Hauling 900XP in truck bed

Anybody else tried this yet?
Considering the distance I drive to the group rides, might be worth the trouble if I am staying in a cabin.
I burned a 3/4 tank of diesel fuel driving to the last ride at Trails End one way pulling a 6x10 trailer. 300 miles all Interstate, 65-70 mph with cruise control on and the programmer turned down to tow mode.
I may try it on the next ride since I would have a good baseline to compare it to.



















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http://www.rzrforums.net/rzr-xp-900/53457-finally-got-my-xp-bed-my-truck.html

It would be a PITA to do. But really the only guys doing it for the most part are the ones in cali that have to run 55 when towing a trailer. Or people who don't have room to park a trailer at their house in the burbs.. Look in that picture how high up the XP sits.. From the dash up is above the trucks cab. With a front and rear window plus a roof on your machine I'm not sure it will help the millage much. I know I use to haul my 800 in the bed when I first got it. Even took it to brimstone a couple times like that. From what I remember switching from that to a small flatbed. My millage was very similar. That would probably be the thing to try.. Find a buddy with an S or even a 50" RZR. Slap it in the bed of your truck and haul in down the interstate to see if its worth the hassle..

don't put your truck in cruise and try that to save fuel

Looks like a plan to me

Is your truck tuned or anything. I use to burn 3/4 of a tank from Dayton ,OH to Gilbert ,WV towing a 16x7 enclosed trailer with all my gear with my old diesel. it took me about 5-6hrs to drive. I was averaging 12mpg. for reference

ohsresq wrote:

Is your truck tuned or anything. I use to burn 3/4 of a tank from Dayton ,OH to Gilbert ,WV towing a 16x7 enclosed trailer with all my gear with my old diesel. it took me about 5-6hrs to drive. I was averaging 12mpg. for reference

Yes it has a 6 position tuner with tunes from Wildman. I had it turned down to only the 65hp tow setting which is it's lowest setting. My 300 mile drive to Trails End also took about 5-6 hours.
I may try like Mason said and tow with the cruise off, hold the throttle steady and just ease into it on the hills. I watched my boost gauge and whenever I hit a hill with the cruise on, I think the computer may have been overcompensating to make sure I did not loose a single mph and was throttling too aggressively. At the beginning of a hill the boost would always immediately spike to 10 psi and then back down to about 5 or 7 psi the rest of the up hill pull.
The way it would leap at the hills is the same way it acts if I was towing my large gooseneck loaded with a couple of cars or a tractor and not a little bumper pull 6x10 with a RZR.

My old super duty would do the same thing with the cruise on. So I stopped using it when I towed.