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et2
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Jun 28, 2013

How fast do you honestly tow?

And if over 70 mph do you really feel safe? I was traveling in my car on the freeway today. I trailed a rver who seemed to be moving pretty fast. I matched his speed at 77 mph. He was pulling about a 32' aluminum travel trailer which had the axles flipped, so it road pretty high off the ground with the nose angled down to the knuckle. The pickup was a short bed F150.

Just my perspective, but man that was way to fast, especially for the setup he had. I'd wager he had his foot buried in the pedal.I started thinking about all the things that could go wrong. Why do so many push he envelope? If I had to be in that much of a hurry I'd give up camping. I tow at 65 - 68, maybe that's too fast?

So what say you is really a safe speed?

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  • I put my cruise control at 59 mph. Based on the roadside mph detector/displays that's 57 mph for my truck. Those signs are consistently 2 mph lower than my speedometer. I feel very comfortable at that speed. I get comfortable driving at 70, but when I slow down to 60 or 55 the difference in comfort and sense of safety is huge for me. So put me in the 55-60 range.
  • I've run over 70 mph a few times but I run mostly around the same speed as you.

    However the guy you saw may have pulled that setup many thousands of miles and knows exactly how it will react, so he feels perfectly fine going that fast. Just does no good trying to second guess the other driver and will drive you crazy. :) If he wasn't weaving or moving around I'd just say c'est la vie and let it go.

    I know some people that feel driving over 100 mph on a bike is just nuts, but mine feels perfectly stable up to, and over 130 mph. To-may-to, to-mah-to.

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