Need Help with a route from Yuma AZ to Illinois in mid April

I would be looking at the condition of the RV as in tires or other drive train items that might not be road ready. Your route seem OK. Your are looking close to 1900 miles more or less, That 200 gallons of fuel more of less. Plus any items that are not road ready.

Thanks MountainAir05

He did take great care of the RV. it has all new tires, he keeps the motor maintained. so should be in good shape.... Jeep in good shape as well. It was his home so he kept it in good working order.. spent almost all the money from selling the house to maintain it!! i was worried about going through mountain passes (telegraph pass?) and if they would be closed or bad due to snow at that time of year....
Thanks so much! (if he had not have maintained it, i would be selling it on consignment at an rv dealer... :) )

We are figuring it will cost close to 900 bucks in diesel fuel.. :O

Depending upon you're aversion to mountain passes and inclines, you could also take I-8 and I-10 to Las Cruces, NM. Then Hwy 70 and Hwy 54 to Santa Rosa, NM continuing on I-40 as originally planned without any increase time and minimal distance increase. There will be one steep pass east of Las Cruces, but it is short, with a good road with minimal turns, and rarely ever snow. Everything else will just be crossing ditches.

ndrorder

Thanks so much... that sounds like a great plan.... Thank you again!

if you want to avoid steep climbs then i'd recommend:

I-8 east to I-10 east
I-10 east to I-20 north
I-20 north to I-30 north at Dallas/Ft. Worth
I-30 north to I-40 north at Little Rock
I-40 north to I-55 north at Memphis

this will avoid major climbs but you'll have some cities to deal with the worst (IMO) is Dallas/Ft. Worth. If you want to avoid DFW then take I-10 east to NM SR26 at Deming. Follow that to I-25 at Hatch and then follow I-25 north to Albuquerque where you'll pick up I-40 east. there will be one decent climb on I-40 a few miles east of I-25 but after that it's basically all gradual downhill to Illinois.

at Oklahoma City you'll want I-44 east. I-44 is a tollway between OK City and Tulsa and again between Tulsa and the MO state line. if you want to avoid the tolls then stay on I-40 at OK City to I-55 at Memphis.

the advice to be sure that the MH is road worthy is excellent and should not be discounted. me? my main concerns would be the tires, brakes, shocks...basically the suspension system. also fluids...oil, grease.

other than freak spring storms your weather should be fine. good luck.

thanks rk911

as far as we know it is road worthy. he drove it to kingman every summer and down to yuma in winter. it does have new tires. he had the engine maintained. we can have someone check the fluid levels before starting off... it is good advice.

thanks for the good luck... think we are going to need it!

DGLEICH wrote:
thanks rk911

as far as we know it is road worthy. he drove it to kingman every summer and down to yuma in winter. it does have new tires. he had the engine maintained. we can have someone check the fluid levels before starting off... it is good advice.

thanks for the good luck... think we are going to need it!

you'll be fine. i take it this will be your first time driving a MH? my advice is to deal with the climb east of Albuquerque and avoid Dallas/FW.

will you be staying in the MH during the trip? have you any experience with living in a MH?

Hi Rk911
they wont be staying in the rv, they will stop at hotels on the trip back. its rather messy and dirty. they need to get back asap, to jobs and all. so wont have to time to clean it all up. will do that when it gets back here. stepdad was sick with covid in there for a week before hospital admitted him and then he passed, so they are going to get lysol and spray the place really well.

no experience living in a MH.husband and friend are going to rely on the kindness of people at the resort to show them how to lift the stabilizing jacks, how to close up sewage stuff, hook jeep to towbar, etc. good advice on avoiding dallas. not used to driving a MH and with a jeep in tow. will be slower driving. the whole thing very scary to us.

A friend of mine just had to do the same thing, but from New England to L.A.

Same situation with the steep learning curve and then the interior sanitation, exterior cleaning, and then selling.

It was a lot of work and took them about six weeks counting the drive. This is a good time to sell though--it moved pretty fast once they listed it.

Have you considered cleaning it up in AZ and selling it there instead?