Never done this before- Cross USA plans
Me and two other blokes have some time off in November and December. We want to purchase a smaller motor RV (thinking like Winnebago Riata) and traveling from Vermont to Cali, down to Florida and back...
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How old a rig?
Anything older than 5-7 years will ABSOLUTELY need new tires. NO matter how much tread is on the tire the age of the tire will make it VERY prone to a blowout.
Sitting in the sun without use is horrible for tires.
I would leave the route open until the last minute. A really strong Alberta Clipper could wreck havoc on the northern states. Some states will require chains for the mountain passes if there is snow.
It will be almost impossible to keep a RV warm much below 15 degrees outside temp and most campgrounds will be closed making it more of a challenge to find water and dump sewer unless you patronize FlyingJ and pay for dumping.
If it were me I would do Vermont to Florida to San Diego taking time to camp on the beaches of Louisiana and Texas. From San Diego I would go North to LA and do the Pacific coast highway to San Francisco (going South is better than north on the highway but we take what we can get) then drive up to Portland or maybe even Seattle. Then I would do Reno(weather permitting)and Vegas (really cheap hotel rooms abound in Vegas baby. After Vegas I would travel through Laughlin to Oatman (old mining town taken over by free spirit type people) Then on to Kingman and weather permitting old route 66 to the Grand canyon.
Anything older than 5-7 years will ABSOLUTELY need new tires. NO matter how much tread is on the tire the age of the tire will make it VERY prone to a blowout.
Sitting in the sun without use is horrible for tires.
I would leave the route open until the last minute. A really strong Alberta Clipper could wreck havoc on the northern states. Some states will require chains for the mountain passes if there is snow.
It will be almost impossible to keep a RV warm much below 15 degrees outside temp and most campgrounds will be closed making it more of a challenge to find water and dump sewer unless you patronize FlyingJ and pay for dumping.
If it were me I would do Vermont to Florida to San Diego taking time to camp on the beaches of Louisiana and Texas. From San Diego I would go North to LA and do the Pacific coast highway to San Francisco (going South is better than north on the highway but we take what we can get) then drive up to Portland or maybe even Seattle. Then I would do Reno(weather permitting)and Vegas (really cheap hotel rooms abound in Vegas baby. After Vegas I would travel through Laughlin to Oatman (old mining town taken over by free spirit type people) Then on to Kingman and weather permitting old route 66 to the Grand canyon.
