How far can you comfortably tow in a day?
We are relatively new to the RV life style. We have a 28ft trailer and while we've towed it a couple of hundred miles on weekend trips we haven't travelled any long days. Next month we plan to tow i...
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We just got back from a week long 1400 mile trip. 4 different RV parks. What we found was it really depends on the road you're traveling. The 1st leg was all freeway running 65mph, the 2nd was part freeway and part hwy with lots of sharp curves. The 15-25 mph type. It was only 300 miles but the end of that leg had a nasty 40 mile section where the speeds were real slow. Yahoo Maps says 5:22 for the 298 miles. It took us 7 hrs. 3rd leg was better with some slow curves to start out, then the last 2/3rds freeway. And the 4th leg was all freeway running 62 mph (CA) and Oregon hwys. Almost the same 300 mile distance as the 2nd leg but took 5.5 hrs. I find that 6 hrs is about my max butt time towing the 5'er. In a car it's about 15 hrs. Part of it is I don't like setting up late at the end of the day. Setting up about 3:00 pm seems about right. Gives us time to wind down and eat and relax a bit. We will hit the road around 8:00 am. We like to stay a day where we stop.
If I'm just trying to get from point A to B and have to make stops to get there then I would run those times out longer. I could go 8 hrs on the freeway no problem. Hwy towing isn't the way to make time because too many variables come into play.
If I'm just trying to get from point A to B and have to make stops to get there then I would run those times out longer. I could go 8 hrs on the freeway no problem. Hwy towing isn't the way to make time because too many variables come into play.
