharges when I had the trailer, only had to drop the trailer 10 times. Most of the rest of the time the superchargers were empty, and I could get in and charge across multiple chargers (only blocking 1 or 2 other chargers if I could approach from the left and leave the trailer outside of the supercharging area).
Anything you pull off into the trailer is power you can't use to charge the truck.This is what I can't wait for. Supercharge once, then find a high power J plug to park at for the night. Plug the trailer into the truck and run AC/fans and sleep in a real bed for the night. Maybe have a hot shower also before unplugging, fully charged, and doing another 200-300 miles the next day.
30 times in 50 hours of driving?
Among other things.
It’s these type of real world usage reports that I love to see. Thanks for sharing. Many believe that CT cannot be used for long distance towing, but I’m so glad brave owners like you are proving that wrong. As we see more pull-through chargers, CT towing is going to get better. This is only the beginning of EV towing!I took my Cybertruck towing 19' Airstream (~4,500 lbs) to see the eclipse. Total towing miles was 3,400 (out of the 5,400 total miles on the truck). Started in Salt Lake City, Utah and went to Houston, TX and back.
Stats:
Miles driven: 3,420 kWh used: 2,686 Wh per mile: 785 Wh Time Driven: 66 hours Average Speed: 52 mph
I'll see if I have the stats for how many of the charging stops required dropping the trailer, but it was less than 50%, and I got the time needed to unhook the trailer to around 3 minutes (I was using a sway control hitch).
EDIT: 30 supercharges when I had the trailer, only had to drop the trailer 10 times. Most of the rest of the time the superchargers were empty, and I could get in and charge across multiple chargers (only blocking 1 or 2 other chargers if I could approach from the left and leave the trailer outside of the supercharging area).
One issue here - when the Cybertruck is plugged in and charging, the outlets in the bed won't turn on.
My Tundra with a pulling a 20 ft Forest River gets 8 mpg.
My speeds varied - on the highway I'd usually cruise between 55 mph and 65 mph, with higher speeds really hurting the efficiency. I had a headwind in Wyoming which destroyed my efficiency, and I ended up driving 49 mph just to make it to the next supercharger.
The "Energy" portion of the trip planner was surprising accurate, dropping to realistic numbers as soon as it was in towing mode. That accuracy was in part due to my driving in response to the estimate - the estimated arrival % would drop as I sped up, so I'd slow down to hit the estimate. The estimated arrival times were way off though, since I wouldn't drive the 70 mph to 80 mph speed limit.
I camped at a winery NW of Austin for the eclipse, and made detours to Houston and Tulsa to see friends. Here's the route; note that the map includes some driving around Houston, Austin & Tulsa without the trailer (~370 miles), but my trailer stats only include the drives I did pulling the trailer.
My lifted Jeep Rubicon with 35's and 5.13 gears gets 13.5 mpg towing a far less aerodynamic trailer at 80% of my tow rating and that is towing from Arizona to Utah or Colorado with lots of elevation gains at 65 mph. It would take 13 fill-ups to make the same trip requiring a total of 90-minutes for actually "charging". At $3.50/gallon that equates to $910.
The issue for me is the time charging adds so much more time to the trip.That's still cheaper than my 2k lbs tow with a rubicon... I think came out to around $0.30 / mile. 15 mpg ish. Gas is also extra expensive on west coast
I am assuming the CT doesn't charge the trailer while traveling. Do you have solar on the roof of the Airstream?Yes, mostly campground NEMA 14-50 with the travel charger, or a destination charger (shoutout to Sandhills Brewing in Hutchinson, KS).
