driving speed

lonfu wrote:
I try to keep my rig about 1800 rpm, that equates to about 48 mph. p30 1998 454 class A with toad. Usually get about 11 mpg. this is my fourth rig and have found that it is a lot easier on us if everyone passes us rather than me trying pass folks. In the past 36 years only have been stopped once by a local yokel. Cross winds were at about 35mph and I was doing my normal 48mph. Side road with no curb and big drainage ditch on each side. He said he had a bugaboo about slow moving farm equipment. When I pointed these facts out to the officer who was standing in the ditch, he wished us a good day and was on his way. When some one pulls out to pass I get to the right and slow down. I have found that it is much easier for folks to pass me while I'm at 48 than it is at 55mph. Every couple of years or so I get an inexperienced trucker that doesn't get it and will blast his horn, but most I've talked to appreciate my slower speed so they can get by.