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Originally Posted by Commissioner

In the past 15 years, I have had a steel flat deck, (rusty and looked like crap due to outdoor storage), then a Pace enclosed, (convenient for safe travel storage, but very heavy to pull, 8-9mpg), and now a Featherlite Flatbed alum. trailer with a nose guard. The weight savings is tremendous (haul 66 Vette or 67 Shelby GT350), and the mileage on the interstates pulling with an '08 Tahoe is about 15mpg. I love the savings on the long distance pulls, plus it looks nicer and will hold up longer, hopefully. Featherlite makes a heckuva nice trailer and the nose piece protects the front of the cars.

AHh! That would make sense. When I read his original post , I related it to MY USAGE. My trailer gets used quite frequently so it doesn't have a chance to rust and I don't pull it with an SUV. Mileage makes no difference with weight unless I'm up against a long pull or extended head winds. I get pretty much the same mileage loaded or empty. Miles per hour will greatly reduce my MPG expectations tho.