Driving non stop

JoeChiOhki wrote:

wbwood wrote:
We are getting a new Class C motor home this weekend. Got the approval call today. We will put it to great use. With that being said, it got me wondering as to non stop driving. With it being a Class C, my wife won't have any issues driving it, especially on the highway. How far have you gone with switching off drivers and not stopping for the night? We would love to go out west as far as we could, but with only having a two week period. It's not really feasible to go too far out. I've driven between South Carolina and California 3 times. Each time taking me 3 days of 12 hr driving. So week to just drive out there and back is a bummer. But if we could get it done in half the time, then not as bad. Would go all the way to California, but maybe to the Rockies or Yellowstone.

Has anyone done the trade off driving to get somewhere in a shorter period? How far did you go?

You're under the impression that an RV goes fast, let me tell you that they do not. Law of Gross Tonnage, and the law of mountain passes :p.

I drove Salem, Oregon to Chicago, Illinois, which covered alot of the same ground you'd cover doing 75 or faster driving tandem drivers in a car, non-stop, it still took us 36 hours to get to Chicago.

You're not going to get under that three days figure with a motorhome, which, in all likelihood will not be able to travel as fast as a small car could at around 75-80 mph, motorhomes cruise comfortably at around 60-65mph, tops, they're top heavy vehicles, go much faster than that without alot of experience driving a large vehicle and you could end up in a wreck.

In the end, you're still going to spend a week driving, give or take a day, maybe a day and a half.