New to RV'ing, many questions
I am researching and planning a cross country trip from Florida to the West Coast. I would need to rent and RV since buying is not an option, but am curious if anyone can help me decide whether a type...
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I use RVParky.com to plan all of my trips. I did a trip there that goes from Orlando-Vegas-Portland-Seattle-Denver-Orlando. You can access it by going to the RVParky.com web site. It is called "For RV.net". You can change any parameter I put in. I look at the distance between stops. As an example Orlando to Vegas is 2299 miles. If you assumed 500 miles, you'd need 4 intermediate stops to get there. I'd eyeball the route and pick 4 spots roughly 500 miles apart and then click on the "Pick a Place to Stay" button.
If you fool around with it for a bit you'll get a sense for wether the trip can be done. I usually plan on 600 miles/day going across country on highways. That's in a 45' class A pulling a trailer and stopping in rest areas or Walmart's. If I have to stay in a campground, I lose an hour or 2 in the morning because they don't like a diesel starting before 8 a.m. and an hour or 2 at night because the office is closed and I don't like pulling into an unknown campground when it's dark.
If you fool around with it for a bit you'll get a sense for wether the trip can be done. I usually plan on 600 miles/day going across country on highways. That's in a 45' class A pulling a trailer and stopping in rest areas or Walmart's. If I have to stay in a campground, I lose an hour or 2 in the morning because they don't like a diesel starting before 8 a.m. and an hour or 2 at night because the office is closed and I don't like pulling into an unknown campground when it's dark.
