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05-09-2005, 07:13 PM
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Montana Fan
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Santa Paula
Posts: 353
M.O.C. #3727
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How many miles do you tow in any day?
I guess a better question is when on the road how many miles or hours will you usually tow in what you consider a long travel day?
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05-09-2005, 07:29 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Cumming
Posts: 2,820
M.O.C. #919
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Occasionally, we have been on a tight schedule and have pulled some 12 - 16 hour days. We prefer to keep to a maximum of 250-300 miles. Ideally, 4 hours of driving per day is plenty. Hopefully, when we get to go fulltime we won't have to rush anymore.
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05-10-2005, 01:21 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Napanee
Posts: 3,440
M.O.C. #1493
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When we head to Tx. or home from Tx. we try to drive from Flying J to Flying J. We start driving about 7 - 8 am. and get off the road at 4 pm or before. Usually about 400 to 500 miles per day.
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05-10-2005, 02:11 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Tipton
Posts: 3,646
M.O.C. #191
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Preferred is 200 to 250. Bad weather and family emergency realities may cause 350 to 410. Don't like those days, driving to Texas in winter is hard driving, 390, 400, 410, etc. day after day. UGH, no wonder I sleep for the first week after I hit the Rio Grande Valley!
Carol
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05-10-2005, 02:29 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location:
Posts: 1,804
M.O.C. #57
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We prefer 300 per day. But when we go to & from Tx. we go 415 per day. That way we make it in 3 days.
Gene
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05-10-2005, 03:30 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Hartselle
Posts: 977
M.O.C. #45
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We are in the 230 club. Either 230 miles or off the road by 2:30 which ever comes first.
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05-10-2005, 05:08 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Bakersfield
Posts: 5,316
M.O.C. #15
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lawrenceb42106,
I like your club! I think I'll join. Anything over 250 is a long day for us.
HamRad
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05-10-2005, 06:08 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Forestville
Posts: 6,025
M.O.C. #496
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Like lawrenceb42106, we joined the 300 club, 300 miles or 3:00.
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05-10-2005, 06:39 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Oceanside
Posts: 20,028
M.O.C. #20
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I have to split my answer into two parts: 1) as vacationers/weekenders and 2) as fulltimers.
1. When we were vacationing I determined our driving day by dividing the miles to be covered by the number of vacation days I was willing to use for travel. Usually that meant 400 to 550 miles per day.
2. As fulltimers, we're not limited to x weeks vacation. Our preference now is 200 to 250, give or take 50 miles. Anything over 300 is now a long day to us. We most commonly hit the road around 9 to 10 am and stop between 1 and 2 pm. That varies some, of course.
Longest towing day I've done is a little over 800 miles. The shortest was 12, when we moved from Pigeon Forge to Gatlinburg last month.
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05-10-2005, 11:26 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: North Andover
Posts: 669
M.O.C. #1900
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Quote:
quote:Originally posted by RMccord
I guess a better question is when on the road how many miles or hours will you usually tow in what you consider a long travel day?
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3 of the trips we did last summer were 750-800 miles a day. That's as far as I care to drive in a day with or without a trailer.
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05-10-2005, 02:15 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Englewood
Posts: 3,095
M.O.C. #164
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We try to get early start 6am off the road by 2-2:30 so we can enjoy the CG
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05-10-2005, 03:43 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: North Ridgeville
Posts: 20,229
M.O.C. #2839
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Helen and I share the driving and we swap at every fuel stop which will be every 3 hours or so need it or not. We still like to be off the road and set up in a campground well before dark.Going to the Fla keys we have done 10 /12 hours but with the 3 hour driving shifts we do not tire out.
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05-10-2005, 04:36 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Wetumpka
Posts: 4,936
M.O.C. #1105
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I think we're members of a club that we didn't even know we had joined....the 230 club. I like those figures. We find that we're stiff and sore after just an hour or two in the truck so by the time we make frequent stops, even 230 miles is a long enough day.
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05-10-2005, 06:22 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Prescott
Posts: 505
M.O.C. #1344
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Like a lot of others, it depends on the time & the trip. For our long weekend trips, not more than about 200-250 miles each way. When we go to Prescott AZ from Los Angeles, its 425 miles and we leave at 0 ark00 to get there as early as we can, but all in one day. That's plenty far enough to drive.
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05-11-2005, 02:30 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Ore City Texas
Posts: 1,648
M.O.C. #2224
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To give a specific answer: we drove 526.4 miles yesterday from our home in East Texas to here in Alabama near the Florida state line. On our way home from Colorado we often drive a bit further than that, but most of that is in Texas! Today, we will drive about 200 miles, and that way our plan: long drive yesterday to have an easy drive to our destination today.
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05-11-2005, 07:32 AM
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Montana Fan
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: South Milwaukee
Posts: 196
M.O.C. #1824
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We try to set our schedule so that the first and last days are short ones.
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05-12-2005, 10:19 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Statham
Posts: 1,410
M.O.C. #3215
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WOW! All of you guys are true warriors! And it really puts ALL of my towing in perspective, considering my parents had stopped their long travels by the time I was old enough to start towing at 16. Even then, when I took over for my father, it was only about 175 miles from Brevard, NC to our then home in Athens, Ga.
Since Marsha started camping with me in 1994, we have not made a trip of more than 100 miles, and that seems awfully short compared to the distances mentioned here!
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05-12-2005, 11:01 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Racine
Posts: 809
M.O.C. #1165
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A comfortable travel day for us is about 300 miles. We like to stop at about 4:00 pm to enjoy a walk (weather permitting), and a relaxing refreshment hour while we prepare our evening meal. (I take care of the refreshment part, while hubby prepares a tasty meal!) However, heading south to escape the cold of winter or forcasted storm, we have driven as much as 500 to 600 miles. But, I get real crabby, so we don't do that to often!
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05-12-2005, 11:58 AM
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Montana Fan
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Carpentersville
Posts: 468
M.O.C. #2785
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If we are really traveling hard, then we might do 500 miles in a day. Otherwise, we prefer to do 200-300 at most in a day.
Since we both still work and we like to visit places "not real close by", we tend to designate some days as "travel" days where we don't stop to smell the flowers. We do little more than pound pavement. Then we slow down and explore whatever area we are in. It is our attempt to maximise our on-station time in our desired destinations during our rare tastes of freedom
Eric
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05-12-2005, 02:34 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Clearwater
Posts: 10,917
M.O.C. #420
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In over a year and a half of fulltiming I don't believe we have traveled more than 300 miles in a single day. Most days are around 240 to 270 miles with 2 to 3 rest stops thrown in. I have also learned to get out of the throttle a bit. Instead of 70/75 mph I now keep it at 65 or less. We try to get on the road by 9AM and off no later than 3PM preferably 2PM (today we were on the road at 8:30 and off at 1) and I NEVER travel after dark. I flat refuse to try to hook up after dark.
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