Florida to Upstate NY (Saratoga Springs)
2017 22 Ft. Class C Ford E-350 Super Duty Triton V10 flat towing Ford Fiesta (2600 lbs). About 10 MPG in Florida (flat elevation) I-95 to I-87 Eastern Seaboard Route is flat elevation but crowded a...
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AlwaysDreaming wrote:
What is your interstate cruising speed? I would imagine there is significant MPG increase at 60 MPH as opposed to 70 MPH?
Also, "overnight" at Cracker Barrel seems to be a great option for 8 hours rest (7pm - 2am). I have not read of anyone being turned away. They are all over the eastern seaboard interstates. Walmart's on I-81 (all rural areas) have positive reviews. Walmart on I-95 Walterboro got good reads. Any plums you know of (or bad apples)?
Many Thanks for your help and opinions!
I'm not sure it's "significant" but it's measurable for sure. Every rig has a 'sweet spot' where it likes to run, it varies with your gearing, power band, etc., etc.
In my case, my there's very little difference between 60 mph (engine lugging but less wind resistance) and 70 mph (sweet spot but more wind resistance) but then again I'm also traveling 15% faster, so on say a trip to Florida, I'm going to save about 7 hours of driving, and burning gas.
IMHO you'll be way better off overnight for those 8 hours by stopping 11pm to 7am. Especially at places like Cracker Barrel, there's a huge difference in the number of cars in their lot at 11pm versus 7pm, dinner hour isn't the time to tie up parking spots. If businesses are going to be nice to RV's then we owe it to them to be nice to them too.
The Tamarack Center at Beckley WV (tamarackwv dot com) is a fantastic place to overnight, lots of service businesses (gas, food, etc.) around it and plenty of quiet parking. RV's are very welcome and it's a great spot geographically for that trip.
