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patodonn · 03-01-2006, 06:59 PM

The biggest factor isn't distance..it is time. For us, it is really important to be in the selected RV Park before dark...preferably an hour or so prior. IF we decide on a long day(anything over 250 miles)the departure time is the only place to make up the difference.

You can't (make that "shouldn't", IMHO)try to drive at automobile speeds while towing, for many reasons, most of them safety related. Some States limit you to 55 mph while towing (Calif, for example) We figure 62 mph on freeways, unless further restricted in speed, then add time for expected rest/gas stops. Be realistic. A "30 min gas and lunch stop" almost always really takes an hour. Just a simple refueling stop at at freeway location usually takes at least 20 min, counting everything.

I think you are a lot better off taking 4 days at 250/day rather than 3 days at 330/day. You will be a zombie on the day after arrival if you do the 330/day or more routine. Again, IMHO, but based on 3 years full timing. We won't even consider doing a 300+/day unless under some extreme schedule duress, and then only one day at that distance. I know lots of folks do lots more, and most of them make it OK.

03-01-2006, 06:59 PM	#15
patodonn Montana Master Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Full Timer Posts: 918 M.O.C. #331	The biggest factor isn't distance..it is time. For us, it is really important to be in the selected RV Park before dark...preferably an hour or so prior. IF we decide on a long day(anything over 250 miles)the departure time is the only place to make up the difference. You can't (make that "shouldn't", IMHO)try to drive at automobile speeds while towing, for many reasons, most of them safety related. Some States limit you to 55 mph while towing (Calif, for example) We figure 62 mph on freeways, unless further restricted in speed, then add time for expected rest/gas stops. Be realistic. A "30 min gas and lunch stop" almost always really takes an hour. Just a simple refueling stop at at freeway location usually takes at least 20 min, counting everything. I think you are a lot better off taking 4 days at 250/day rather than 3 days at 330/day. You will be a zombie on the day after arrival if you do the 330/day or more routine. Again, IMHO, but based on 3 years full timing. We won't even consider doing a 300+/day unless under some extreme schedule duress, and then only one day at that distance. I know lots of folks do lots more, and most of them make it OK.