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sdetweil
Sep 29, 2013Explorer
Mik68 wrote:
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We have a rough plan. We want to travel right around US & into parts of Canada & finish in LA in a 7 month period. We have 3 kids, so are very aware that constant moving isn't ideal. It will be trial & error at 1st until we've worked out what we can all tolerate. I appreciate that less set up/breakdown would be better for all, but also need to keep moving at a certain pace to see through our plans. We thought our max travel time on one given day would be 4 hours & have allowed for extended stays of 1 week on a fairly regular basis.
so 210 days, travel 1/3 of the time, 250 miles a travel day gives you about 17,500 miles of travel distance.
thats certainly enough to do a big swing thru the states and Canada.
with some time to spare on travel. (even travel every 5th day gives u approx 10,000 miles of travel distance. 5k used Dallas to NY, then NY to LA.).
I think tow vehicle fuel will be the biggest annoyance. My 2012 Ford F350 Dually gets about 10mpg towing my 5th wheel. (I think this is typical). and my 38 gal tank makes it 300 miles comfortable before looking for fuel. I already want a 60 gal aux tank to get refill distance up near 1000 miles (and ability to price select, $3.60/gal in Oklahoma, $4.19/gal in Michigan). I use Gasbuddy and iExit phone apps to look ahead.
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