pros and cons of risers.

Originally posted by 21grandma Husband nixed the ideas of risers.Said gas mileage would decrease significantly. .....anyone noticed this?

No one has reported any real change in mileage from adding risers, or the fairing/light bar for those of us that got retro fitted with them.

We just did the trip down to NC for the rally, 1050 miles round trip, pretty hilly and curvy for a lot of it, and I do mean curvy.. as in "LOOK a Pod".. oh wait.. that's us.. curvy.. averaged right at 11.5 for the whole trip. When pulling on the interstate, cruise set at 60-62. (truck says it got 13.1 on it's little readout, but I have always known it is an optimist..)

That's what I thought!!  You know when I first looked at the pod I kind of thought (trust me I'm no engineer!) that it looked like and would be very aero-dynamic.  Of what I have been reading, not the case.  Oh well, still love the pod.

Ok, I've towed the Pod for 3 years now and up until September of last year had not hit the Holy Grail of 13 mpg but once. Since then I have achieved 13 mpg several times towing the exact same routes as previously. Same truck, same gas, same common routes, same weather, same speeds for the last 1.5 years. I hand figure every tank. The only difference is the much maligned recall wing. Now I'll add more kindling to the fire. Since the addition of an air conditioner a couple weeks age, 4 of my 5 towing tanks have been above 14 mpg--again, over oft towed routes. The wing and the A/C are doing something to lessen the rear air drag. If my results are an anomaly, then they are a consistent anomaly that I'm happy to be a part of.